Bolesławiec is a town in southwestern Poland (Lower Silesia), with 41,300 inhabitants (2000). Lower Silesian voivodship since 1999 Lower Silesia (Polish Dolny Śląsk, German Niederschlesien, Latin Silesia Inferior) is the north-western part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia in Poland, located along the middle Oder River and organized into Lower Silesian Voivodship, (Polish: województwo dolnośląskie) with capital Wrocław It was...
Situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Jelenia Góra Voivodship (1975-1998). Town was established in 1251, by the prince Bolesław Wysoki (Tall). It is the reason why the city's name is Bolesławiec. One of the biggest USSR army contingents was stationed in Bolesławiec until its withdrawal in 1992. Lower Silesian voivodship since 1999 Lower Silesia (Polish Dolny Śląsk, German Niederschlesien, Latin Silesia Inferior) is the north-western part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia in Poland, located along the middle Oder River and organized into Lower Silesian Voivodship, (Polish: województwo dolnośląskie) with capital Wrocław It was... Jelenia Gora Voivodship (Polish: województwo jeleniogórskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Lower Silesian Voivodship. ... Events First Shepherds Crusade Births Deaths Monarchs/Presidents Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Castile - Ferdinand III, the Saint King of Castile and Leon (reigned from 1217 to 1252) Categories: 1251 ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Martin Opitz von Boberfeld (December 23, 1597 - August 20, 1639), German poet, was born at Bunzlau/Boleslawiec in Silesia, the son of a prosperous citizen. ...
The small town of Boleslawiec is situated in the south-western part of Poland and the north-western part of the Lower Silesia region.
To the north of Boleslawiec you can find some of the relaxing lower Silesian forests, and it is easy to get to some of the well-known resorts of the Karkonosze and Izerskie Mountains.
The origins of Boleslawiec date back to 1202, in which year a tribe named the Bobrzanians (meaning ‘beavers’) founded a settlement on the banks of a river having numerous beavers (the River Bobr).
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