Wambierzyce
Wambierzyce is a village and popular Catholic pilgrimage site in south-western Poland, in Gmina Radków, Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is situated at an altitude of 370–410 m in the picturesque Cedron valley on the eastern slopes of the Table Mountains.
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- Wambierzyce
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- Village
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- General view of Wambierzyce with the Basilica of the Visitation
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- Voivodeship
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- Lower Silesian
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- Kłodzko
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- Gmina
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- Radków
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Wambierzyce is a village and popular Catholic pilgrimage site in south-western Poland, in Gmina Radków, Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is situated at an altitude of 370–410 m in the picturesque Cedron valley on the eastern slopes of the Table Mountains.
==History== It is located in Kłodzko Land, a territory which in the Middle Ages often changed owners between Polish and Bohemian rulers. The place was first mentioned in 1330 as Alberndorf, then in 1398 as Alberdorf, in 1418 as Alberti villa, in 1560 as Alberichsdorf, which then evolved into the German name Albendorf. Czech pilgrims from Bohemia and Moravia called the place Vambeřice. In the 18th century, it was annexed by Prussia, and from 1871 it was also part of Germany. After Germany's defeat in World War II, in 1945, it became part of Poland under the Polish name Wambierzyce.