Gmina Jaworzyna Śląska is an urban-rural

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 tow ...

(administrative district) in

Świdnica County __NOTOC__ Świdnica 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 pa ...

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, in south-western

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. Its seat is the town of

Jaworzyna Śląska Jaworzyna Śląska (German: ''Königszelt'') is a town in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Jaworzyna Śląska. The town lies approximately n ...

, which lies approximately north of

Świdnica Świdnica (; ; ) is a city on the Bystrzyca (Oder), Bystrzyca River in south-western Poland in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. As of 2021, it has a population of 55,413 inhabitants. It is the seat of Świdnica County, and also of the smaller dis ...

, and south-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 gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 10,249.

Naming

In the year 1761, during the

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went into an entrenched mount guard (entrenched camp) close to Bolesławice (''de:Bunzelwitz''). With 50,000 troops he was up against 132,000 allied Austrian and Russian troops. During the ''Camp of Bunzelwitz'' King Frederick II was staying in a tent (de:Zelt). In order to remember to this campaign, the later close to that area established railway station was named Koenigszelt (en: King's tent, today Jaworzyna Śląska). In memory to the Camp of Bunzelwitz there was a memorial stone on the northern end of the station.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Jaworzyna Śląska is bordered by the towns of

and

Świebodzice Świebodzice (; ) is a town in south-western Poland with 22,793 inhabitants (). It is situated in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The town is situated close to Książ Castle, which during World War II, together with the cave complex ...

, and the gminas of

Strzegom Strzegom () is a town in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the Gmina Strzegom administrative district (gmina). It lies approximately north-west of Świdnica, and west of the regional capit ...

and Żarów.

Villages

Apart from the town of

, the gmina contains the villages of Bagieniec, Bolesławice, Czechy, Milikowice, Nowice,

Nowy Jaworów Nowy Jaworów is a village in the urban-rural Gmina Jaworzyna Śląska, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately west of Jaworzyna Śląska, north of Świdnica, and south-west of the re ...

Pasieczna Pasieczna is a village in the urban-rural Gmina Jaworzyna Śląska, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately west of Jaworzyna Śląska, north of Świdnica, and south-west of the regio ...

Pastuchów Pastuchów is a village in the urban-rural Gmina Jaworzyna Śląska, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Jaworzyna Śląska, north of Świdnica, and south-west of the reg ...

Piotrowice Świdnickie Piotrowice Świdnickie is a village in the urban-rural Gmina Jaworzyna Śląska, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Jaworzyna Śląska, north of Świdnica, and south ...

Stary Jaworów Stary Jaworów is a village in the urban-rural Gmina Jaworzyna Śląska, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship (, ) in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeships (provinc ...

Tomkowa Tomkowa is a village in the urban-rural Gmina Jaworzyna Śląska, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship (, ) in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeships (provinces) int ...

and Witków.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Jaworzyna Śląska is twinned with: *

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, Germany * Peyremale, France *

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, Germany *

Teplice nad Metují Teplice nad Metují (; ) is a town in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,600 inhabitants. Administrative division Teplice nad Metují consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population accor ...

, Czech Republic

References

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