Miłków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Podgórzyn, within

Karkonosze County __NOTOC__ Karkonosze 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. It lies approximately south of

Jelenia Góra Jelenia Góra (; ; ) is a historic city in southwestern Poland, within the historical region of Lower Silesia. Jelenia Góra is situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, close to the Karkonosze mountain range running along the Polish-Czech bo ...

, and west of the regional capital

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History

The area became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. Initially it was administratively part of the Wleń

castellan A castellan, or constable, was the governor of a castle in medieval Europe. Its surrounding territory was referred to as the castellany. The word stems from . A castellan was almost always male, but could occasionally be female, as when, in 1 ...

y. The village was first mentioned in a document of the Wrocław cathedral chapter from 1305, when it was part of fragmented

Piast The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I (–992). The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of King Casimir III the Great. Branches of ...

-ruled Poland. With the advent of tourism, local Polish mountain guide Jan Gruszczewski was active already in the early 19th century.Staffa, p. 169

Sights

Miłków is the location of the ten-sided concrete structure known as the ''Muchołapka'', ("Flytrap") built at the

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plant during

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. The structure, also known as The Henge, is associated with the '' Die Glocke'' urban myth. Cultural heritage sights of Miłków are the Miłków Palace and Park complex and the Saint Jadwiga church.

References

Villages in Karkonosze County {{JeleniaGóra-geo-stub