Miszkowice [miʂkɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubawka, within Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
Miszkowice | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 50°42′N 15°58′E / 50.700°N 15.967°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
County | Kamienna Góra |
Gmina | Lubawka |
First mentioned | 1289 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | DKA |
Voivodeship road |
It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of Lubawka, 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Kamienna Góra, and 89 km (55 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław. It is situated on the Złotna River, a tributary of Bóbr.
History
editThe village was first mentioned in 1289, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland.[2]
After World War II, in 1945–1947, Poles expelled from Dolina and Majdan in pre-war south-eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union, and from Nowy Sącz settled in Miszkowice.[3]
Gallery
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Ruins of a protestant church
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Bukówka Lake
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Elementary school
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Houses by the main road
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Staffa, Marek (2001). Karkonosze (in Polish). Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie. p. 56. ISBN 83-7023-560-3.
- ^ Pawlikowska, Karolina (2016). "Rolnicze spółdzielnie produkcyjne powiatu kamiennogórskiego w latach 1950-1957, cz. 1 – organizacja i uwarunkowania działalności". Rocznik Jeleniogórski (in Polish). Vol. XLVIII. Jelenia Góra. p. 89. ISSN 0080-3480.
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