Wiry, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
50°51′N 16°39′E / 50.850°N 16.650°E / 50.850; 16.650Wiry [ˈvirɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Marcinowice, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of Marcinowice, 16 km (10 mi) east of Świdnica, and 42 km (26 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.
History
When it was part of medieval Piast-ruled Poland, Wiry was mentioned in 1193 as an endowment of the Canons Regular Monastery in Wrocław.[2] The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the old Polish word wir.[3]
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Grünhagen, Colmar (1884). Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae (in German). Vol. 7. Josef Max & Comp. p. 56.
- ^ Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. p. 157.
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