Zagórzyce, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Zagórzyce [zaɡuˈʐɨt͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wołów, within Wołów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
Zagórzyce | |
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Village | |
  Zagórzyce Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 51°16′9″N 16°32′35″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Wołów |
| Gmina | Wołów |
| First mentioned | 1175 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | DWL |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
History
The oldest known mention of the village come from a chronicle from 1175. In a document of Pope Innocent III issued in 1201 in Segni, the village was mentioned under the Latinized Polish name Zagorizs and confirmed as a possession of the monastery in nearby Lubiąż.[2] In a document of Bishop of Wrocław Wawrzyniec issued in 1217, the village appeared as Zagorici.[3] The name is of Polish origin and comes from the words za górami, which means "behind the hills".[4][5] Since the Middle Ages, it was part of Piast-ruled Poland, and later on, it was also part of Bohemia (Czechia), Prussia and Germany. During World War II, it was the location of a forced labour subcamp of the Nazi German prison for youth in Wołów.[6] In 1945, following Germany's defeat in World War II, the village became again part of Poland.