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Gmina Leśna
Gmina Leśna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Leśna, which lies approximately south of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wrocław. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 10,013. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Leśna is bordered by the town of Świeradów-Zdrój and the gminas of Gmina Gryfów Śląski, Gryfów Śląski, Gmina Lubań, Lubań, Gmina Mirsk, Mirsk, Gmina Olszyna, Olszyna and Gmina Platerówka, Platerówka. It also borders the Czech Republic. Villages Apart from the town of Leśna, the gmina contains the villages of Bartoszówka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Bartoszówka, Grabiszyce Dolne, Grabiszyce Górne, Grabiszyce Średnie, Kościelniki Górne, Kościelniki Górne-Janówka, Kościelniki Średnie, Miłoszów, Pobiedna, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Pobiedna, Smolnik, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Smolnik, Smolnik-Jurków, St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and towns, with 322 among them constituting an independent urban gmina () consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (''prezydent miasta''). The gmina has been the basic unit of territorial division in Poland since 1974, when it replaced the smaller gromada (cluster). Three or more gminy make up a higher level unit called a powiat, except for those holding the status of a city with powiat rights. Each and every powiat has the seat in a city or town, in the latter case either an urban gmina or a part of an urban-rural one. Types There are three types of gmina: #302 urban gmina () constituted either by a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (prezyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stankowice
Stankowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Leśna, south of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu .... References Villages in Lubań County {{Lubań-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Lubań
Gmina Lubań is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Lubań, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 6,601. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Lubań is bordered by the town of Lubań and the gminas of Gryfów Śląski, Leśna, Nowogrodziec, Olszyna, Pieńsk, Platerówka, Siekierczyn, Sulików and Zgorzelec. Villages The gmina contains the villages of Henryków Lubański Henryków Lubański () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubań, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wrocław. ..., Jałowiec, Kościelnik, Kościelniki Dolne, Mściszów, Nawojów Łużycki, Nawojów Śląski, Pisarzowice, Radogoszcz, Radostów Dolny, Radostów Górny, Radostów Średni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Gryfów Śląski
Gmina Gryfów Śląski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Gryfów Śląski, which lies approximately south-west of Lwówek Śląski, and west of the regional capital Wrocław. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 9,697. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Gryfów Śląski is bordered by the gminas of Leśna, Lubań, Lubomierz, Lwówek Śląski, Mirsk, Nowogrodziec and Olszyna. Villages Apart from the town of Gryfów Śląski, the gmina contains the villages of Krzewie Wielkie, Młyńsko, Proszówka, Rząsiny, Ubocze, Wieża and Wolbromów. Twin towns – sister cities Gmina Gryfów Śląski is twinned with: * Bischofswerda, Germany * Gryfice, Poland * Raspenava Raspenava (; ) is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants. Etymology The original German name ''Raspenau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Świeradów-Zdrój
Świeradów-Zdrój (; ) is a spa town in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland near the border with the Czech Republic. The town is located in the Kwisa valley of the Jizera Mountains, a part of the Sudetes range. It lies approximately south of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wrocław. Świeradów received its town privileges in 1946. As at 2019, it has a population of 4,147. History First mentioned in 1524, the settlement was probably founded at the end of the 13th or the beginning of the 14th century in the Lower Silesian Duchy of Jawor, the southwesternmost duchy of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. The oldest record concerning Flinsberg, which in fact related to the tavern "Fegebeutel" from which the local settlement of shepherds and lumbermen was named, comes from 1337, while ''Flinsberg'' was first documented in 1559. It was located on the eastern slope of the Smrk massif, at the tripoint of historic Silesia with the Bohemian and Upper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrocław
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly from the Sudetes, Sudeten Mountains to the north. In 2023, the official population of Wrocław was 674,132, making it the third-largest city in Poland. The population of the Wrocław metropolitan area is around 1.25 million. Wrocław is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia. The history of the city dates back over 1,000 years; at various times, it has been part of the Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Habsburg monarchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Prussia and German Reich, Germany, until it became again part of Poland in 1945 immediately after World War II. Wrocław is a College town, university city with a student population of over 130,000, making it one of the most yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lubań
Lubań (; ), sometimes called Lubań Śląski (; , ); is a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwest Poland. It is the administrative seat of Lubań County and also of the smaller Gmina Lubań (although it is not part of the territory of the latter, as the town is a separate urban gmina in its own right). Geography Situated north of the Jizera Mountains on the western shore of the Kwisa River, Lubań is considered part of the historic Upper Lusatia region, although it was more closely associated with Lower Silesia in the early 14th century and from 1815. It is located about east of Zgorzelec/Görlitz and about northwest of Jelenia Góra. History Middle Ages The town probably is at the site of a small settlement established by the West Slavs, West Slavic Bieżuńczanie tribe, one of the old Polish tribes, in the 9th and 10th century. Bieżuńczanie together with the Sorbs, Sorbian Milceni tribe, with whom they bordered in the west, were subjugated in 990 by the Marg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the List of European countries by area, fifth largest EU country by area, covering . The capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistory and protohistory of Poland, Prehistoric human activity on Polish soil dates to the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and towns, with 322 among them constituting an independent urban gmina () consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (''prezydent miasta''). The gmina has been the basic unit of territorial division in Poland since 1974, when it replaced the smaller gromada (cluster). Three or more gminy make up a higher level unit called a powiat, except for those holding the status of a city with powiat rights. Each and every powiat has the seat in a city or town, in the latter case either an urban gmina or a part of an urban-rural one. Types There are three types of gmina: #302 urban gmina () constituted either by a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (prezyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Złoty Potok, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Złoty Potok is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Leśna, south-east of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu .... References Villages in Lubań County {{Lubań-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Złotniki Lubańskie
Złotniki Lubańskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Situated on the left bank of the Kwisa river, the settlement was formerly part of the historic Upper Lusatia region at the border with Silesia. It lies approximately east of Leśna, south of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wrocław. History The estates belonged to the Nostitz noble family at Czocha Castle, who about 1660 operated a gold mine here. The settlement of expelled members of the Bohemian Unity of the Brethren received market rights by Elector John George II of Saxony in 1672. According to the Final Act of the 1815 Vienna Congress, Goldentraum passed from Saxony to the Kingdom of Prussia and was incorporated into the Silesia Province. After World War I, a river dam of the Kwisa (Jezioro Złotnickie) was erected above Lake Leśnia laid out in 1905. After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zacisze, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Zacisze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Leśna, south-east of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wrocław. History During World War II, the Germans operated the E227 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp A prisoner-of-war camp (often abbreviated as POW camp) is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured as Prisoner of war, prisoners of war by a belligerent power in time of war. There are significant differences among POW camps, inte ... in the village. References Villages in Lubań County {{Lubań-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
