Gierczyn [ˈɡʲɛrt͡ʂɨn] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mirsk, within Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border.
Gierczyn | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary | |
  Gierczyn | |
| Coordinates: 50°55′N 15°24′E / 50.917°N 15.400°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Lwówek Śląski |
| Gmina | Mirsk |
| Highest elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 420 m (1,380 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 300 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | DLW |
It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Mirsk, 26 km (16 mi) south-west of Lwówek Śląski, and 118 km (73 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.
A trade route connecting Jelenia Góra with Frýdlant and Zittau passed through the village in the late medieval and early modern periods.[1]
Notable people
edit- Andrzej Biegalski, Polish boxer
References
edit- ^ Boguszewicz, Artur (2010). Corona Silesiae (in Polish). Wrocław: Wydział Nauk Historycznych i Pedagogicznych Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego. p. 43. ISBN 978-83-922130-8-6.
Bibliography
edit- Birecki T., 1959, "Złoże cyny w Przecznicy (Dolny Śląsk)." [Lode Of Tin Ore In Przecznica (Lower Silesia)]; in: Zeszyty Naukowe AGH, No. 22, Geologia vol.3, pp. 35–53, Kraków (in Polish)
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