Stanowice | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Świdnica |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Strzegom |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 50.9311°N 16.3736°W |
Population Total: | 1200 |
Population Footnotes: | (approx.) |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | DSW |
Website: | http://www.stanowice.pl |
Stanowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Strzegom, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4km (02miles) south-east of Strzegom, 110NaN0 north of Świdnica, and 520NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.
In the final stages of World War II, on 28 January 1945, a German-organized death march of Allied prisoners of war from the Stalag Luft 7 POW camp stopped in the village.[2]