Country Poland Gmina Jeżów Sudecki Local time Saturday 1:06 PM | Powiat Jelenia Góra Population 1,800 | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 65% Humidity Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship Points of interest Schieferberg, Hala wspinaczkowa POCHYLNIA, Dom Gwarków | ||
Jeżów Sudecki (German: Grunau) is a village in Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Jeżów Sudecki.
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Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. 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 were replaced with Poles expelled from the Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union.
Jeżów Sudecki is one of the places considered as the "birthplace of the sport of gliding".
It lies approximately 4 km (2 mi) north of Jelenia Góra, and 94 km (58 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.
The village has a population of 1,800.
References
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