Jabłów

Jabłów
Village
Jabłów
Coordinates: 50°47′20″N 16°10′10″E / 50.78889°N 16.16944°E / 50.78889; 16.16944
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Wałbrzych
Gmina Stare Bogaczowice

Jabłów [ˈjabwuf] (German Gaablau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stare Bogaczowice, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Stare Bogaczowice, 9 kilometres (6 mi) west of Wałbrzych, and 72 kilometres (45 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

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Coordinates: 50°47′20″N 16°10′10″E / 50.78889°N 16.16944°E / 50.78889; 16.16944


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