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Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Miłochów
Village
Miłochów is located in PolandMiłochówMiłochów
Coordinates: 50°50′16″N 16°32′50″E / 50.83778°N 16.54722°E / 50.83778; 16.54722
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyŚwidnica
GminaGmina Świdnica

Miłochów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was a part of Germany.

It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) east of Świdnica, and 48 kilometres (30 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

Following the Second World War repatriated Polish settlers proposed renaming the village Stefanówka after the first of their children to be born there.)

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Thum, Gregor (2011). "Chapter Eight: Cleansing Memory". Uprooted: How Breslau Became Wrocław During the Century of Expulsions. United States of America: Princeton University Press. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-691-15291-2.
Gmina Świdnica
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