Struga, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

50°49′28″N 16°13′42″E / 50.82444°N 16.22833°E / 50.82444; 16.22833Country

PolandVoivodeship

Lower SilesianCounty WałbrzychGminaStare BogaczowiceHighest elevation

400 m (1,300 ft)Lowest elevation

380 m (1,250 ft)Population

850Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

58-311

Area code(+48) 74Vehicle registrationDBA

Struga [ˈstruɡa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stare Bogaczowice, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland.^[1] It is approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) southeast of Stare Bogaczowice, 6 kilometres (4 mi) northwest of Wałbrzych, and 66 kilometres (41 mi) southwest of the regional capital Wrocław. The village borders with the spa town of Szczawno-Zdrój in the east. It is located within the historic region of Lower Silesia.

Among the historic architecture of Struga are the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, dating back to the 14th century, and an 18th-century palace.

The village is known as the site of the Battle of Struga, fought on May 15, 1807, in which the Poles defeated a much larger Prussian army.^[2]

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ "15 maja 1807 roku miała miejsce bitwa pod Strugą". Historykon.pl (in Polish). Retrieved August 23, 2019.