Krosnowice | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 50°23′13″N 16°38′0″E / 50.38694°N 16.63333°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
County | Kłodzko |
Gmina | Kłodzko |
Population | 2,954 |
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
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