What is "zarow"

Żarów is a town in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina Żarów. The town lies approximately north-east of Świdnica, and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles. For more information about the history of the region, see History of Silesia.

As at 2006, the town has a population of 6,902.

The Zarow is a river in Western Pomerania, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The ditches of the Friedländer Große Wiese dispatch to two main ditches, merging at Ferdinandshof, from where the river is called Zarow. The Zarow the flows through the Ueckermünder Heide (" Ueckermünde heath") and after 16 kilometers reaches the Oder Lagoon near Grambin, some kilometers west of the mouth of the Uecker. The Zarow area became meliorated and settled in 1730, when it became part of Prussian Pomerania.

Category:Rivers of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Zarow is a river in Western Pomerania, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Zarow may also refer to:

• Żarów, a town in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
• Żarów, Opole Voivodeship, a village in Brzeg County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland