Place in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Wojcieszów

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Coordinates: 50°57′17″N 15°55′23″E / 50.95472°N 15.92306°E / 50.95472; 15.92306
Country|  Poland
Voivodeship|  Lower Silesian
County| Złotoryja
Gmina| Wojcieszów (urban gmina)
First mentioned| 1268
Town rights| 1973
Area

• Total| 32.17 km2 (12.42 sq mi)
Population

(2019-06-30[1])

• Total| 3,668
• Density| 110/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code|

59-550

Car plates| DZL
Website| https://www.wojcieszow.pl

Wojcieszów (Polish: [vɔjˈt͡ɕɛʂuf]; German: Kauffung) is a town in Złotoryja County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border. It is located in the historic region of Lower Silesia.

The town lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Złotoryja, and 81 kilometres (50 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

As of 2019, the town has a population of 3,668.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Sights
* 3 Notable people
* 4 Twin towns – sister cities
* 5 Gallery
* 6 References

## History[edit]

Park in Wojcieszów

The oldest known mention comes from 1268. There was a castle already in the 1367, when it was still under the rule of local dukes of the Piast dynasty.[2] The settlement was then known under the German name Kauffung. It belonged to the Bohemian Crown and later Habsburg Austria within the Holy Roman Empire til 1806.

The settlement suffered during the Thirty Years' War in the 17th century and from 1740 on it belonged to the Kingdom of Prussia, still within the Holy Roman Empire. In 1753 it suffered a fire and during the Napoleonic Wars, French troops were stationed there in 1806–1808. In May 1945 the town was captured by the Soviet Red Army, the German population fled and the town was annexed by Poland.[2] The region was etnically cleansed and repopulated by Poles.

Wojcieszów was granted town rights in 1973.[2]

## Sights[edit]

Among the preserved historic architecture of the town are six palaces, ranging from Renaissance to Renaissance Revival and Gothic Revival, and two churches: the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, dating back to the 14th century, and the 18th-century Church of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati.

## Notable people[edit]

* Bruno Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1811-1889), Prussian general
* Krystyna Pawłowicz (born 1952), Polish jurist and member of Parliament
* Maciej Maleńczuk (born 1961), Polish rock singer and musician

## Twin towns – sister cities[edit]

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Wojcieszów is twinned with:[3]

* Hostinné, Czech Republic
* Rokytnice nad Jizerou, Czech Republic

## Gallery[edit]

* Renaissance Revival Palace in Wojcieszów Dolny

* Renaissance Revival Palace in Wojcieszów Dolny

* Renaissance Palace in Wojcieszów Górny

* Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
2. ^ a b c "Historia i legendy". Wojcieszów (in Polish). Retrieved 14 March 2020.
3. ^ "Informace o obci". wojcieszow.pl (in Czech). Wojcieszów. Retrieved 2020-03-04.

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Gminas of Złotoryja County

Urban gminas|

* Złotoryja (seat)
* Wojcieszów

Urban-rural gmina|

* Gmina Świerzawa

Rural gminas|

* Gmina Pielgrzymka
* Gmina Zagrodno
* Gmina Złotoryja

Coordinates: 50°57′17″N 15°55′23″E / 50.95472°N 15.92306°E / 50.95472; 15.92306

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