Krasków, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Krasków.
Krasków
Village
Krasków Palace
Krasków Palace
Krasków is located in Poland
Krasków
Krasków
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 [ˈkraskuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Marcinowice, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]

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".[2]

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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