Święta Katarzyna, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

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Święta Katarzyna

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Święta Katarzyna

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

Poland

Population

1,872

For other places with the same name, see Święta Katarzyna.

Święta Katarzyna ("Saint Catherine", German: Kattern) is a village in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Święta Katarzyna (one of only two cases in Poland where a gmina contains a town but has its administrative seat in a village; the other is Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce). Prior to 1945 the area was part of Germany.

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. Buildings of interest include the fortified 18th-century church of Saint Catherine.

Church of St. Catherine

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This article includes information taken from the corresponding Polish Wikipedia article as of 24 November 2007.

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