Suszyna
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PolandSuszyna | |
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  Suszyna | |
| Coordinates: 50°28′37″N 16°31′23″E / 50.47694°N 16.52306°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Kłodzko |
| Gmina | Radków |
| Elevation | 380–415 m (1,247–1,362 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 233 |
Suszyna [suˈʂɘna] (German:Dürrkunzendorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Radków, within Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwest Poland.[1] Between 1975 and 1998 the village belonged to the Wałbrzych Voivodeship
It is a small chain village in the south-eastern part of the Ścinawskie Hills. It lies at an altitude of about 380–415 m above sea level, in a fairly deep valley, through which flows down a small stream. These hills are built of red-spotted slugde with melafir clusters. Suszyna features a variety of minerals and precious stones including amethyst and agate. In one of its hamlets - Mrówieniec (Ger. Finkenhübel b. Seifersdorf) between 1830 and 1840, high quality graphite was extracted.[2]
History
Suszyna (then Dürrkunzendorf) was first mentioned in 1353 as "czu dorryn Cunczendorf" and in 1384 as "Dorrenkunzendorf".[3] It belonged to the Wünschelburg District in Glatzerland, which was a sub-country of the Kingdom of Bohemia .
After the Silesian wars, Dürrkunzendorf became part of the County of Glatz in 1763 along with the Hubertusburger Frieden to Prussia. After the reorganization of Prussia in 1815, it belonged to the province of Silesia. In 1816-1853 the village belonged to the county of Glatz, and from 1854 to 1932 to the county of Neurode. After its dissolution in 1933, Dürrkunzendorf once again belonged to the district of Glatz. From 1874 it belonged to the district of Seifersdorf, along with the rural community Seifersdorf and several nearby agricultural estates.[4]
As a consequence of the Second World War Dürrkunzendorf became part of Poland in 1945 and was renamed Suszyna. The German population was expelled in 1946. The newly settled inhabitants were partly brought from Eastern Poland.
