| Strzelce | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lower Silesian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Świdnica |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Marcinowice |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1193 |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 50.9167°N 56°W |
| Registration Plate: | DSW |
Strzelce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Marcinowice, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9km (06miles) north-east of Marcinowice, 190NaN0 north-east of Świdnica, and 350NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.
When it was part of medieval Piast-ruled Poland, in 1193, the village was mentioned under the name Strelce as an endowment of the Canons Regular Monastery in Wrocław.[2] [3] In 1204, it was mentioned under the Old Polish name Strelovo.[4] The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the old Polish word strzelec, which means "hunter" or "archer".[5]
In 1885, the village had a population of 675.[2]
During World War I, the Germans operated a forced labour camp for Allied prisoners of war in the village.[6]