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Ścięgny

Coordinates: 50°47′33″N 15°46′18″E / 50.79250°N 15.77167°E / 50.79250; 15.77167
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Ścięgny
Village
Ścięgny is located in Poland
Ścięgny
Ścięgny
Coordinates: 50°47′33″N 15°46′18″E / 50.79250°N 15.77167°E / 50.79250; 15.77167
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
PowiatKarkonosze
GminaPodgórzyn
First mentioned1305
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationDJE

Ścięgny [ˈɕt͡ɕɛɡnɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Podgórzyn, within Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

It lies approximately 13 km (8 mi) south of Jelenia Góra, and 97 km (60 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The village was first mentioned in a document of the Wrocław cathedral chapter from 1305, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland.[2]

There is a memorial to Wacław Koler, 16th-century philologist and physician, one of the pioneers of Polish Hellenic studies and one of Poland's first numismatists, who was born in the village.

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References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Staffa, Marek (2001). Karkonosze (in Polish). Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie. p. 56. ISBN 83-7023-560-3.