Świdnica
Świdnica is a city on the Bystrzyca River in south-western Poland in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
Świdnica is a city on the Bystrzyca River in south-western Poland in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. As of 2021, it has a population of 55,413 inhabitants. It is the seat of Świdnica County, and also of the smaller district of Gmina Świdnica, though it forms a separate urban gmina. It is the seventh largest city of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. Świdnica became part of the Wałbrzych agglomeration on 23 January 2014.
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Worth seeing in and around Świdnica
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Peace Church in Świdnica
The Holy Trinity Church of Peace in Świdnica is the largest wooden Baroque temple in Europe and a historic religious building built under the agreements of the Treaty of Westphalia signed in 1648, which ended the Thirty Years' War. It belongs to the Świdnica parish of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland.
700 m · church in Świdnica, Poland · Wikipedia - 02St. Stanislaus and St. Wenceslaus Cathedral
The Cathedral of St. Stanislaus and St.
1.2 km · church building in Świdnica, Poland · Wikipedia - 03Roman Catholic Diocese of Świdnica
The Diocese of Świdnica is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Świdnica in the ecclesiastical province of Wrocław in Poland. In 2013 about 28.7% of the dioceses population attended a church on Sundays regularly according to the church statistics.
1.2 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Peace Church
On the UNESCO World Heritage List - dating from the 1600s and built out of unusual materials (wood and hay), it resembles a theatre or opera house more than a church.
- 02Museum of Weapons and Military Items
- 03Museum of Old Trade
- 04Museum of Railway in Silesia
A private museum in Jaworzyna Śląska, with the goal of protection and promotion of the technical cultural heritage.
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Things to do
Attend the summer Bach Festival in July. Concerts are held in the Church of Peace and other venues in the town. For further details go to and follow the links through 'schedule of concerts' and 'Bach festivals'.
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Getting to Świdnica
- Airports
- Copernicus Wrocław (WRO), 40 km · Pardubice (PED), 107 km · Leoš Janáček Ostrava (OSR), 173 km
- Stations
- Świdnica Miasto train station, 1 km
- Poznań → Świdnica176 km · quickest by road, 3h 41m · zł50–70
- Katowice → Świdnica190 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · zł50–65
- Łódź → Świdnica232 km · quickest by road, 4h 12m · zł60–80
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Next door to Świdnica
Świdnica is 47 km from Wrocław, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.