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Książnica
Village
Książnica
Coordinates: 50°48′38″N 16°36′41″E / 50.81056°N 16.61139°E / 50.81056; 16.61139
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Dzierżoniów
Gmina	Dzierżoniów
Population
• Total	450
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	DDZ

Książnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierżoniów, within Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Dzierżoniów and 47 km (29 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

In the final stages of World War II, on 27 January 1945, a German-organized death march of Allied prisoners of war from the Stalag Luft 7 POW camp stopped in the village.

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Stanek, Piotr (2015). "Stalag Luft 7 Bankau i jego ewakuacja na Zachód w styczniu 1945 r.". Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny (in Polish). 38. Opole: 66. ISSN 0137-5199.

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Villages	Albinów Borowica Byszów Dębowa Góra Dobrocin Dobrocinek Jędrzejowice Jodłownik Kiełczyn Kietlice Kołaczów Książnica Marianówek Mościsko Myśliszów Nowizna Ostroszowice Owiesno Piława Dolna Roztocznik Tuszyn Uciechów Wiatraczyn Włóki
Seat (not part of the gmina)	Dzierżoniów

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