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'''Szonów''' {{IPAc-pl|'|sz|o|n|u|f}} ({{lang-de|'''Schönau'''}}, {{lang-szl|Szōnōw}}) is a [[village]] in the administrative district of [[Gmina Głogówek]], within [[Prudnik County]], [[Opole Voivodeship]], in south-western Poland, close to the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] border.<ref name="TERYT">{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=Polish}}</ref> It lies approximately {{convert|5|km|mi|0}} south of [[Głogówek]], {{convert|20|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of [[Prudnik]], and {{convert|41|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the regional capital [[Opole]].
'''Szonów''' {{IPAc-pl|'|sz|o|n|u|f}} ({{lang-de|'''Schönau'''}}, {{lang-szl|Szōnōw}}) is a [[village]] in the administrative district of [[Gmina Głogówek]], within [[Prudnik County]], [[Opole Voivodeship]], in south-western Poland, close to the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] border.<ref name="TERYT">{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=Polish}}</ref> It lies approximately {{convert|5|km|mi|0}} south of [[Głogówek]], {{convert|20|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of [[Prudnik]], and {{convert|41|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the regional capital [[Opole]].

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see ''[[Territorial changes of Poland after World War II]]'').


Szonów/Schönau was, for many prisoners of war, a stopping place on 'The Long March' during the final months of the Second World War in Europe. About 30,000 Allied PoWs were force-marched westward across Poland, Czechoslovakia and Germany in appalling winter conditions, lasting about four months from January to April 1945. http://www.lamsdorf.com/the-long-march.html
Szonów/Schönau was, for many prisoners of war, a stopping place on 'The Long March' during the final months of the Second World War in Europe. About 30,000 Allied PoWs were force-marched westward across Poland, Czechoslovakia and Germany in appalling winter conditions, lasting about four months from January to April 1945. http://www.lamsdorf.com/the-long-march.html

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Szonów
Szōnōw (Silesian)
Village
Szonów is located in Poland
Szonów
Szonów
Coordinates: 50°18′10″N 17°50′32″E / 50.30278°N 17.84222°E / 50.30278; 17.84222
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyPrudnik
GminaGłogówek

Szonów [ˈʂɔnuf] (German: Schönau, Silesian: Szōnōw) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Głogówek, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Głogówek, 20 km (12 mi) east of Prudnik, and 41 km (25 mi) south of the regional capital Opole.

Szonów/Schönau was, for many prisoners of war, a stopping place on 'The Long March' during the final months of the Second World War in Europe. About 30,000 Allied PoWs were force-marched westward across Poland, Czechoslovakia and Germany in appalling winter conditions, lasting about four months from January to April 1945. http://www.lamsdorf.com/the-long-march.html

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.


50°18′10″N 17°50′32″E / 50.30278°N 17.84222°E / 50.30278; 17.84222