Siedlęcin () () is a village in the administrative district of

Gmina Jeżów Sudecki __NOTOC__ Gmina Jeżów Sudecki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Jeżów Sudecki, which lies approximately north of Jelenia Góra ...

, within

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

Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship (, ) in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. It covers an area of and has a total population of 2,899,986. It is one of the wealthiest ...

, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately west of

Jeżów Sudecki Jeżów Sudecki is a village in Karkonosze County, located in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of southwestern Poland. It serves as the administrative seat of Gmina Jeżów Sudecki. Situated approximately north of Jelenia Góra and west of the re ...

, north-west of

Jelenia Góra Jelenia Góra (; ; ) is a historic city in southwestern Poland, within the historical region of Lower Silesia. Jelenia Góra is situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, close to the Karkonosze mountain range running along the Polish-Czech bo ...

, and west of the regional capital

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

. The river

Bóbr The Bóbr (; ; ) is a river which flows through the north of the Czech Republic and the southwest of Poland. It is a left tributary of the Oder. Its Polish name translates directly to ' beaver'. Course The Bóbr has a length of (3 in Czech ...

runs through the lower part of the village.

History

The area became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. The village was first mentioned in 1305, when it was part of fragmented

Piast The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I (–992). The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of King Casimir III the Great. Branches of ...

-ruled Poland. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, the Germans operated a

forced labour Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, or violence, including death or other forms of ...

camp mostly for British, but also for

French French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), ...

and other prisoners of war in the village.

Sights

The most important historical monument in Siedlęcin is the 14th century

Siedlęcin Tower Siedlęcin Tower () is a 14th-century tower castle situated in the southwestern Poland, Polish village of Siedlęcin in the Karkonosze County. The keep in Siedlęcin is one of the best-preserved examples of such buildings in Central Europe; its c ...

. The ''Perła Zachodu'' mountain hut of the

Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society ''Polskie Towarzystwo Turystyczno-Krajoznawcze'', PTTK (Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society) is a Polish non-governmental tourist organization with 312 branches across the country. The PTTK is one of the oldest tourist societies in Europe. ...

is located in Siedlęcin.

Transport

There is a railway station in Siedlęcin.

References

External links

Dagmara Adamska, Siedlęcin, czyli „wieś Rudigera”. Studia nad średniowiecznym osadnictwem wokół Jeleniej Góry, In: Wieża książęca w Siedlęcinie w świetle dotychczasowych badań. Podsumowanie na 700-lecie budowy obiektu, ed. P. Nocuń, Kraków 2016
Populated riverside places in Poland Villages in Karkonosze County {{JeleniaGóra-geo-stub