Szonów

Coordinates: 50°18′10″N 17°50′32″E / 50.30278°N 17.84222°E / 50.30278; 17.84222
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For the town in the Czech Republic, see Šenov.
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.


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