Sosnówka, Jelenia Góra County

For other places with the same name, see Sosnówka (disambiguation).
Sosnówka
Village
Sosnówka

Location of Sosnówka, Jelenia Góra County

Coordinates: 50°49′18″N 15°43′13″E / 50.82167°N 15.72028°E / 50.82167; 15.72028Coordinates: 50°49′18″N 15°43′13″E / 50.82167°N 15.72028°E / 50.82167; 15.72028
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
Powiat Jelenia Góra
Gmina Podgórzyn
Population 1,200
Website http://www.podgorzyn.pl/sosnowka/info.html

Sosnówka [sɔsˈnufka] (German: Seidorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Podgórzyn, within Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately 9 km (6 mi) south of Jelenia Góra, and 99 km (62 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

The village has a population of 1,200.


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