Błażkowa, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Błażkowa.
Błażkowa
Village
Błażkowa
Coordinates: 50°44′38″N 15°59′12″E / 50.74389°N 15.98667°E / 50.74389; 15.98667Coordinates: 50°44′38″N 15°59′12″E / 50.74389°N 15.98667°E / 50.74389; 15.98667
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Kamienna Góra
Gmina Lubawka

Błażkowa [bwaʂˈkɔva] (German: Blasdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubawka, within Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Lubawka, 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Kamienna Góra, and 86 kilometres (53 mi) south-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.

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