Krosnowice

Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
50°23′13″N 16°38′0″E / 50.38694°N 16.63333°E / 50.38694; 16.63333Country PolandVoivodeshipLower SilesianCountyKłodzkoGminaKłodzkoPopulation
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Krosnowice [krɔsnɔˈvit͡sɛ] (formerly Rankowo) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kłodzko, within Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Kłodzko, and 87 kilometres (54 mi) south of the regional capital Wrocław.

Notable residents

  • Dieter Damerius (born 1924), Wehrmacht officer
  • Georg Dörffel (1914–1944), Luftwaffe officer
  • Robert Stein (1857-1917), Arctic explorer and translator of local native languages

References

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


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