Dolna, Strzelce County


Dolna, additional name in German: Dollna, is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśnica, within Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
The oldest known mention of the village comes from 1302, when it was part of the Piast-ruled fragmented Kingdom of [Poland (1025–1385)|Kingdom of Poland]. From 1871 to 1945 it was part of Germany. In 1936, during a massive 1938 renaming of [East Prussian placenames|campaign of renaming of placenames], the Nazis changed its name to Niederkirch to remove traces of Polish origin, and from 1940 to 1943 they operated a German rule during [World War">German language">German rule during [World War II|forced labour] camp for Jews in the village.
There is a Gothic church of Saints Peter and Paul and a mass grave of Polish insurgents from 1921 in the village.