Bardo, Poland
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| Coordinates: 50°31′N 16°44′E / 50.517°N 16.733°E | ||
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| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian | |
| County | Ząbkowice Śląskie | |
| Gmina | Bardo | |
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| • Total | 4.71 km2 (1.82 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 2,860 | |
| • Density | 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 57-256 | |
| Website | http://www.bardo.pl/ | |
Bardo [ˈbardɔ] (German: Wartha) is a town in Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Bardo. The town is a widely known place of pilgrimage and adoration of the Virgin Mary.
Bardo lies on the Nysa Kłodzka river, flowing out of the Kłodzko Valley towards the Silesian Lowlands. It is located approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Ząbkowice Śląskie, and 72 kilometres (45 mi) south of the regional capital Wrocław. As at 2006, the town has a population of 2,860.
Bardo was founded in the 10th century as a defensive gord on a medieval trade route from Prague across the Sudetes via Kłodzko to Wrocław and Gniezno. The surrounding area was populated by West Slavic tribes and Bardo's castellans were Polish knights. They secured the southern border of the Lower Silesian lands with adjacent Kłodzko Land in Bohemia. In 1096 Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia captured and devastated the fortress, nevertheless by the mid-12th century, Bardo again was part of the Polish Duchy of Silesia. From 1278 it belonged to the Duchy of Jawor under the Piast duke Bolko I the Strict, from 1321 to the Duchy of Ziębice under Duke Bolko II. With Ziębice, Bardo was vassalized by the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1336.
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