Kowalów, Lubusz Voivodeship

Kowalów
Kowalów
Village
	Church
	Kowalów
	Coordinates: 52°24′2″N 14°45′35″E / 52.40056°N 14.75972°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lubusz
County	Słubice
Gmina	Rzepin
Population	1,000

Kowalów [kɔˈvaluf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rzepin, within Słubice County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-west of Rzepin, 15 km (9 mi) north-east of Słubice, 50 km (31 mi) south-west of Gorzów Wielkopolski, and 73 km (45 mi) north-west of Zielona Góra.

History

The oldest surviving document from the village Kohlow 1405, but the village had already been founded in the thirteenth century, as evidenced by the historic church from the late Roman period 1250–1270. The village was the centre of an estate owned until 1945 was the family of von Kaphengst-Kohlow.

February 2, 1945 the village was occupied by Soviet troops, which in April submitted her Polish administration. Existing inhabitants were dispossessed and deported to Germany.

In 1945-1954 and 1973-1976 the area was the seat of the municipality Kowalów. In 1954-1972 the village was the seat of the National Council district. In 1975-1998 the area administratively belonged to the population of Gorzow.