Former Border at Przywsie (1920–1939)

Przywsie, called Grenzvorwerk (“border farm”) until 1945, lies just about 0.5 km from the historic boundary between Silesia and Greater Poland. Between 1920 and 1939 this was the state border between Poland and Germany: the village was a German border settlement, and the Polish county of Rawicz began on the other side. A road border crossing was set up here in spring 1920, and the village had a customs office.

Two massive steel abutments of the German border barrier still survive, along with the former border-control building, clearly visible from national road no. 5. An old stone boundary post stands at the edge of neighbouring Dębno Polskie; according to Żmigród municipality, a stone bearing an inscription referring to the 1919 Treaty of Versailles was also unveiled here in 2019. The old border line now marks the boundary between the Lower Silesian and Greater Poland voivodeships.

It's an unusual open-air history lesson that needs only a short stop. The remains stand by public roads and can be seen free of charge at any time; some are next to private properties, so please view them from the road.