Góra Świętej Anny

Góra Świętej Anny
A church overlooking the village
Góra Świętej Anny
Coordinates: 50°27′22″N 18°10′03″E / 50.45611°N 18.16750°E / 50.45611; 18.16750
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
County	Strzelce County
Gmina	Gmina Leśnica
Population (2006)
• Total	580
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	47-154
Area code(s)	+48 77
Car plates	OST

Góra Świętej Anny (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɡura ˈɕfʲɛntɛj ˈannɨ]; German: Sankt Annaberg; Silesian German: Anaberg, Silesian: Świynto Anna; all names mean Saint Anne Mountain) is a village in the Opole Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland.^[1]

The village is located on the hill from which its name derives, and a popular sanctuary, with the miraculous statue of Saint Anne and the impressive calvary, is located on its top.

The settlement lies within the protected area called Góra Świętej Anny Landscape Park. This is also one of the official Polish Historical Monuments (Pomnik historii).

Following World War I and the re-emergence of the sovereign Poland, while still part of Weimar Republic, the hill was the site of the Battle of Annaberg in 1921 during the Silesian Uprisings.

Main sights

• 15th-century church dedicated to St. Anne.
• 17th-century Franciscan monastery and museum
• Calvary from the 17th and 18th centuries with 33 chapels
• Lourdes grotto and monument of John Paul II
• Amphitheatre (Thingspiele) built in the abandoned limestone quarry in 1934-1938
• Granite monument of the Silesian Uprisings by Xawery Dunikowski, 1955
• Lime kiln, middle of the 19th century
• Geological natural reserve in the abandoned nephelinite and limestone quarry
• Museum of the Silesian Uprisings

Gallery

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  Statue
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  Countryside
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  Village square

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References

External links

• Jewish Community in Góra Świętej Anny on Virtual Shtetl
• Sanctuary of St. Anne

Coordinates: 50°27′22″N 18°10′3″E / 50.45611°N 18.16750°E / 50.45611; 18.16750