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Wrocław Centennial Hall
A UNESCO-listed pioneering reinforced-concrete structure from 1913 surrounded by a stunning multimedia fountain complex.
9 km · about 20 min drive
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Święta Katarzyna
Lower Silesia, Poland · Europe
About Święta Katarzyna
Święta Katarzyna works well as a base: 10 minutes from Żerniki Wrocławskie, 48km from Church of Peace, Świdnica.
Święta Katarzyna is in Lower Silesia, Poland, with about 2,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Żerniki Wrocławskie, about 4 km away.
Święta Katarzyna (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɕfjɛnta kataˈʐɨna], German: Kattern, [ˈkatɛɐ̯n]), lit. 'Saint Catherine', is a village in Gmina Siechnice, Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
Before 1 January 2010, the district of Gmina Siechnice was called Gmina Święta Katarzyna, and ŚwiętaRead more
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. 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.
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What is there to see near Święta Katarzyna?
Within an hour or so of Święta Katarzyna: Wrocław Centennial Hall (9 km), Wrocław Bronze Dwarfs (11 km), Wrocław Market Square (11 km), Wroclaw Market Square (11 km).
Are there any good drives near Święta Katarzyna?
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.
Where is Święta Katarzyna?
Święta Katarzyna is in Lower Silesia, Poland, about 4 km from Żerniki Wrocławskie.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 2,000
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Poland
- Region
- Lower Silesia
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
- Coordinates
- 51.0260, 17.1146
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Worth the detour from Święta Katarzyna
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Wrocław Bronze Dwarfs
Over 300 whimsical bronze dwarf figurines scattered throughout the city streets, each with a unique character and story.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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Wrocław Market Square
One of the largest and most beautiful medieval market squares in Europe, with colourful townhouses and the famous bronze dwarf statues.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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Wroclaw Market Square
A colourful Silesian square framed by a Gothic town hall, with hundreds of bronze dwarfs hidden around the city.
11 km · about 20 min drive
cathedral
Church of Peace, Świdnica
Europe's largest timber-framed church, raised in 1656–57 by Silesian Lutherans who were forbidden stone, nails or a tower: the wattle-and-daub interior holds 7,500 people under painted galleries. UNESCO-listed.
48 km · about 55 min drive
Driving in Poland
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.42/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€5.00/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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