Country Poland Gmina Siechnice Local time Tuesday 5:24 AM | County Wrocław Area 15.53 km² Population 3,851 (2006) | |
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Weather 9°C, Wind SW at 13 km/h, 76% Humidity Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship | ||
Siechnice [ɕɛxˈɲit͡sɛ] (formerly German: Tschechnitz, renamed Kraftborn in the Nazi era) is a town in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It gained town status in 1997, and as of 2006 has a population of 3,851.
Map of Siechnice, Poland
Siechnice lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-east of the regional capital Wrocław, and since 1 January 2010 has been the seat of the gmina (administrative district) of Gmina Siechnice. (Previously the district was called Gmina Święta Katarzyna, and Siechnice was the only town in Poland which neither gave its name to the gmina in which it lay nor served as its administrative seat.)
References
Siechnice Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA