Konary, Wołów County
Konary [kɔˈnarɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wińsko, within Wołów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
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| Coordinates: 51°24′44″N 16°33′28″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Wołów |
| Gmina | Wińsko |
It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-west of Wińsko, 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Wołów, and 47 kilometres (29 mi) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.
Under Prussian rule, the world's first factory for extracting sugar from sugar beets was opened in 1802 in Konary (then known as Kunern).[1]
References
- Langer, R.H.M.; Hill, G.D. (1991), Agricultural Plants, Cambridge University, pp. 197–199, ISBN 0-521-40563-7
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