Goczałków | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Świdnica |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Strzegom |
Coordinates: | 51.0072°N 16.3233°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Population Total: | 1500 |
Population Footnotes: | (approx.) |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | DSW |
Goczałków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Strzegom, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
It lies approximately 6km (04miles) north of Strzegom, 20km (10miles) north of Świdnica, and 52km (32miles) west of the regional capital Wrocław.
During World War II, Nazi Germany operated two forced labour subcamps of the Stalag VIII-A prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs in the village.[2]
Goczałków, along with the nearby town of Strzegom and several other villages, is an important center for granite mining and stonemasonry in Poland.[3]