Miszkowice Explained

Miszkowice
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lower Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kamienna Góra
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1289
Subdivision Name3:Lubawka
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:50.7°N 73°W
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:DKA
Blank Name Sec2:Voivodeship road

Miszkowice 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 3km (02miles) west of Lubawka, 150NaN0 south-west of Kamienna Góra, and 890NaN0 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. Book: Staffa, Marek. 2001. Karkonosze. pl. Wrocław. Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie. 56. 83-7023-560-3.
  3. Pawlikowska. Karolina. 2016. Rolnicze spółdzielnie produkcyjne powiatu kamiennogórskiego w latach 1950-1957, cz. 1 – organizacja i uwarunkowania działalności. Rocznik Jeleniogórski. pl. Jelenia Góra. XLVIII. 89. 0080-3480.