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Strzegom [ˈstʂɛgɔm] (German: Striegau) is a town in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Strzegom. It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north-west of Świdnica, and 52 kilometres (32 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław. As at 2006, the town has a population of 16,782.
[edit] History
Traces of settlement on the site during the Roman Empire period have been found. In the early Middle Ages it was a fortified settlement with a castellan, part of Piast Poland, first mentioned in historical sources from 1155. From the 13th century the town belonged to the Duchy of Świdnica, from 1392 it was ruled by Silesian Piasts. Subsequently it shared the political fortunes of Silesia, and passed to Bohemian and then Austrian Habsburg sovereignty. During the Thirty Years' War it suffered almost complete destruction. In 1742 it became part of Prussia. On June 4, 1745 the battle of Hohenfriedberg, an important victory for Prussia during the War of the Austrian Succession, took place near the town.In the 19th century considerable industrial expansion took place, with granite quarries playing a particularly important role in the town's economy. The first rail link to the town was opened in 1856. In 1905 the town had 13,427 inhabitants. A subcamp of the nearby Gross-Rosen concentration camp. After 1945, as a result of the Potsdam Conference, it was returned to Poland and the German population was expelled.
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Coordinates: 50°57′40″N 16°20′40″E / 50.96111, 16.34444
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