Zagórze Śląskie (german: Kynau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Walim, 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 south-western Poland. The settlement within the northern Owl Mountains lies approximately north-west of Walim, south-east of Wałbrzych, and south-west of the regional capital

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

History

Zagórze Śląskie arouse at the foot of Grodno Castle ''(Kynsburg)'' built in the late 13th century by Duke Bolko I the Strict as a fortress near the border with the

Kingdom of Bohemia The Kingdom of Bohemia ( cs, České království),; la, link=no, Regnum Bohemiae sometimes in English literature referred to as the Czech Kingdom, was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Central Europe, the predecessor of the modern Czec ...

. After it had fallen to the Bohemian crown in 1368 it was held as a fief by various possessors, among them the Counts of Hoberg at Książ until 1567 and Prince

Michael the Brave Michael the Brave ( ro, Mihai Viteazul or ; 1558 – 9 August 1601), born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia (as Michael II, 1593 – 1601), Prince of Moldavia (1600) and ''de facto'' ruler of Transylvania (1599 – 1600). ...

of Wallachia.

Sights

* Grodno Castle * Dam on Lubachowskie Lake * Church, mentioned in 1376, existing from approx 1550

Walking routes

* Green: "Szlak Zamków Piastowskich" to Grodziec Castle * Yellow: PKP Wałbrzych Główny – Nowy Dwór Castle – Jedlina-Zdrój – Niedźwiedzica – Zagórze Śląskie – Zamek Grodno –

Bystrzyca Górna Bystrzyca Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Świdnica, and south-west of the regional capital Wr ...

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Świdnica Świdnica (; german: Schweidnitz; cs, Svídnice; szl, Świdńica) is a city in south-western Poland in the region of Silesia. As of 2019, it has a population of 57,014 inhabitants. It lies in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, being the seventh larges ...

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Ślęża The Ślęża (; german: Zobten or ''Zobtenberg'', later also ''Siling'') is a mountain in the Sudetes, Sudeten Sudeten Foreland, Foreland ( pl, Przedgórze Sudeckie) in Lower Silesia, from Wrocław, southern Poland. This nature reserve built mos ...

– Wieżyca – PKP w Sobótce –

* Blue:

European walking route E3 The E3 European long distance path, or just E3 path, is a long-distance footpath that is planned to run from the Portuguese coast to the Black Sea in Bulgaria. It is one of the network of European long-distance paths. Route The completed sectio ...

Spain –

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

References

External links

Home Page of Grodno Castle (in Polish)
Villages in Wałbrzych County {{Wałbrzych-geo-stub