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Twardawa

Field	Value
name	Twardawa
settlement_type	Village
total_type
image_skyline	2011-08 Twardawa 08 Kościół św. Małgorzaty.jpg
image_caption	Saint Margaret church in Twardawa
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	Voivodeship
subdivision_name1	Opole
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Prudnik
subdivision_type3	Gmina
subdivision_name3	Głogówek
established_title	First mentioned
established_date	1224
coordinates
pushpin_map	Poland
pushpin_label_position	right
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
registration_plate	OPR
blank_name_sec2	National roads
blank_info_sec2	[[File:DK40-PL.svg	32px]]

Twardawa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Głogówek, in Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, near the Czech border.

History

The village was first mentioned in a document of Bishop of Wrocław Wawrzyniec from 1224, when it was part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. Its name is of Polish origin and comes from the word twardy/twarda, which means "hard". The local parish church of Saint Margaret was first mentioned in 1305. Later on, the village was also part of Bohemia (Czechia), Prussia, and Germany. In 1885, Twardawa had a population of 780. In 1936, during a massive Nazi campaign of renaming of placenames, the village was renamed to Hartenau to erase traces of Polish origin.

During World War II, the Germans operated the E255 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village. After the defeat of Germany in the war, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland and its historic name was restored.

Transport

There is a train station in Twardawa, and the Polish National road 40 also passes through the village.

Notable people

(1954–2016), Polish footballer

References

. (1892). "Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII".
"Working Parties".

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