Szonów

{{for|the town in the Czech Republic|Šenov}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Szonów

| native_name = {{native name|szl|Szōnōw}}

| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = 2012-04 Szonów 31.jpg

| image_caption =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Opole

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Prudnik

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Głogówek

| coordinates = {{coord|50|18|10|N|17|50|32|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

| pushpin_map = Poland

| pushpin_label_position = right

| elevation_m =

| population_total =

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| registration_plate = OPR

}}

Szonów {{IPAc-pl|'|sz|o|n|u|f}} is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Głogówek, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the Czech border.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|5|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of Głogówek, {{convert|20|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of Prudnik, and {{convert|41|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the regional capital Opole.

Szonów/Schönau was, for many prisoners of war, a stopping place on 'The Long March' during the final months of the Second World War in Europe. About 30,000 Allied PoWs were force-marched westward by the Germans in appalling winter conditions, lasting about four months from January to April 1945.{{Cite web|url=https://www.livewallpapers.com/people-wallpapers/army-wallpapers|title=Military, Army Phone Wallpapers for iPhone & Android|website=www.livewallpapers.com}} Three Polish citizens were murdered by Nazi Germany in the village during the war.{{cite book|author= |title=Zestawienie Miejsc Zbrodni Popełnionych na Ludności Cywilnej przez Okupanta Hitlerowskiego na Ziemiach Polskich w latach 1939–1945|year=2022|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=192|isbn=978-83-954388-3-7}}