Gmina Gora

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Gmina Gora
Coat of arms of the municipality
Gmina Góra (Poland)
Gmina Gora
Gmina Gora
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Lower Silesia
Powiat : Góra
Geographic location : 51 ° 40 ′  N , 16 ° 33 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 33 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 96 m npm
Residents : s. Gmina
Postal code : 56-200
Telephone code : (+48) 65
License plate : DGR
Economy and Transport
Street : Szlichtyngowa - Rawicz
Next international airport : Wroclaw
Gmina
Gminatype: Urban-and-rural parish
Gmina structure: 36 places
Surface: 268.74 km²
Residents: 19,956
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density : 74 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ): 0204013
Administration (as of 2011)
Mayor : Irena Krzyszkiewicz
Address: ul. Mickiewicza 1
56-200 Góra Śląska
Website : www.gora.com.pl



The Gmina Góra [ ˈgura ] is an urban-and-rural municipality in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland . The city of Góra ( German Guhrau ) is the seat of the powiat Górowski and has about 13,000 inhabitants.

geography

The municipality has an area of ​​268.74 km² and is located in Lower Silesia , about thirty kilometers east of the city of Głogów (Glogau) and ninety kilometers northwest of the Lower Silesian capital, Wroclaw .

history

From 1946 to 1975 and since 1999 Góra has been the seat of a powiat. From 1975 to 1998 the places belonged to the Leszno Voivodeship .

Partnerships

Góra maintains city and community partnerships with:

structure

In addition to the eponymous capital Góra, the town-and-country community includes 35 other towns (German names until 1945) :

  • Borszyn Mały (Heinzebortschen ; 1936–1945 Nordingen)
  • Borszyn Wielki (Kaltebortschen ; 1936–1945 Grandingen)
  • Bronów (Bronau)
  • Brzeżany (Birch Village)
  • Chróścina (Kraschen)
  • Czernina (Tschirnau ; 1937–1945 Lesten)
  • Czernina Dolna (Nieder Tschirnau ; 1937–1945 Nieder Lesten)
  • Czernina Górna (Ober Tschirnau ; 1937–1945 Ober Lesten)
  • Glinka (Gleinig)
  • Gola Górowska (Guhlau)
  • Grabowno (ditch)
  • Jastrzębia (Jästersheim)
  • Kłoda Górowska (Kloden)
  • Kruszyniec (Juppendorf)
  • Ligota (Ellguth)
  • Łagiszyn (Logical)
  • Nowa Wioska (Neudorf)
  • Osetno (east)
  • Osetno Małe (Little East)
  • Polanowo (Johannisfeld)
  • Radoslaw (Seiffersdorf)
  • Rogów Górowski (Neuguth)
  • Ryczeń (Rützen)
  • Sławęcice (Schlabitz)
  • Stara Góra (Old Guhrau)
  • Strumienna (Gaisbach)
  • Strumyk (Alt Bortschen)
  • Sułków (Sulkau)
  • Szedziec ( Estimator )
  • Ślubów (Schlaube)
  • Wierzowice Małe (Klein Wiersewitz)
  • Wierzowice Wielkie (Groß Wiersewitz)
  • Witoszyce (Heinzendorf)
  • Włodków Dolny (Friedrichswaldau)
  • Zawieścice (Sallschütz)

Personalities

  • Sebastian Hempel (1593–1650), director of the Szczecin court, born in Góra
  • Heinrich Held (1620–1659), Protestant hymn poet, born in Góra
  • Emil Karl von Pfuel (1821–1894), Prussian lieutenant general, born in Jästersheim
  • Friedrich von Carmer (1849–1915), politician and manor owner, member of the Prussian manor house, born in Groß Osten, died in Rützen
  • Hans Alvesen (* 1943), visual artist, born in Rützen.

literature

  • Fritz Heinze: Heimatbuch des Kreises Guhrau / Schlesien , 504 pages, 1973, ISBN 3-930376-13-X

Web links

Commons : Gmina Góra  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ http://www.glogow.pl/okolice/powiaty/gorowskiaaa.htm