Strzelin [ˈstʂɛlʲin] (German: Strehlen,[2] Czech: Střelín) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland.

It is located on the Oława river, a tributary of the Oder, about 39 kilometres (24 miles) south of the region's capital Wrocław.

It is 123 meters deep and covers 19.5 ha The settlement dates back to the beginnings of the Polish state.

It was granted town rights in 1292 by Duke Bolko I the Strict of the Piast dynasty, who also built defensive walls.

[3] After the death of the last Piast duke George William in 1675, the town was incorporated into the Habsburg-ruled Bohemian (Czech) Kingdom and the period of religious tolerance ended.

[3] It was severely damaged in the course of the Lower Silesian Offensive of the Red Army against the Wehrmacht in February 1945.