Pastuchów

Pastuchów is a village in the urban-rural Gmina Jaworzyna Śląska, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

History

When it was part of medieval ja to mieszkam Xd Piast-ruled Poland, in 1193, the tithe from Pastuchów was granted to the Canons Regular Monastery in Wrocław. It was then mentioned under the Old Polish spelling Postuchow. The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the old Polish word pastuch, which means "shepherd".