Miszkowice

Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

50°42′N 15°58′E / 50.700°N 15.967°E / 50.700; 15.967Country

PolandVoivodeshipLower SilesianCountyKamienna GóraGminaLubawkaFirst mentioned1289Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationDKAVoivodeship road

Miszkowice [miʂkɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubawka, within Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1]

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

The 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

Ruins of a protestant church
Bukówka Lake
Elementary school
Houses by the main road

References

^ "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.