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Wykroty, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

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Country
  
Poland

Gmina
  
Nowogrodziec

Elevation
  
210 m

County
  
Bolesławiec

Population
  
1,748

Local time
  
Thursday 5:09 PM

Wykroty, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Weather
  
12°C, Wind NW at 18 km/h, 41% Humidity

Voivodeship
  
Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Wykroty [vɨˈkrɔtɨ] (German: Waldau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowogrodziec, within Bolesławiec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed in accordance with the post-World War II Potsdam Agreement among United Kingdom, United States, and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In accordance with the agreement the native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

Map of Wykroty, Poland

It lies approximately 8 km (5 mi) north-west of Nowogrodziec, 21 km (13 mi) west of Bolesławiec, and 124 km (77 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The village has a population of 1,748.

References

Wykroty, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Wikipedia