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# Chojnów

A settlement in Poland.

## English name

**Chojnów** — The official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its Polish spelling; no romanization is needed.

Other forms in use:

- **Haynau** — German historical name used in English Silesian and military history.
- **Chojnow** — Diacritic-free search and plain-text spelling of the local Latin name; not a separate official name.

## French name

**Chojnów** — Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry checked.

Other forms in use:

- **Haynau** — German historical name explicitly given in the French entry.
- **Chojnow** — Same local name without its diacritics, useful in French indexes, URLs and plain-text sources.

## About

Chojnów is a town on the Skora River in Lower Silesia, west of Legnica. Its castle and Gothic parish church reflect its medieval and Renaissance history.

## Notes

Wikidata identifier supplied from the checked English reference page for this location.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q478869](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q478869) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/chojnow/?format=json)


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