Młynów 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 north of
Kłodzko and south of the regional capital
Wrocław.
History
In the
Middle Ages, the village was at various times part of Poland and
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...
. In the 18th century it was annexed by
Prussia, and from 1871 it was also part of
Germany. During
World War II, the Germans operated the E454
forced labour
Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, violence including death, or other forms of ex ...
subcamp of the
Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.
Following Germany's defeat in the war, in 1945, the area became again part of Poland.
References
Villages in Kłodzko County
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