Czernina is a village (former town) in the administrative district of Gmina Góra, within Góra County,

Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrz ...

, in western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Góra, and north-west of the regional capital Wrocław. The village has a population of 940.

History

The oldest known mention of the village comes from 1284, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. In the ''

Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis ( pl, Księga uposażeń biskupstwa wrocławskiego, ''Book of endowments of the Bishopric of Wrocław'') is a Latin manuscript catalog of documents compiled in the later 13th or in the early 14th centu ...

'' from ca. 1305 it was mentioned under its Old Polish name ''Czirnina''. Its name is of Polish origin. In the 14th century Czernina became a private village owned by Polish nobleman Jan of Wierzbna coat of arms, who also founded the nearby town of Rydzyna. Later on, the village was also part of Bohemia (Czechia), Prussia and Germany. In 1937, during a massive Nazi campaign of renaming of placenames, the village was renamed to ''Lesten'' to erase traces of Polish origin. After the defeat of Germany in World War II, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland and its historic name was restored.

Transport

The Polish S5 highway runs nearby, east of the village.

Notable people

* (1810–1877), Polish pastor and religious writer, opponent of

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References

Czernina Czernina (pronounced: , from ''czarny'' --- "black"; sometimes also ''czarnina'' or ''czarna polewka --- black soup'', or even "gray borscht", ''barszcz szary'') is a Polish soup made of duck blood and clear poultry broth. Sometimes known as "d ...

Former populated places in Lower Silesian Voivodeship {{Góra-geo-stub