Mościsko (german: Faulbrück) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dzierżoniów, within Dzierżoniów County,

Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrz ...

, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Dzierżoniów and south-west of the regional capital

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. In 2011 the village has a population of 1,128. Prior to the border changes of 1945 it was in

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Notable people

Mojsije Margel Mojsije Margel ( hr, Moše Margel; born 13 November 1875 in Mościsko, died 30 April 1939 in Zagreb) was rabbi of Zagreb, lexicographer, and Hebrew scholar. Early life Margel attended a Talmud school. At the age of 15 Margel sent a poem in Hebre ...

- Croatian rabbi, lexicographer and Hebrew scholar

References

Villages in Dzierżoniów County {{Dzierżoniów-geo-stub