Ścięgny [ˈɕt͡ɕɛɡnɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Podgórzyn, within Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
Ścięgny | |
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Village | |
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  Ścięgny | |
| Coordinates: 50°47′33″N 15°46′18″E / 50.79250°N 15.77167°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| Powiat | Karkonosze |
| Gmina | Podgórzyn |
| First mentioned | 1305 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | DJE |
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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Western city -
Pastures and mountain by the village -
Saint Joseph the Worker church
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- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Staffa, Marek (2001). Karkonosze (in Polish). Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie. p. 56. ISBN 83-7023-560-3.
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