Wleń
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Lower Silesia | ||
| Powiat : | Lwówek Śląski | ||
| Area : | 7.18 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 51 ° 1 ′ N , 15 ° 40 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | 1759 (June 30, 2019) |
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| Postal code : | 59-610 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 75 | ||
| License plate : | DLW | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Next international airport : | Wroclaw | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Urban and rural municipality | ||
| Gmina structure: | 12 school offices | ||
| Surface: | 86.00 km² | ||
| Residents: | 4225 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 49 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Community number ( GUS ): | 0212053 | ||
| Administration (as of 2017) | |||
| Mayor : | Artur Zych | ||
| Address: | Plac Bohaterów Nysy 7 59-610 Wleń |
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| Website : | www.wlen.pl | ||
Wleń [ 'vlɛɲ ] ( German Lähn ) is a town in the powiat Lwówecki ( Löwenberg district ) in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland. It is also the seat of the urban and rural community of the same name .
Geographical location
The small town is located on the Bober River , 15 km southeast of the district town of Lwówek Śląski ( Lion Mountain ) and 15 km north of Jelenia Góra ( Hirschberg ).
history
Lähn was founded as a city in 1214 by Duke Heinrich I and his wife Hedwig von Andechs . Lähnhaus Castle, which was destroyed in 1646, is located above the town. Below the ruins were the Hedwig Chapel from 1662 and the baroque palace with park. On August 18, 1813, Lähn was burned down by Italian mercenaries, who had to give way to the Russians under Kaiserow, except for the churches and a few houses. Towards the end of the first quarter of the 19th century, the place had 171 houses. At the beginning of the 20th century Lähn had a Protestant church, a Catholic church, a pedagogy , a district court, sandstone quarries and some medium-sized commercial operations.
The city belonged Lähn 1945 County Lowenberg in district Liegnitz the Prussian province of Lower Silesia of the German Reich .
After the end of the Second World War , Lähn and almost all of Silesia were placed under Polish administration by the Soviet occupying power and renamed Wleń by the local Polish administrative authority , derived from the mention of the place as Wlan in a papal document from 1155 (see Knoblich 1863, p . 10 ). Unless they had fled before, the native German population was expelled in 1945/46 .
From 1975 to 1998, the city belonged to the province Jelenia Góra ( Hirschberg ).
In June 2014, a commemoration ceremony took place in the city on the occasion of its 800th anniversary.
Lähn around 1825, with the Lähnhaus castle ruins above the town
Castle ruins today
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Population development
| year | Residents | Remarks |
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| 1825 | 826 | 184 of them Catholics |
| 1829 | 800 | 164 of them are Catholics |
| 1840 | 942 | including 690 Evangelicals |
| 1890 | 1,094 | predominantly Evangelicals, 258 Catholics |
| 1900 | 1,062 | mostly evangelicals |
| 1933 | 1,433 | |
| 1939 | 1,460 |
Attractions
- Town hall on the market square
- Castle feudal house ( Zamek Wleński Gródek ) near Łupki (Wleń) ( slate ), castle ruins from the 10th century
- Castle feudal house ( Pałac Lenno ) from the 16th century
- Kleppelsdorf Castle ( Pałac Książęcy ) from the 16th century
- Fortified church in the Strzyżowiec district ( Tschischdorf )
local community
The municipality has an area of 86 km², 55% of which is used for agriculture and 39% is forested.
Associated districts
The urban and rural community of Wleń includes, in addition to the urban community, 12 further districts ( official German names until 1945 ) with a Schulzenamt ( Sołectwo in Polish ):
- Bełczyna ( Süssenbach )
- Bystrzyca ( Wiesenthal )
- Klecza ( Ober Hussdorf , 1935–1945 Hussdorf )
- Łupki ( slate )
- Modrzewie ( Gießhübel )
- Marczów (March village a. Bober )
- Nielestno ( Waltersdorf )
- Pilchowice ( Wall )
- Przeździedza ( Dippelsdorf )
- Radomice ( wish village )
- Strzyżowiec ( Tschischdorf )
- Tarczyn ( Kleppelsdorf )
- Another village in the rural community is Wleński Gródek ( feudal house ).
- The dam of the Bobertalsperre is located in Pilchowice ( Wall ) .
Sons and daughters of the church
- Oskar Jerschke (1861–1928), poet lawyer
literature
- Karl August Müller: Patriotic images, in a history and description of the old castle festivals and knight castles of Prussia. Glogau 1837, pp. 398-412.
- A. Knoblich: Chronicle of Lähn and Castle Lähnhaus am Bober. Documentary contributions to the history of cities, knight castles, princes and noble families of Silesia. Breslau 1863 ( e-copy ).
- Thomas Feldmann: Lähn am Bober. A review of old postcards. In: "Löwenberger Heimatgrüße", 10/2007, pp. 21-23.
- Izabela Taraszczuk: Citizens' initiative to erect a memorial plaque for the Evangelical Church in Lähn / Wleń in Lower Silesia . In: "Löwenberger Heimatgrüße", ed. from Goldammer Verlag in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, 1/2014, pp. 13-14.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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 .
- ↑ a b Johann Georg Knie : Alphabetical-statistical-topographical overview of the villages, spots, towns and other places of the royal family. Prussia. Province of Silesia, including the Margraviate of Upper Lusatia, which now belongs entirely to the province, and the County of Glatz; together with the attached evidence of the division of the country into the various branches of civil administration . Breslau 1830, pp. 951-952.
- ^ A b Johann Georg Knie : Brief geographical description of Prussian Silesia, the County of Glaz and the Prussian Margraviate of Upper Lusatia or the entire province of Prussian Silesia: For use in schools. First ribbon . Breslau 1831. Page 164–165 of Chapter I: District of the royal. Government of Breslau ( pp. 352-353 of the e-copy of the Gyfrowa library ).
- ↑ a b Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon . 6th edition, Volume 12, Leipzig / Vienna 1908, p. 58.
- ↑ Dz.U. 1975 no 17 poz. 92 (Polish) (PDF; 802 kB)
- ↑ Note on the city anniversary and description of the program
- ^ Johann Georg Knie : Alphabetical-statistical-topographical overview of the villages, spots, cities and other places of the royal family. Preusz. Province of Silesia . 2nd edition, Breslau 1845, pp. 848-849.
- ^ A b c Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. loewenberg.html # ew39lwbglaehn. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ↑ Castle Kleppelsdorf - History (accessed on 12 June 2016)
- ↑ regioset.pl accessed on September 22, 2009
- ↑ The Genealogical Place Directory
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ http://www.wlen.org.pl/mapy/mapy.html
- ↑ [2] (Polish)
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