Przesieka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

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| image_caption = Chapel in the village

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| subdivision_name1 = Lower Silesian

| subdivision_type2 = Powiat

| subdivision_name2 = Jelenia Góra

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Podgórzyn

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| timezone = CET

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| website = http://www.przesieka.pl/dzis.html

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Przesieka {{IPAc-pl|p|sz|e|'|ś|e|k|a}} is a village in Lower Silesia, southwestern Poland.{{TERYT}} It belongs to Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in Jelenia Góra County, Gmina Podgórzyn. It is one of the most important centres of mountain hiking. It lies approximately {{convert|12|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-west of Jelenia Góra, and {{convert|103|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of the regional capital Wrocław.

It is 15 minutes drive from the centre of Jelenia Góra (5 minutes drive from Cieplice Spa). There is a regular city bus going to Przesieka from Jelenia Góra central train station. Several hiking routes to Karkonosze Mountains begin in Przesieka. One of the most widely used is a route (2 h walk) to Przełęcz Karkonoska. Other popular routes lead to Chojnik Castle (1 hour walk), and Karpacz (1.5 h walk). An interesting place to visit in Przesieka is Podgórna Waterfall (547 m above sea level).

History

The area became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. Initially it was administratively part of the Wleń castellany.{{cite book|last=Staffa|first=Marek|year=2001|title=Karkonosze|language=pl|location=Wrocław|publisher=Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie|page=40|isbn=83-7023-560-3}}

During World War II, from 1940, Nazi Germany operated a forced labour camp for Belgian, French and Soviet prisoners of war in the village.{{cite journal|last=Przerwa|first=Tomasz|year=2020|title=Zatrudnienie jeńców belgijskich, francuskich i radzieckich przy budowie Drogi na Przełęcz Karkonoską (Spindlerpaßstraße) 1940–1942|journal=Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny|location=Opole|language=pl|volume=43|pages=8–9|issn=0137-5199}} The POWs were used to build a road towards the Przełęcz Karkonoska, now known as Droga Borowicka ("Borowice Road").Przerwa, p. 5 Poor sanitary and feeding conditions resulted in a high mortality rate, and by early 1942, a typhus epidemic broke out in the camp, and in March 1942, the camp was dissolved and the construction was halted.Przerwa, pp. 10, 12

In 1945, the Polish Dolnośląskie Towarzystwo Turystyczno-Krajoznawcze ("Lower Silesian Tourist and Sightseeing Society") was founded in the village, which was merged with the Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society the following year.Staffa, p. 180

References

External links

[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pl&u=http://www.przesieka.pl/&prev=/search%3Fq%3DPrzesieka%26rlz%3D1C1CHFX_enUS576US576%26es_sm%3D122 Website]

Category:Villages in Karkonosze County