__NOTOC__ Gmina Leśnica, German Gemeinde Leschnitz 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

Strzelce County __NOTOC__ Strzelce County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998 ...

Opole Voivodeship Opole Voivodeship ( , , ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Silesia. A relatively lar ...

, in

Upper Silesia Upper Silesia ( ; ; ; ; Silesian German: ; ) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located today mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic. The area is predominantly known for its heav ...

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 ...

. Its seat is the town of Leśnica (Leschnitz), which lies approximately south-west of

Strzelce Opolskie Strzelce Opolskie () is a town in southern Poland with 17,900 inhabitants (2019), situated in the Opole Voivodeship. It is the capital of Strzelce County. Etymology The name of the town is of Polish origin and comes from the old Polish word ''s ...

and south-east of the regional capital

Opole Opole (; ; ; ) is a city located in southern Poland on the Oder River and the historical capital of Upper Silesia. With a population of approximately 127,387 as of the 2021 census, it is the capital of Opole Voivodeship (province) and the seat of ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 7,569. Since 2006 the commune, like much of the area, has been bilingual in German and Polish, a substantial German population remaining in the area after Silesia was given to Poland. The gmina contains part of the

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

called

Góra Świętej Anny Landscape Park Góra Świętej Anny Landscape Park (''Park Krajobrazowy Góra Świętej Anny'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in south-western Poland, established in 1988, covering an area of . The Park lies within Opole Voivodeship: in Krapkowice Count ...

Villages

The commune contains the towns and villages of: * Leśnica * Czarnocin * Dolna *

Góra Świętej Anny Góra Świętej Anny ( meaning " Saint Anne's Mountain") is a village in the Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. The village is located on the hill from which its name derives. A popular sanctuary, with a statue of Saint Anne and a calvary, ...

* Granica * Kadłubiec * Krasowa * Kurzawka * Łąki Kozielskie * Lichynia * Popice * Poręba * Raszowa *

Wysoka Wysoka is a town in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,736 inhabitants (2010). History The oldest known mention Wysoka comes from 1260, when it was granted by Duke Bolesław the Pious from the Piast dynasty to Mikołaj ...

* Zalesie Śląskie

Neighbouring districts

Gmina Leśnica is bordered by the town of

Kędzierzyn-Koźle Kędzierzyn-Koźle () is a city in south-western Poland, the administrative center of Kędzierzyn-Koźle County. With 58,899 inhabitants as of 2021, it is the second most-populous city in the Opole Voivodeship. Founded from the merger of the prev ...

and by the communes of

, Ujazd and Zdzieszowice.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Leśnica is twinned with: *

Černošice Černošice () is a town in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,700 inhabitants. Geography Černošice is located about southwest of Prague. It lies mostly in the Hořovice Uplands, only the n ...

, Czech Republic * Crostwitz, Germany * Gerbrunn, Germany * Hirschaid, Germany * Karnes County, United States *

Voitsberg Voitsberg () is a small city in the district of Voitsberg in Styria, Austria, with a population of c. 9,400 . It grew upon the St. Margaret church at the Tregistbach river and was first mentioned in 1220 as Civitas. Remains of the Greisenegg pa ...

, Austria

Gallery

File:Łąki Kozielskie, zvonice.jpg, Bell tower in Łąki Kozielskie File:Wysoka, stromy.jpg, Trees in Wysoka File:Raszowa, čekání na přejetí vlaku.jpg, Railroad crossing

References

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