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Saint Nicholas church in Świny

Church

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Świny Castle

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Świny Castle - formerly a gord, as a stronghold existed in its location already in the fifth century - securing the Lubawecki mountain pass, the site was recorded in Cosmas' documents from 1108, where the gord is recorded as Suini in Poloniae. Świny Castle is situated 140 metres southwest of Swiny - Ruiny zamku.

Bolków Castle

Photo: Jacek Halicki, CC BY 3.0.

Bolków Castle is a castle located in Bolków on the Castle Hill, with a 396 metres, where the hillside is cut by the Nysa Szalona river, with a sharp precipice; the eastern side of the hill gradually lowers, taken up by the town. Bolków Castle is situated 2½ km southwest of Swiny - Ruiny zamku.

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Świny

Village

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Świny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bolków, within Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

Gmina Bolków

Town

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Bolków is a town in Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Bolków and part of the Neisse-Nysa-Nisa Euroregion.

Gorzanowice

Village

Photo: Juandev, CC BY 3.0.

Gorzanowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bolków, within Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

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