Gierczyn
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gierczyn
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Gierczyn kościół pw Narodzenia NMP 1.jpg
| image_caption = Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Lower Silesian
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Lwówek Śląski
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Mirsk
| pushpin_map = Poland
| coordinates = {{coord|50|55|N|15|24|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| elevation_max_m = 600
| elevation_min_m = 420
| population_total = 300
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| registration_plate = DLW
}}
Gierczyn {{IPAc-pl|'|g|J|e|r|cz|y|n}} is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mirsk, within Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|6|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of Mirsk, {{convert|26|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-west of Lwówek Śląski, and {{convert|118|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of the regional capital Wrocław.
A trade route connecting Jelenia Góra with Frýdlant and Zittau passed through the village in the late medieval and early modern periods.{{cite book|last=Boguszewicz|first=Artur|title=Corona Silesiae|year=2010|location=Wrocław|language=pl|publisher=Wydział Nauk Historycznych i Pedagogicznych Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego|page=43|isbn=978-83-922130-8-6}}
Notable people
- Andrzej Biegalski, Polish boxer
References
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Bibliography
- Birecki T., 1959, "Złoże cyny w Przecznicy (Dolny Śląsk)." [Lode Of Tin Ore In Przecznica (Lower Silesia)]; in: Zeszyty Naukowe AGH, No. 22, Geologia vol.3, pp. 35–53, Kraków (in Polish)
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070716171336/http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/1226,miasto.html Gierczyn in Wratislaviae Amici (in Polish)]
{{Gmina Mirsk}}
Category:Villages in Lwówek Śląski County
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