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}}

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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)