# Twardawa > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Twardawa > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Twardawa.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twardawa > Source revision: 1348885801 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox settlement | name = Twardawa | native_name = | settlement_type = Village | total_type =   | image_skyline = 2011-08 Twardawa 08 Kościół św. Małgorzaty.jpg | image_caption = Saint Margaret church in Twardawa | image_flag = | image_shield = | image_map = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = [Voivodeship](/source/Voivodeships_of_Poland) | subdivision_name1 = [Opole](/source/Opole_Voivodeship) | subdivision_type2 = [County](/source/Powiat) | subdivision_name2 = [Prudnik](/source/Prudnik_County) | subdivision_type3 = [Gmina](/source/Gmina) | subdivision_name3 = [Głogówek](/source/Gmina_G%C5%82og%C3%B3wek) | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1224 | coordinates = {{coord|50|20|35|N|17|59|22|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}} | pushpin_map = Poland | pushpin_label_position = right | timezone = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time) | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) | utc_offset_DST = +2 | elevation_m = | population_total = | registration_plate = OPR | blank_name_sec2 = [National roads](/source/National_roads_in_Poland) | blank_info_sec2 = 32px | website = }} '''Twardawa''' {{IPAc-pl|t|f|a|r|'|d|a|w|a}} is a village in the administrative district of [Gmina Głogówek](/source/Gmina_G%C5%82og%C3%B3wek), in Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, near the [Czech](/source/Czech_Republic) border.{{TERYT}} ==History== The village was first mentioned in a document of Bishop of Wrocław [Wawrzyniec](/source/Wawrzyniec_(bishop_of_Wroc%C5%82aw)) from 1224, when it was part of fragmented [Piast](/source/Piast_dynasty)-ruled Poland. Its name is of Polish origin and comes from the word ''twardy/twarda'', which means "hard". The local parish church of Saint Margaret was first mentioned in 1305. Later on, the village was also part of [Bohemia (Czechia)](/source/Kingdom_of_Bohemia), [Prussia](/source/Kingdom_of_Prussia), and [Germany](/source/Germany). In 1885, Twardawa had a population of 780.{{cite book|author= |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII|year=1892|language=pl|location=Warsaw|page=679}} In 1936, during a massive Nazi campaign of renaming of placenames, the village was renamed to ''Hartenau'' to erase traces of Polish origin. During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), the Germans operated the E255 [forced labour](/source/Forced_labour_under_German_rule_during_World_War_II) subcamp of the [Stalag VIII-B/344](/source/Stalag_VIII-B) [prisoner-of-war camp](/source/German_prisoner-of-war_camps_in_World_War_II) in the village.{{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|access-date=7 November 2021|archive-date=29 October 2020}} After the defeat of Germany in the war, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland and its historic name was restored. ==Transport== There is a train station in Twardawa, and the Polish [National road](/source/National_roads_in_Poland) 40 also passes through the village. ==Notable people== * {{ill|Alfred Bolcek|pl}} (1954–2016), Polish footballer ==See also== * [Prudnik Land](/source/Prudnik_Land) ==References== {{reflist}} {{Gmina Głogówek}} Category:Villages in Prudnik County --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Twardawa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twardawa) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twardawa?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.