Święta Katarzyna, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Święta Katarzyna
Village
Church of Saint Catherine
Coat of arms
Święta Katarzyna
Coordinates: 51°02′N 17°07′E / 51.033°N 17.117°E / 51.033; 17.117Coordinates: 51°02′N 17°07′E / 51.033°N 17.117°E / 51.033; 17.117
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Wrocław County
Gmina	Siechnice
Population
• Total	1,872

Święta Katarzyna (Polish: [ˈɕfjɛnta kataˈʐɨna], "Saint Catherine"; German: Kattern) is a village in Gmina Siechnice, Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1]

Before 1 January 2010, the district of Gmina Siechnice was called Gmina Święta Katarzyna, and Święta Katarzyna was its seat. (This was one of only two cases in Poland where a gmina contained a town but had its administrative seat in a village; the remaining one is Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce.)

The village has a population of 1,872 (as at 2006). It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of the regional capital Wrocław. It first appears in written records in 1257 as Santa Katherine. Prior to 1945 the area was part of Germany.

Buildings of interest include the fortified church of Saint Catherine, which dates to at least 1257, and has been rebuilt on several occasions, including in 1720 and after the Second World War. The church contains a picture of the Madonna of Częstochowa, and is considered a Marian shrine.

Eastern bypass of Wrocław is running through the Święta Katarzyna. It improved village communication with the city.^[2]

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