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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Twardawa
| native_name = {{native name|szl|Twardŏwŏ}}
| 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 = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Opole Voivodeship|Opole]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Prudnik County|Prudnik]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Głogówek|Głogówek]]
| 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 = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| elevation_m =
| population_total =
| registration_plate = OPR
| blank_name_sec2 = [[National roads in Poland|National roads]]
| blank_info_sec2 = [[File:DK40-PL.svg|32px]]
| website =
}}
'''Twardawa''' {{IPAc-pl|t|f|a|r|'|d|a|w|a}} is a village in the administrative district of [[Gmina Głogówek]], in Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, near the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] border.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|9|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of [[Głogówek]], {{convert|30|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of [[Prudnik]], and {{convert|37|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the regional capital [[Opole]].

==History==
The village was first mentioned in a document of Bishop of Wrocław [[Wawrzyniec (bishop of Wrocław)|Wawrzyniec]] from 1224, when it was part of fragmented [[Piast dynasty|Piast]]-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 [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia (Czechia)]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]], and [[Germany]]. In 1885, Twardawa had a population of 780.<ref>{{cite book|author= |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII|year=1892|language=pl|location=Warsaw|page=679}}</ref> 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]], the Germans operated the E255 [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]] subcamp of the [[Stalag VIII-B|Stalag VIII-B/344]] [[German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II|prisoner-of-war 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|access-date=7 November 2021|archive-date=29 October 2020}}</ref> 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 roads in Poland|National road]] 40 also passes through the village.

==Notable people==
* {{ill|Alfred Bolcek|pl}} (1954–2016), Polish footballer

==See also==
* [[Prudnik Land]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Gmina Głogówek}}

[[Category:Villages in Prudnik County]]

Twardawa - Revision history

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