Boguszyce b is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oleśnica

Gmina Olesnica, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Gmina Oleśnica is a rural gmina in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Oleśnica, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, within Oleśnica County

Olesnica County

Oleśnica County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of...

, 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. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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History

Boguszyce formerly belonged to the church district of Oleśnica. From 1538 onward it was a Protestant community. The church was built in 1712 to 1714. It still exists and it's interior is more or less unchanged, except for adapting it to the now catholic belief.

The number of inhabitants changed little since the 19th century:

• 1867: 675 inhabitants
• 1871: 679 inhabitants, 106 houses and 139 households. There was also a coffee house and a chemist.
• 1905: 572 inhabitants (of them 554 Protestant, 18 Catholic) in 87 houses and 135 households
• 1925: 714 inhabitants
• 1939: 704 inhabitants in 202 households

Boguszyce lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of Oleśnica

Olesnica

Oleśnica is a town in the Trzebnickie Hills in southwestern Poland with 36,951 inhabitants . It is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship...

, and 29 kilometres (18 mi) north-east of the regional capital Wrocław.