Zagórze Śląskie


Zagórze Śląskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Walim, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
The settlement within the northern Owl Mountains lies approximately north-west of Walim, south-east of Wałbrzych, and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

Zagórze Śląskie arouse at the foot of Grodno Castle built in the late 13th century by Duke Bolko I the Strict as a fortress near the border with the Kingdom of Bohemia. After it had fallen to the Bohemian crown in 1368 it was held as a fief by various possessors, among them the Counts of Hoberg at Książ until 1567 and Prince Michael the Brave of Wallachia.

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