Stronie Śląskie (german: Seitenberg) is a town in

Kłodzko County __NOTOC__ Kłodzko County ( pl, powiat kłodzki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local govern ...

, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) called

Gmina Stronie Śląskie __NOTOC__ Gmina Stronie Śląskie is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, on the Czech border. Its seat is the town of Stronie Śląskie, which lies approximately s ...

, close to the

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border. It lies approximately south-east of

Kłodzko Kłodzko (; cz, Kladsko; german: Glatz; la, Glacio) is a historic town in south-western Poland, in the region of Lower Silesia. It is situated in the centre of the Kłodzko Valley, on the Eastern Neisse river. Kłodzko is the seat of Kłodzko ...

, and south 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 ...

. It is located within the historic

Kłodzko Land Kłodzko Land ( pl, Ziemia kłodzka; cs, Kladsko; german: Glatzer Land) is a historical region in southwestern Poland. The subject of Czech-Polish rivalry in the High Middle Ages, it became a Bohemian domain since the 12th century, although with ...

. As of 2019, the town has a population of 5,709.

History

The settlement was founded in the 14th century. Over the centuries, it has changed owners many times. In the mid-15th century the village became part of the

County of Kladsko The County of Kladsko ( cs, Kladské hrabství, german: Grafschaft Glatz, pl, Hrabstwo kłodzkie) was a historical administrative unit within Bohemia as a part of the Kingdom of Bohemia and later in the Kingdom of Prussia with its capital at Kł ...

within the

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. In the 16th and 17th centuries, it was part of a metal mining region. In the 17th century, the village became the center of an estate, which included also the nearby villages of Bolesławów, Kletno, Strachocin and

Stara Morawa Stara Morawa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stronie Śląskie, within Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. In 1975–1998 it belonged to Wałbrzych Voivodeship. It lies approximately south ...

. In the 18th century,

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ceded the village to the

Kingdom of Prussia The Kingdom of Prussia (german: Königreich Preußen, ) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918. Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. ...

in the Treaty of Berlin. In 1838,

Princess Marianne of the Netherlands Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau (''Wilhelmina Frederika Louise Charlotte Marianne''; 9 May 1810 – 29 May 1883) was the youngest child of King William I of the Netherlands and Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia. ...

bought the estates, which remained in the possession of the

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House of Orange-Nassau until 1908. From 1871, the village was part of the German Empire. In 1897, it was connected by rail with Glatz (Kłodzko). After the defeat of

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

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in 1945, the village became part of Poland. Its German population was expelled by the local administration in the post-war period. In 1967, Stronie Śląskie was granted

town rights Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the tradition ...

. The town suffered the

1997 Central European flood The 1997 Central European flood or the 1997 Oder Flood of the Oder and Morava (river), Morava river basins in July 1997 affected Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany, taking the lives of 114 people and causing material damages estimated at $4.5 ...

Economy

One of the main employers in the town in the lead crystal factory "Violetta.", which in one form or another has been in the town since 1864.HSK Violetta http://www.violetta.com.pl/en/historia.html

Sights

Among the historic sights of Stronie Śląskie are: *the Palace of

, currently housing the town hall *the Baroque Saint Onuphrius chapel *the Baroque Our Lady Queen of Poland and Saint Maternus church *the

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and Gothic Revival Christ's Resurrection church *historic houses and villas *the private Museum of Stones and Minerals ('' Muzeum Kamieni i Minerałów'') Kaplica św. Onufrego w Stroniu Śląskim.jpg, Saint Onuphrius chapel 2016 Kościół w Stroniu Śląskim.jpg, Our Lady Queen of Poland and Saint Maternus church 2015 Kościół Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego w Stroniu Śląskim 01.JPG, Christ's Resurrection church 2015 Villa Elise w Stroniu Śląskim 01.JPG, ''Villa Elise''

Twin towns – sister cities

See twin towns of Gmina Stronie Śląskie. Stronie Śląskie, dworzec kolejowy, 15

References

;Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Stronie Slaskie Cities and towns in Lower Silesian Voivodeship Kłodzko County