Szczytnica

Szczytnica
Village
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Bolesławiec
Gmina Warta Bolesławiecka

Szczytnica [ʂt͡ʂɨtˈnit͡sa] (German: Martinwaldau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Warta Bolesławiecka, within Bolesławiec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

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.

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