Bronowice, Żary County

For other places with the same name, see Bronowice.

Bronowice ([brɔnɔˈvit͡sɛ]; in German Braunsdorf, in Sorbian Brunojce) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzebiel, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, close to the German border.^[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Trzebiel, 28 km (17 mi) west of Żary, and 67 km (42 mi) south-west of Zielona Góra.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II). In the 1880s, most inhabitants spoke Sorbian.^[2] After World War II and the subsequent border shift, the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

The village has a population of 370.

References

Gmina Trzebiel

Seat	Trzebiel

Other villages	Bogaczów Bronowice Buczyny Bukowina Chudzowice Chwaliszowice Czaple Dębinka Gniewoszyce Jasionów Jędrzychowice Jędrzychowiczki Kałki Kamienica nad Nysą Łużycką Karsówka Królów Łuków Marcinów Mieszków Niwica Nowe Czaple Olszyna Przewoźniki Pustków Rytwiny Siedlec Siemiradz Stare Czaple Strzeszowice Wierzbięcin Włostowice Żarki Małe Żarki Wielkie

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