Dobromierz | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Świdnica |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Dobromierz |
Coordinates: | 50.9111°N 16.2386°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Population Total: | 800 |
Website: | http://www.dobromierz.pl/ |
Dobromierz is a village-sized municipality in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] The municipality lies approximately 16km (10miles) north-west of Świdnica, and 61km (38miles) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.
It is the main municipality and the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Dobromierz.
First mentioned as Vrideberch in a 1307 deed, it received town privileges about 1409. The area was the site of Frederick the Great's victory at the Battle of Hohenfriedberg (Hohenfriedeberg), fought between Austria and Prussia on 4 June 1745, during the War of the Austrian Succession.
It is the birthplace of Polish cyclist and Olympic medallist Stanisław Szozda.