Miękinia, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Gmina Miękinia is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is in Miękinia, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of Środa Śląska, and 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław. The gmina covers an area of 179.48 square kilometres (69.3 sq mi), and as of 2019 its total population is 16,603. It is part of the larger Wrocław metropolitan area.

Błonie [ˈbwɔɲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miękinia, within Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south-west of Miękinia, 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Środa Śląska, and 21 kilometres (13 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The Battle of Leuthen was fought on 5 December 1757 between Frederick the Great's Prussian Army and an Austrian army commanded by Prince Charles of Lorraine and Count Leopold Joseph von Daun. Frederick used maneuver warfare and knowledge of the terrain to rout the larger Austrian force completely. The victory ensured Prussian control of Silesia during the Third Silesian War, which was part of the Seven Years' War. The battle was fought in the town of Leuthen (now Lutynia, Poland), 10 km (6 mi) northwest of Breslau, (now Wrocław, Poland), in Prussian (formerly Austrian) Silesia. By exploiting the training of his troops and his superior knowledge of the terrain, Frederick created a diversion at one end of the battlefield and moved most of his smaller army behind a series of low hillocks. The surprise attack in oblique order on the unsuspecting Austrian flank baffled Prince Charles, who took several hours to realize that the main action was to his left, not his right. Within seven hours, the Prussians had destroyed the Austrians and erased any advantage that the Austrians had gained throughout the campaigning in the preceding summer and autumn. Within 48 hours, Frederick had laid siege to Breslau, which resulted in the city's surrender on 19–20 December. Leuthen was the last battle at which Prince Charles commanded the Austrian Army before his sister-in-law, Empress Maria Theresa, appointed him as governor of the Habsburg Netherlands and placed Leopold Joseph von Daun in command of the army. The battle also established beyond doubt Frederick's military reputation in European circles and was arguably his greatest tactical victory. After the Battle of Rossbach on 5 November, the French had refused to participate further in Austria's war with Prussia, and after Leuthen (5 December), Austria could not continue the war by itself.

Wróblowice [vrublɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miękinia, within Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

Mrozów [ˈmrɔzuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miękinia, within Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-east of Miękinia, 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Środa Śląska, and 19 kilometres (12 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Źródła [ˈʑrudwa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miękinia, within Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Miękinia, 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Środa Śląska, and 23 kilometres (14 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Radakowice [radakɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miękinia, within Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

Krępice [krɛmˈpit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miękinia, within Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

Wojnowice [vɔi̯nɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miękinia, within Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-east of Miękinia, 16 kilometres (10 mi) east of Środa Śląska, and 19 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Lutynia [luˈtɨɲa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miękinia, within Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-east of Miękinia, 16 km (10 mi) east of Środa Śląska, and 17 km (11 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Białków [ˈbjau̯kuf] (German: Belkau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miękinia, within Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of Miękinia, 15 kilometres (9 mi) north-east of Środa Śląska, and 22 kilometres (14 mi) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Łowęcice [wɔvɛnˈt͡ɕit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miękinia, within Środa Śląska County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.