Jeleniów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

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Jeleniów
Village
Jeleniów
Coordinates: 50°25′24″N 16°15′26″E / 50.42333°N 16.25722°E / 50.42333; 16.25722Coordinates: 50°25′24″N 16°15′26″E / 50.42333°N 16.25722°E / 50.42333; 16.25722
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Kłodzko
Gmina Lewin Kłodzki
Population 620

Jeleniów [jɛˈlɛɲuf] (German: Gellenau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lewin Kłodzki, within Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) west of Lewin Kłodzki, 29 kilometres (18 mi) west of Kłodzko, and 96 kilometres (60 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław. The village has a population of 620.

Peter von Biron, last Duke of Courland and Semigallia died at Jeleniów Palace on January 13, 1800. 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.

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