What is "swiebodzice"

Świebodzice is a town in south-western Poland with 23,175 inhabitants . It is situated in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (from 1975–1998 it was in the former Wałbrzych Voivodeship).

The town is situated close to Książ Castle, which during World War II, together with the underground cave complex, was expanded to create private quarters for Adolf Hitler.

The region passed to Poland from Germany in 1945, as a result of border changes promulgated at the Potsdam Conference. For more information about the general history of the region, see Silesia. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed, the native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

Old fortifications from around 1279, the year the town was founded, still remain.