Strzelce, Świdnica County

Strzelce [ˈstʂɛlt͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Marcinowice, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Marcinowice, 19 km (12 mi) north-east of Świdnica, and 35 km (22 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

When it was part of medieval Piast-ruled Poland, in 1193, the village was mentioned under the name Strelce as an endowment of the Canons Regular Monastery in Wrocław.

[2] During World War I, the Germans operated a forced labour camp for Allied prisoners of war in the village.

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