Święta Katarzyna, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Święta Katarzyna (disambiguation).
Święta Katarzyna
Village

Coat of arms
Święta Katarzyna
Coordinates: 51°02′N 17°07′E / 51.033°N 17.117°E / 51.033; 17.117
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Wrocław County
Gmina Siechnice
Population 1,872

Święta Katarzyna [ˈɕfjɛnta kataˈʐɨna] ("Saint Catherine", German: Kattern) is a village in Gmina Siechnice, Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

Before 1 January 2010, the district of Gmina Siechnice was called Gmina Święta Katarzyna, and Święta Katarzyna was its seat. (This was one of only two cases in Poland where a gmina contained a town but had its administrative seat in a village; the remaining one is Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce.)

The village has a population of 1,872 (as at 2006). It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of the regional capital Wrocław. It first appears in written records in 1257 as Santa Katherine. Prior to 1945 the area was part of Germany.

Buildings of interest include the fortified church of Saint Catherine, which dates to at least 1257, and has been rebuilt on several occasions, including in 1720 and after the Second World War. The church contains a picture of the Madonna of Częstochowa, and is considered a Marian shrine.

Church of St. Catherine


References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Coordinates: 51°02′N 17°07′E / 51.033°N 17.117°E / 51.033; 17.117

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