Stanowice, Świdnica County
Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
50°55′52″N 16°22′25″E / 50.93111°N 16.37361°E / 50.93111; 16.37361![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png)
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Stanowice [stanɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Strzegom, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Strzegom, 11 km (7 mi) north of Świdnica, and 52 km (32 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.
In the final stages of World War II, on 28 January 1945, a German-organized death march of Allied prisoners of war from the Stalag Luft 7 POW camp stopped in the village.[2]
Notable residents
- Carl Wagener (1901–1988), Wehrmacht general
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