{{Infobox settlement | name = Pszenno | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = Pszenno old school building 2014.JPG | image_caption = Nicolaus Copernicus Elementary School in Pszenno | total_type = | image_flag = | image_shield = | image_map = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = Lower Silesian | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Świdnica | subdivision_type3 = Gmina | subdivision_name3 = Gmina Świdnica | coordinates = {{coord|50|51|23|N|16|32|15|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}} | pushpin_map = Poland | established_title = Established | established_date = 13th century | elevation_m = | population_total = | registration_plate = DSW | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | blank_name_sec2 = National roads | blank_info_sec2 = 32px | website = }} '''Pszenno''' {{IPAc-pl|'|p|sz|e|n|n|o}} ({{langx|de|Weizenrodau}}) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.{{TERYT}}
The most notable sights of the village include the medieval Saint Nicholas church and a museum dedicated to sugar production, which is located at the local sugar refinery.
==History== thumb|left|Saint Nicholas church In 1243 the village was established within fragmented Piast-ruled Poland under so-called German Law under Johann Graf von Wuerben.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=L0oXYwLdDUgC&dq=Weizenrodau+Historie&pg=PA83 Weizenrodau established 1243 with German Law]</ref>
The Polish name comes from the word ''pszenica'', which means ''wheat'', while the German name ''Weizenrodau'' literally means ''wheat uprooting''. The ancestors of the Watzenrode family of Prussia based their family name on the village<ref>Eugeniusz Rybka, Przemysław Rybka, "Kopernik--człowiek i myśl", Wiedza Powszechna, 1972, pg. 150, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ISFKAAAAIAAJ&q=Watzenrode+Pszenno]</ref> since this is where they originated.
Since 1645, the Evangelical inhabitants of the town belonged to the Church of Peace in nearby Świdnica, while, until 1773, the Catholics belonged to the Jesuit Church of Świdnica. The village was annexed by Prussia in 1741, and was administratively located in the Świdnica County (then ''Landkreis Schweidnitz'') since. A sugar factory was established in the village in the early 19th century.
From 1871 to 1945 it was also part of Germany. In 1874 the local civil registry was established. During World War II the Germans operated the E12001 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp and the 12001 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-A POW camp in the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lamsdorf.com/working-parties.html|title=Working Parties|website=Lamsdorf.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029103834/https://www.lamsdorf.com/working-parties.html|accessdate=15 May 2021|archive-date=29 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/Work_camps.htm|title=Work Camps|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref> After Germany's defeat in the war, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland.
==Economy== There is a sugar refinery in the village.
==Transport== The Polish National road 35 runs through the village.
==Education== The Nicolaus Copernicus Elementary School (''Szkoła Podstawowa im. Mikołaja Kopernika'') is located in Pszenno.
==Sports== The local football club is Cukrownik Pszenno.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cukrownikpszenno.futbolowo.pl|title=Cukrownik Pszenno - strona klubu|accessdate=15 May 2021|language=pl}}</ref> It competes in the lower leagues.
==Famous residents== *Watzenrode Family went from the village to Toruń (then ''Thorn'') in the 1350s. *birthplace of the mother of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *A 17th century Map of Silesia (Wissenroda) north of Schweidnitz
{{Gmina Świdnica, Lower Silesian Voivodeship}}
Category:Villages in Świdnica County Category:13th-century establishments in Poland Category:Populated places established in the 1240s Category:Sugar industry in Poland