Graniczna | |
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: | 50.9947°N 16.3522°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | DSW |
Graniczna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Strzegom, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
It lies approximately 4km (02miles) north of Strzegom, 18km (11miles) north of Świdnica, and 51km (32miles) west of the regional capital Wrocław.
A stronghold was founded by Slavic Lechitic tribes in the Early Middle Ages, and there is an archaeological site from that period in Graniczna.[2]
During World War II, Nazi Germany operated a forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-A prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs in the village.[3]
Graniczna, along with the nearby town of Strzegom and several other villages, is an important center for granite mining and stonemasonry in Poland.[4]