Gierczyn

Gierczyn
Village
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Gierczyn is located in Poland
Gierczyn
Gierczyn
Coordinates: 50°55′N 15°24′E / 50.917°N 15.400°E / 50.917; 15.400
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyLwówek Śląski
GminaMirsk
Highest elevation
600 m (2,000 ft)
Lowest elevation
420 m (1,380 ft)
Population
 • Total300
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationDLW

Gierczyn [ˈɡʲɛrt͡ʂɨn] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mirsk, within Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border.

It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Mirsk, 26 km (16 mi) south-west of Lwówek Śląski, and 118 km (73 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

A trade route connecting Jelenia Góra with Frýdlant and Zittau passed through the village in the late medieval and early modern periods.[1]

  1. ^ Boguszewicz, Artur (2010). Corona Silesiae (in Polish). Wrocław: Wydział Nauk Historycznych i Pedagogicznych Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego. p. 43. ISBN 978-83-922130-8-6.