Święta Katarzyna, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
- Święta Katarzyna, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Infobox Settlement
name = Święta Katarzyna
settlement_type = Village
total_type =
image_shield = POL Gmina Swieta Katarzyna COA.svg
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lower Silesian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Wrocław County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Święta Katarzyna
latd = 51
latm = 02
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 17
longm = 07
longs =
longEW = E
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elevation_m =
population_total = 1872
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Święta Katarzyna ("Saint Catherine", _de. Kattern) is a village in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Święta Katarzyna (one of only two cases in Poland where a gmina contains a town but has its administrative seat in a village; the other is Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce). Prior to 1945 the area was part of Germany.
The village has a population of 1,872 (as at 2006). It lies approximately convert|12|km|mi|0 south-east of the regional capital Wrocław. It first appears in written records in 1257 as Santa Katherine. Buildings of interest include the fortified 18th-century church of Saint Catherine.
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