Miłoszów [miˈwɔʂuf] (German: Hartmannsdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, on the border with the Czech Republic.[1]

Miłoszów
Village
Miłoszów in winter
Miłoszów
Coordinates: 51°00′16″N 15°15′00″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Lubań
Gmina	Leśna
Highest elevation	325 m (1,066 ft)
Lowest elevation	190 m (620 ft)
Population	780
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	http://miloszow.pl

It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Leśna, 13 kilometres (8 mi) south of Lubań, and 126 kilometres (78 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The village has a population of 780.

During World War II the Germans established and operated a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the village, with around 600 prisoners, mostly Poles.[2] In February 1945, the Germans ordered the evacuation of the camp, during which at least 100 exhausted prisoners were murdered.[2] A group of ill prisoners was left in the camp and later transported to Gross-Rosen on March 19, 1945.[2]

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