Krosnowice (formerly ''Rankowo'') is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Kłodzko
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Gmina Kłodzko is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Kłodzko, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.
The gmina c ...
, within
Kłodzko 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 south of
Kłodzko, and south of the regional capital
Wrocław.
Notable residents
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Dieter Damerius (born 1924),
Wehrmacht officer
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Georg Dörffel
Georg Dörffel (27 July 1914 – 26 May 1944) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Georg Dörffel was killed on 26 May 1 ...
(1914–1944),
Luftwaffe officer
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Robert Stein (1857-1917), Arctic explorer and translator of local native languages
References
Villages in Kłodzko County
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