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Strzegom [] 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 north-west of
Świdnica, and west of the regional capital
Wrocław. As at 2006, the town has a population of 16,782.
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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