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Jelenin, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

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Jelenin
Village
Jelenin is located in PolandJeleninJelenin
Coordinates: 50°51′37″N 17°02′40″E / 50.86028°N 17.04444°E / 50.86028; 17.04444
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyStrzelin
GminaBorów
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationDST

Jelenin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Borów, within Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-east of Borów, 9 kilometres (6 mi) north of Strzelin, and 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the regional capital Wrocław.

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word jeleń, which means "deer".

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 57.
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