| Twardawa | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Poland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Opole |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Prudnik |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Głogówek |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1224 |
| Coordinates: | 50.3431°N 17.9894°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland#Poland Opole Voivodeship |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Registration Plate: | OPR |
| Blank Name Sec2: | National roads |
Twardawa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Głogówek, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the Czech border.[1] It lies approximately 9km (06miles) east of Głogówek, 300NaN0 east of Prudnik, and 370NaN0 south of the regional capital Opole. Historically located in Upper Silesia, in the Prudnik Land.
The village was first mentioned in a document of Bishop of Wrocław Wawrzyniec from 1224, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. Its name is of Polish origin and comes from the word twardy/twarda, which means "hard". The local parish church of Saint Margaret was first mentioned in 1305. Later on, the village was also part of Bohemia (Czechia), Prussia, and Germany. In 1885, Twardawa had a population of 780.[2] In 1936, during a massive Nazi campaign of renaming of placenames, the village was renamed to Hartenau to erase traces of Polish origin.
During World War II, the Germans operated the E255 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.[3] After the defeat of Germany in the war, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland and its historic name was restored.
There is a train station in Twardawa, and the Polish National road 40 also passes through the village.
The local football club is KS Twardawa.[4] It competes in the lower leagues.