Grzędy | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wałbrzych |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Czarny Bór |
Coordinates: | 50.7456°N 16.1392°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Grzędy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Bór, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies within the Central Sudetes, approximately 3km (02miles) south of Czarny Bór, 11km (07miles) west of Wałbrzych, and 76km (47miles) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.
The nearby Wojaczów Castle was erected at the behest of the Silesian duke Bolko I the Strict in the 13th century. Then meant as a fortress of his Duchy of Jawor near the border with Bohemia, it became less important after the Jawor line of the Silesian Piasts became extinct and their territories were incorporated into the Lands of the Bohemian Crown in 1368.