Struga | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wałbrzych |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Stare Bogaczowice |
Coordinates: | 50.8244°N 16.2283°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland#Poland Lower Silesian Voivodeship |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Elevation Max M: | 400 |
Elevation Min M: | 380 |
Population Total: | 850 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 58-311 |
Area Code: | (+48) 74 |
Registration Plate: | DBA |
Struga is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stare Bogaczowice, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland.[1] It is approximately 6km (04miles) southeast of Stare Bogaczowice, 6km (04miles) northwest of Wałbrzych, and 66km (41miles) southwest of the regional capital Wrocław. The village borders with the spa town of Szczawno-Zdrój in the east. It is located within the historic region of Lower Silesia.
Among the historic architecture of Struga are the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, dating back to the 14th century, and an 18th-century palace.
The village is known as the site of the Battle of Struga, fought on May 15, 1807, in which the Poles defeated a much larger Prussian army.[2]