Niegosławice, Lubusz Voivodeship

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

Niegosławice
—  Village  —
Niegosławice
Coordinates: 51°35′17″N 15°42′47″E / 51.58806°N 15.71306°E / 51.58806; 15.71306
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lubusz
County	Żagań
Gmina	Niegosławice
Population	930

Niegosławice [ɲɛɡɔswaˈvit​͡sɛ] (formerly German Waltersdorf) is a village in Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Niegosławice.^[1] It lies approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) east of Żagań and 42 km (26 mi) south of Zielona Góra.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II). The Nobel-Prize winning German biologist Günter Blobel was born there in 1936.

The village has a population of 930.

References

1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa. 

Coordinates: 51°35′17″N 15°42′47″E / 51.58806°N 15.71306°E / 51.58806; 15.71306