Sobięcin ([sɔˈbjɛnt͡ɕin]; , ; until 1929 "Niederhermsdorf", also "Nieder Hermsdorf") is a district of Wałbrzych in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland, located in the south-western part of the city.
History In 1892, local mines were merged into one company. It employed 5,557 people as of 1912. In 1898, a tram was established. Some Poles from the Russian and Austrian Partitions of Poland were employed in the settlement since 1894. According to a document from 1907, those Poles were employed as craftsmen, industrial workers, shaft workers, construction workers.Retecki, p. 146
It was included within the city limits of Wałbrzych in 1951.
In 2016, a hoard of 1,385 late medieval coins, Prague groschen of Kings Charles IV and Wenceslaus IV, was found on the border of Wałbrzych and Boguszów-Gorce. The hoard may have been hidden after 1420 during the Hussite Wars. It is one of the largest groschen hoards found in Poland.
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