Świny, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Świny | ||
|---|---|---|
Village | ||
Country  Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian | |
| Powiat | Jawor | |
| Gmina | Bolków | |
| Population | 280 | |
Świny [ˈɕfinɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bolków, within Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
Geography
It lies in the Lower Silesia region on the Polish National road 3 north-east of Bolków, about 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Jawor and 70 km (43 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.
History
A settlement on the historic road leading from the
Świny Castle was first documented in 1108 by the medieval chronicler Cosmas of Prague, author of the Chronica Boemorum, who mentioned one Voivode Mutina of the Vršovci dynasty meeting his uncle Nemoy at Castrum Suini in Poloniae to plot against Duke Svatopluk of Bohemia. Suini is thereby the oldest known castle in Lower Silesia. It again appeared as Zpini in an 1155 deed issued by Pope Adrian IV.
From the 13th century on, Świny apparently was the administrative seat of a Polish
In the 16th century the members of the Schweinichen noble family hosted a circle of
