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Krasków, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

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Krasków
Village
Krasków PalaceKrasków Palace
Krasków is located in PolandKraskówKrasków
Coordinates: 50°54′48″N 16°35′12″E / 50.91333°N 16.58667°E / 50.91333; 16.58667
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyŚwidnica
GminaMarcinowice
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationDSW

Krasków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Marcinowice, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

Krasków lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) north-east of Świdnica, and 40 kilometres (25 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Etymology

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word kraska, which means "roller".

Sights

Krasków is the site of a Baroque palace, built by the Bohemian Zedlitz-Leipe noble family in 1746, allegedly according to plans by Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach. Situated in a park laid out by Peter Joseph Lenné in 1848 it today serves as a hotel.

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 57.
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