Miedzianka (river)
Miedzianka may refer to the following places in Poland: * Miedzianka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) *Miedzianka, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship Miedzianka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chęciny, within Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Chęciny and west of the regional capital Kielce Kielce ...

Miedzianka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Miedzianka (german: Kupferberg) is a village (former town) in the administrative district of Gmina Janowice Wielkie, within Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Jelenia Góra, and west of the regional capital Wrocław and has a population of a little over eighty. History The settlement's history begins in the 14th century, then known as Kupferberg, was split from Waltersdorf (Mniszków). It grew as a copper mining town, and received city rights in 1519. For a time, it was home to about 160 mining excavations and several metallurgical facilities, but this boom came to a halt by the end of the 16th century, as techniques proved insufficient for further exploitation. Around the 17th century the mining sector in Kupferberg began to grow again, under the patronage of a new owner, the count von Promnitz of Pszczyna. The city suffered several fires, in 1637, 1643, 1728 and 1824. In the early 18th century Kupferberg ...
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