Szydłów, Lubusz Voivodeship

Szydłów ([ˈʂɨdwuf]) is an abandoned village in the administrative district of Gmina Cybinka, within Słubice County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, close to the German border.

In 1249 the Silesian Duke Bolesław II the Bald of Legnica granted it to the Lusatian margrave Henry III the Illustrious from the House of Wettin, in turn for his mediation in the inheritance conflict with his brother Duke Henry III the White of Wrocław.

It remained a village at the northeastern edge of Lower Lusatia, the only one east of the Oder River.

After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, in 1945, the area became again part of Poland with the implementation of the Oder–Neisse line as the Polish border with East Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II).

The village had already been abandoned in the early 20th century due to repeated floodings.

Schiedlo on the Oder River opposite the Neisse mouth at Ratzdorf, Neißemünde , 1934 map