Byszów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Byszów
Village
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Dzierżoniów
Gmina Dzierżoniów
Population 60

Byszów [ˈbɨʂuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierżoniów, within Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

Prior to 1945 the village was in Germany and known as Seherrswaldau. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration by the Potsdam Agreement under territorial changes demanded by the Soviet Union. Most Germans fled or were expelled and replaced with Poles expelled from the Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union.

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Coordinates: 50°43′45″N 16°44′28″E / 50.72917°N 16.74111°E / 50.72917; 16.74111


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