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Bodzanów is a village located in the Nysa district, in the Głuchołazy municipality. It lies in the Nysa land, in historical Lower Silesia. The Biała Głuchołaska river flows through the village, whose parts are Dłużnica and Rudawa. In the Middle Ages, the village was the property of the vogt of Głuchołazy. In 1622, it passed into the hands of the Jesuits, who built a monastery there. At the end of the 17th century, it became a resting place for students of the Nysa Collegium. Currently, the monastery is cared for by Missionary Oblates, who run a retreat and rest house in the building. Next to the monastery stands the parish church of St. Joseph, which dates from the 18th century. In 1945, murders were committed in the town by the Nazis against evacuated concentration camp prisoners. In total, 60 prisoners were murdered in the village. Paul Peikert was born in the village, a Catholic clergyman, pastor of the St. Maurice parish in Wrocław in the years 1932–1946, and author of a chronicle describing life inside the Wrocław Fortress besieged by the Red Army at the end of World War II.