| Janowice Wielkie | |
| Total Type: | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jelenia Góra |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Janowice Wielkie |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 50.8833°N 70°W |
| Population Total: | 2100 |
Janowice Wielkie is a village in Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Janowice Wielkie. The town lies approximately 14km (09miles) east of Jelenia Góra and 840NaN0 west of the regional capital Wrocław (Breslau).
Until May 1945 Jannowitz was in Germany, the far-western part of Silesia, and a summer resort in the foothills of the Silesian or Great Mountains. From here is a direct route south to Bolczów Castle, elevation 561m (1,841feet)), the imposing ruins of an old castle destroyed by the Swedes in 1643.[2]
At the end of World War II, Jannowitz fell into the Soviet Zone of occupation, with the rest of Silesia. The Soviets handed the entire province over to their client state, communist Poland. The German population was expelled.