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. It is the seventh largest city of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. Świdnica became part of the Wałbrzych agglomeration on 23 January 2014.
Świdnica market square
St. Stanislaus and St. Wenceslaus Cathedral, listed as a Historic Monument of Poland
Plaque to Józef Wybicki, commemorating his stay in 1803
The Evangelical Church of Peace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrzych and Jelenia Góra Voivodeships, following the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. It covers an area of 19,946 square kilometres (7,701 sq mi), and as of 2019 has a total population of 2,899,986.
Wrocław Główny railway station is a major railway hub in the region
Koleje Dolnośląskie train at Wrocław Główny
Wrocław Airport
A4 motorway in Jędrzychowice