Święta Katarzyna, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Coat of arms of Święta Katarzyna
Coat of arms
51°02′N 17°07′E / 51.033°N 17.117°E / 51.033; 17.117Country PolandVoivodeshipLower SilesianCountyWrocław CountyDistrictSiechniceFirst written record1257Elevation
125 m (410 ft)Population
 (2015)
 • Total2,288[1]Time zoneGMT+1Postal code
55-010
Telephone code(+48) 71Vehicle registrationDWRSIMC0881213

Święta Katarzyna (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɕfjɛnta kataˈʐɨna], German: Kattern,[2] [ˈkatɛɐ̯n]), lit. 'Saint Catherine', is a village in Gmina Siechnice, Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[3]

Before 1 January 2010, the district of Gmina Siechnice was called Gmina Święta Katarzyna, and Święta Katarzyna was its seat. (This was one of only two cases in Poland where a gmina contained a town but had its administrative seat in a village; the remaining one is Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce.)

The village had a population of 1,872 in 2006, rising to 2258 in 2015.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of the regional capital Wrocław. It first appears in written records in 1257 as Santa Katherine.

Buildings of interest include the fortified church of Saint Catherine, which dates to at least 1257, and has been rebuilt on several occasions, including in 1720 and after the Second World War. The church contains a picture of the Madonna of Częstochowa, and is considered a Marian shrine.

The Wrocław eastern bypass runs through Święta Katarzyna, improving the village's transport links with the city.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Gmina Siechnice wykaz ludności w poszczególnych miejscowościach (in Polish), Urząd Miejski w Siechnicach, 2015-10-17
  2. ^ "Od Kattern do Świętej Katarzyny - Powiat Wrocławski". www.powiatwroclawski.pl. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  3. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  4. ^ www.sam3.pl, CONCEPT Intermedia. "Pytanie 99/2016 Wschodnia obwodnica Wrocławia, przy zjeździe na Świetą Katarzynę (ul. Zacharzycka)". UG Siechnice (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-05-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)