Strzegom

Infobox Settlement
name = Strzegom


image_caption = Parish church in Strzegom
image_shield = POL Strzegom COA.svg
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lower Silesian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Świdnica
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Strzegom
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Lech Markiewicz
area_total_km2 = 20.49
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 16782
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 50 | latm = 57 | lats = 40 | latNS = N | longd = 16 | longm = 20 | longs = 40 | longEW = E
elevation_m = 230
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 58-150
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = DSW
website = http://www.strzegom.pl

Strzegom [IPA-pl|'|s|t|sz|e|g|o|m] ( _de. Striegau) is a town in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Strzegom. It lies approximately convert|15|km|mi|0 north-west of Świdnica, and convert|52|km|mi|0 west of the regional capital Wrocław. As at 2006, the town has a population of 16,782.

History

Traces of settlement on the site during the Roman Empire period have been found. In the early Middle Ages it was a fortified settlement with a castellan, part of Piast Poland, first mentioned in historical sources from 1155. From the 13th century the town belonged to the Duchy of Świdnica, from 1392 it was ruled by Silesian Piasts. Subsequently it shared the political fortunes of Silesia, and passed to Bohemian and then Austrian Habsburg sovereignty. During the Thirty Years' War it suffered almost complete destruction. In 1742 it became part of Prussia. On June 4, 1745 the battle of Hohenfriedberg, an important victory for Prussia during the War of the Austrian Succession, took place near the town.In the 19th century considerable industrial expansion took place, with granite quarries playing a particularly important role in the town's economy. The first rail link to the town was opened in 1856. In 1905 the town had 13,427 inhabitants. A subcamp of the nearby Gross-Rosen concentration camp. After 1945, as a result of the Potsdam Conference, it was placed to Poland and the German population was expelled.