Żórawina ż is a village in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...

, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina

Gmina

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) called Gmina Żórawina

Gmina Zórawina

Gmina Żórawina is a rural gmina in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Żórawina, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Wrocław....

. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany

Germany

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.

The village has a population of 1,700. It lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) south of the regional capital, which is Wrocław.

Żórawina is the site of one of Poland's tallest radio masts: see Żórawina radio transmitter.