POLSKA	POLAND
województwo: Dolnośląskie	voivodship: Lower Silesia
powiat: Wołów	county: Wołów

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Godzięcin (former German name: Thiergarten) is situated at an elevation of 252 m in the county (powiat) Wołów in the voivodship Lower Silesia of southwestern Poland, about 10 km east of Wołów. Godzięcin has a population of about 670 (2011) and is part of the municipality (gmina) of Brzeg Dolny.

Tyrgarten was first mentioned in 1301.

The former palace [left, no. 3144: centre] was first mentioned in documents of 1795, 1830 and 1845. The manor was enlarged in the second half of the 19th century. After the Second World War, the property was taken over by the Polish state and the manor farm and the residence came under the control of the State Farm. Following reconstructions, especially in 1981–1985, the building now is a simple brick building with a flat roof, the towers have been demolished, and the windows and façades were stripped of the decorative elements. Today, it houses the National Children's Home.

The Protestant chapel in the palace park [left] today is reduced to ruins.

Depicted on the right of the picture on glass no. 3144 is the soldiers' moument, which had commemorated the French-Prussian War of 1870/1871.

[https://www.palaceslaska.pl/index.php/indeks-alfabetyczny/g/2000-godziecin, http://www.glogow.pl/okolice/podstrony/wolowski/godziecin.htm, http://silesia-history.blogspot.cz/2011/05/godziecin-thiergarten.html; http://fallingrain.com/world/PL/72/Godziecin.html]