Góra Swietej Anny
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Góra Świętej Anny ' is a village in the Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship
- Administrative division :Opole Voivodeship is divided into 12 counties : 1 city county and 11 land counties. These are further divided into 71 gminas.The counties are listed in the following table .- Economy :...

, Strzelce County
Strzelce County
Strzelce County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Strzelce Opolskie, which...

, and Gmina Leśnica
Gmina Lesnica
Gmina Leśnica, German Gemeinde Leschnitz is an urban-rural gmina in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in Upper Silesia in Poland...

 of Poland. The village is located on the hill from which its name derives, and a 15th-century church and monastery dedicated to Saint Anne
Saint Anne
Saint Hanna of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ according to Christian and Islamic tradition. English Anne is derived from Greek rendering of her Hebrew name Hannah...

 are located in the village. The settlement lies within the protected area
Protected area
Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Góra Świętej Anny Landscape Park
Góra Swietej Anny Landscape Park
Góra Świętej Anny Landscape Park is a protected area in south-western Poland, established in 1988, covering an area of ....

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In 1921, while still part of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, the hill was the site of the Battle of Annaberg
Battle of Annaberg
The Battle of Annaberg or Storming of Annaberg was the biggest battle of the Silesian Uprisings. The battle, which took place between May 21–26, 1921, was fought at the Annaberg , a strategic hill near the village of Annaberg O.S. , located southeast of Oppeln in Upper Silesia, Weimar...

 during the Silesian Uprisings
Silesian Uprisings
The Silesian Uprisings were a series of three armed uprisings of the Poles and Polish Silesians of Upper Silesia, from 1919–1921, against German rule; the resistance hoped to break away from Germany in order to join the Second Polish Republic, which had been established in the wake of World War I...

.

Main sights

  • 15th-century church dedicated to St. Anna
  • 17th-century Franciscan monastery and monastery museum
  • Calvary
    Calvary
    Calvary or Golgotha was the site, outside of ancient Jerusalem’s early first century walls, at which the crucifixion of Jesus is said to have occurred. Calvary and Golgotha are the English names for the site used in Western Christianity...

     17th an 18th-centuries
  • Amphitheatre (Thingspiele)built in the abandoned limestone quarry in 1934-1938
  • Granite monument of the Silesian Uprisings by Xawery Dunikowski
    Xawery Dunikowski
    Xawery Dunikowski was a Polish sculptor and artist, notable for surviving Auschwitz concentration camp, and best known for his Neo-Romantic sculptures and Auschwitz-inspired art.- Biography :...

     1955
  • Lime kiln, half of 19th century
  • Geological natural reserve in the abandoned nephelinite
    Nephelinite
    Nephelinite is a fine-grained or aphanitic igneous rock made up almost entirely of nepheline and clinopyroxene . If olivine is present, the rock may be classified as an olivine nephelinite. Nephelinite is dark in color and may resemble basalt in hand specimen...

    and limestone quarry
  • Museum of the Silesian Uprisings
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