Bożeń is a village in the administrative district of

Gmina Wołów __NOTOC__ Gmina Wołów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wołów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Wołów, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Wrocła ...

, within

Wołów County __NOTOC__ Wołów County (, ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms pass ...

Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship (, ) in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. It covers an area of and has a total population of 2,899,986. It is one of the wealthiest ...

, in south-western

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 Ukrai ...

. It lies approximately north of

Wołów Wołów (, ) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Wołów County and Gmina Wołów. It lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Wrocław. , the town has a population of 12,373. It is pa ...

, and north-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 ...

. The first mention of the village lies in the bronze age, in the years 900-700 B.C. During the 14th century Bożeń came under Bohemian King

John of Luxembourg John of Bohemia, also called the Blind or of Luxembourg (; ; ; 10 August 1296 – 26 August 1346), was the Count of Luxembourg from 1313 and King of Bohemia from 1310 and titular King of Poland. He is well known for having died while fightin ...

. Later the place was returned to Poland. Germany used to call place Buschen, but in 1483 documents mention it as Boschenn. There was a mill in the village and residents' free time was spent in an inn. In 1841 an Evangelical school was organised in the village and teachers were recruited. Around 1910 a new school building was built. In 1889, road construction was completed that joined it to Wińsko. In 1925, the population was 236 persons, with 222 Evangelicals and 14 Catholics. In 1939 the population was 210. After World War II, the village was named Bożeń. In the communist period, farms were established that specialised in cattle. That contributed considerably to rural development and 18 apartment blocks were built for persons employed in the agricultural establishment. After 1995, the plant was leased to a private firm dealing with milk and plant production. During the years 1975-1998 the place administratively belonged to the Wroclaw Voivodeship. In the village is the church of St. Mary belonging to the parish in Moczydlnicy. Since 2005, there have been annual festivities organized by the Culture Centre. The village has an approximate population of 500.

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Villages in Wołów County {{Wołów-geo-stub