Borówno is a village in the administrative district of

Gmina Czarny Bór __NOTOC__ Gmina Czarny Bór is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Czarny Bór, which lies approximately west of Wałbrzych, and south-wes ...

, within

Wałbrzych County __NOTOC__ Wałbrzych County ( pl, powiat wałbrzyski; german: Waldenburg) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, as a result of ...

Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrz ...

, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of

Czarny Bór Czarny Bór () is a village in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina Czarny Bór. It lies approximately west of Wałbrzych, and south-west o ...

, west of

Wałbrzych Wałbrzych (; german: Waldenburg; szl, Wałbrzich; sli, label= Lower Silesian, Walmbrig or ''Walmbrich''; cs, Valbřich or ) is a city located in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland. From 1975–1998 it was the capital of W ...

, and south-west of the regional capital

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

Settlement of Polish Highlanders from Podhale

Whereas most of the former German and Czech settlements of

Lower Silesia Lower Silesia ( pl, Dolny Śląsk; cz, Dolní Slezsko; german: Niederschlesien; szl, Dolny Ślōnsk; hsb, Delnja Šleska; dsb, Dolna Šlazyńska; Silesian German: ''Niederschläsing''; la, Silesia Inferior) is the northwestern part of the ...

and the

County of Kladsko The County of Kladsko ( cs, Kladské hrabství, german: Grafschaft Glatz, pl, Hrabstwo kłodzkie) was a historical administrative unit within Bohemia as a part of the Kingdom of Bohemia and later in the Kingdom of Prussia with its capital at Kło ...

were repopulated by

Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...

from regions east of the

Curzon line The Curzon Line was a proposed demarcation line between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, two new states emerging after World War I. It was first proposed by George Curzon, 1st Marque ...

and from war-devastated central Poland after

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, Borówno and neighboring

were settled by a group of

Góral Góral is a Polish habitational surname. Notable people with the name include: * Boleslaus Goral (1876–1960), Polish-American priest, professor, and newspaper editor * Dariusz Góral Dariusz Góral (born 20 April 1991) is a Polish former profes ...

s. These Polish Highlanders from the

Podhale Podhale (literally "below the mountain pastures") is Poland's southernmost region, sometimes referred to as the "Polish Highlands". The Podhale is located in the foothills of the Tatra range of the Carpathian mountains. It is the most famous ...

region created a new home in this area as well as in the nearby village of

Krajanów Krajanów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Ruda, within Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Partly due to its location along the border between Silesia and Bohemia, Krajanów has been a p ...

. While the new inhabitants initially cultivated their unique customs and

folklore Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging ...

, these traditions have disappeared over time, although recently there have been efforts towards a cultural revival.

Gallery

File:Borówno, alej.jpg, Avenue File:Borówno, dětské hřiště.jpg, Playground File:Borówno, pohled do krajiny II.jpg, Countryside File:Borówno, ulice (91).jpg, Houses by road

References

Villages in Wałbrzych County {{Wałbrzych-geo-stub