Kochanów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Kochanów (disambiguation).

Kochanów
Village
Church of Saint Matthew in Kochanów
Kochanów
Coordinates: 50°41′39″N 16°08′57″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Kamienna Góra
Gmina	Kamienna Góra
First mentioned	1292
Elevation (max.)	545 m (1,788 ft)
Population
• Total	203[1]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	DKA

Kochanów [kɔˈxanuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kamienna Góra, within Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[2] It lies approximately 16 km (10 mi) south-east of Kamienna Góra, and 79 km (49 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1292, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. After World War II, in 1945–1947, Poles expelled from Wiśniowce in pre-war south-eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union settled in Kochanów.^[3] An agricultural cooperative was founded in the village in 1953.^[4]

References

1. Miejscowosci Ludnosc gov.pl
2. "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
3. Pawlikowska, Karolina (2016). "Rolnicze spółdzielnie produkcyjne powiatu kamiennogórskiego w latach 1950-1957, cz. 1 – organizacja i uwarunkowania działalności". Rocznik Jeleniogórski (in Polish). Vol. XLVIII. Jelenia Góra. p. 90. ISSN 0080-3480.
4. Pawlikowska, p. 95