Zagórze Śląskie () is a village in the administrative district of

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

, within

Wałbrzych County __NOTOC__ Wałbrzych County (; ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed ...

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 north-west of Walim, south-east of

Wałbrzych Wałbrzych (; ; or ''Walmbrich''; or ) is a city located in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland, seat of Wałbrzych County. Wałbrzych lies approximately southwest of the voivodeship capital Wrocław and about from the Czec ...

, and south-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 ...

History

Zagórze Śląskie arose at the foot of Grodno Castle ''(Kynsburg)'' built in the late 13th century by Duke

Bolko I the Strict Bolko (Bolesław) I the Strict, also known as Bolko (Bolesław) of Jawor ( or ''Srogi'' or ''Jaworski''; 1252/56 – 9 November 1301), was a Duke of Lwówek Śląski, Lwówek 1278–81 (with his brother as co-ruler) and Duchy of Jawor, Jawor after ...

as a fortress near the border with the

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. 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 ( 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 Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711), Transylvani ...

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 Jedlina-Zdrój () is a spa town in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, in the historic region of Lower Silesia. It lies approximately south-east of Wałbrzych, and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław ...

– Niedźwiedzica – Zagórze Śląskie – Zamek Grodno – Bystrzyca Górna –

Świdnica Świdnica (; ; ) is a city on the Bystrzyca (Oder), Bystrzyca River in south-western Poland in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. As of 2021, it has a population of 55,413 inhabitants. It is the seat of Świdnica County, and also of the smaller dis ...

–

Ślęża The Ślęża (; or ''Zobtenberg'', later also ''Siling'') is a high mountain in the Sudeten Foreland in Poland. The mountain is built mostly of granite and is covered with forests. The top of the mountain has a PTTK tourist mountain hut, a te ...

– 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 sect ...

Spain –

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References

External links

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