Struga is a village in the administrative district of

Gmina Stare Bogaczowice __NOTOC__ Gmina Stare Bogaczowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Stare Bogaczowice, which lies approximately north-west of Wałbrzych ...

, within Wałbrzych 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 southwestern Poland. It is approximately southeast of

Stare Bogaczowice Stare Bogaczowice is a village in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Stare Bogaczowice. It lies approximately northwest of Wałbrzych, and ...

, northwest of Wałbrzych, and southwest of the regional capital Wrocław. The village borders with the spa town of

Szczawno-Zdrój Szczawno-Zdrój (german: Bad Salzbrunn, until 1935 ''Ober Salzbrunn'') is a spa town in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Geography The town in the historic Lower Silesia region is situated north of the ...

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 Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...

defeated a much larger Prussian army.

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Struga Struga ( mk, Струга , sq, Strugë) is a town and popular tourist destination situated in the south-western region of North Macedonia, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. The town of Struga is the seat of Struga Municipality. Name The nam ...

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