| Sowin | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Opole |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nysa |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Łambinowice |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 50.55°N 54°W |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Population Total: | 400 |
| Population Footnotes: | (approx.) |
| Registration Plate: | ONY |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Voivodeship roads |
Sowin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łambinowice, in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) east of Łambinowice, 220NaN0 north-east of Nysa, and 260NaN0 southwest of the regional capital Opole.
In the 10th century the area became part of the emerging Polish state, and later on, it was part of Poland, Bohemia (Czechia), Prussia, and Germany. In 1936, during a massive Nazi campaign of renaming of placenames, the village was renamed to Annahof to erase traces of Polish origin. During World War II, the Germans operated the E574 forced labour subcamp of the nearby Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp at a local joinery factory.[2] After Germany's defeat in the war, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland.
There is a train station in Sowin, and the Voivodeship road 405 passes through the village.