Wojcieszów

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Wojcieszów
Wojcieszów coat of arms
Wojcieszów (Poland)
Wojcieszów
Wojcieszów
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Lower Silesia
Powiat : Złotoryjski
Area : 32.17  km²
Geographic location : 50 ° 57 '  N , 15 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 57 '17 "  N , 15 ° 55' 23"  E
Residents : 3668
(June 30, 2019)
Postal code : 59-550
Telephone code : (+48) 75
License plate : DZL
Economy and Transport
Street : DW328 Kamienna Góra - Złotoryja
Next international airport : Wroclaw
Gmina
Gminatype: Borough
Residents: 3668
(June 30, 2019)
Community number  ( GUS ): 0226011
Administration (as of 2010)
Mayor : Sławomir Maciejczyk
Address:
ul.Pocztowa 1 59-550 Wojcieszów
Website : www.wojcieszow.pl



Wojcieszów (German Kauffung ) is a town with 3846 inhabitants (2014) in southwestern Poland . It is located in the powiat Złotoryjski in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship and belongs to the Neisse Euroregion .

Wojcieszów is located in the Bober-Katzbach Mountains on the Kaczawa (Katzbach), about 20 kilometers east of Jelenia Góra . The city is known for the Kauffunger marble , which was used in Sanssouci Palace , among other places . There are many limestone caves in the area. There are deposits of basalt, limestone and sandstone that are used for construction and road construction. Poland's richest deposit of agate , which is characterized by an unusual coloring, is located here. There were also deposits of gold sand and gravel, which have now been mined.

Twin cities

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. 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 .