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* Abbey and [[Kamieniec Ząbkowicki Palace|palace]] and park ensemble in [[Kamieniec Ząbkowicki]]<ref name=ph>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 6 marca 2024 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Kamieniec Ząbkowicki - zespół architektoniczno-krajobrazowy"|year=2024|number=410}}</ref> |
* Abbey and [[Kamieniec Ząbkowicki Palace|palace]] and park ensemble in [[Kamieniec Ząbkowicki]]<ref name=ph>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 6 marca 2024 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Kamieniec Ząbkowicki - zespół architektoniczno-krajobrazowy"|year=2024|number=410}}</ref> |
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* Baroque [[Krzeszów Abbey]], which hosts the Icon of Our Lady of Grace, the oldest Marian icon in Poland and one of the oldest in Europe; one of the burial sites of the Piast dynasty |
* Baroque [[Krzeszów Abbey]], which hosts the Icon of Our Lady of Grace, the oldest Marian icon in Poland and one of the oldest in Europe; one of the burial sites of the Piast dynasty |
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* Baroque Benedictine Abbey and [[St. Jadwiga's Basilica, Legnickie Pole]] |
* Baroque Benedictine Abbey and [[St. Jadwiga's Basilica, Legnickie Pole]]<ref>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 14 kwietnia 2004 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii|year=2004|volume=102|number=1056}}</ref> |
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* [[Fort Srebrna Góra]]<ref>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 14 kwietnia 2004 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii|year=2004|volume=102|number=1058}}</ref> |
* [[Fort Srebrna Góra]]<ref>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 14 kwietnia 2004 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii|year=2004|volume=102|number=1058}}</ref> |
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* Gothic [[Saints Peter and Paul Basilica, Strzegom]] |
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==Curiosities== |
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*The city of [[Bolesławiec]] is a center of [[pottery]] production since the [[Middle Ages]]. See also: [[Bolesławiec pottery]]. |
*The city of [[Bolesławiec]] is a center of [[pottery]] production since the [[Middle Ages]]. See also: [[Bolesławiec pottery]]. |
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*The voivodeship contains 11 [[spa town]]s ([[Długopole-Zdrój]], [[Duszniki-Zdrój]], [[Jedlina-Zdrój]], [[Kudowa-Zdrój]], [[Lądek-Zdrój]], [[Polanica-Zdrój]], [[Przerzeczyn-Zdrój]], [[Szczawno-Zdrój]], [[Świeradów-Zdrój]]), more than any other province of Poland. |
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*In the [[Middle Ages]], [[gold]] ({{lang-pl|link=no|złoto}}) and [[silver]] ({{lang-pl|link=no|srebro}}) were mined in the region, which is reflected in the names of the former mining towns of [[Złotoryja]], [[Złoty Stok]] and [[Srebrna Góra, Lower Silesian Voivodeship|Srebrna Góra]]. |
*In the [[Middle Ages]], [[gold]] ({{lang-pl|link=no|złoto}}) and [[silver]] ({{lang-pl|link=no|srebro}}) were mined in the region, which is reflected in the names of the former mining towns of [[Złotoryja]], [[Złoty Stok]] and [[Srebrna Góra, Lower Silesian Voivodeship|Srebrna Góra]]. |
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*[[Gompa Drophan Ling in Darnków]], Poland's only [[Buddhism in Poland|Buddhist]] [[gompa]], is located in the voivodeship. |
*[[Gompa Drophan Ling in Darnków]], Poland's only [[Buddhism in Poland|Buddhist]] [[gompa]], is located in the voivodeship. |
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Lower Silesian Voivodeship (Template:Lang-pl, [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ dɔlnɔˈɕlɔw̃skjɛ] ⓘ) in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrzych and Jelenia Góra Voivodeships, following the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. It covers an area of 19,946 square kilometres (7,701 sq mi), and as of 2019[update] has a total population of 2,899,986.[citation needed]
It is one of the wealthiest provinces in Poland as natural resources such as copper, brown coal and rock materials are widely present.[4]
Its capital and largest city is Wrocław, situated on the Oder River. The voivodeship is host to many castles and palaces. For this reason tourism is a large part of this region's economy.
History
In the past 1,200 years, the region has been part of Great Moravia, the Medieval Kingdom of Poland, the Crown of Bohemia, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg monarchy (Austria), Kingdom of Prussia, the German Empire, and modern Poland after 1945.
Silesian tribes settled the lands at the end of the first millennium after the Migration Period. During the period of Germania Slavica, the region became part of Great Moravia under Svatopluk I of Moravia. Mieszko I of the Piast dynasty incorporated the region to Poland. It was again divided into small realms reigned by Silesian branches of Piast dukes after the testament of Bolesław III Wrymouth in 1138. Wrocław was mentioned as one of three centers of the Kingdom of Poland, along with Kraków and Sandomierz, in the early-12th-century Gesta principum Polonorum chronicle. With the Ostsiedlung, the cultural and ethnic Germanic influence grew with an influx of immigrants from the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire, and since the 1330s when it was subjugated to the Kingdom of Bohemia, although large portions of Lower Silesia still formed Polish-ruled duchies under the houses of Piast, Jagiellon and Sobieski, some up to the 17th and 18th century. Chief medieval ducal capitals of the area were Wrocław, Legnica, Głogów, Świdnica and Jawor. Lower Silesia was, during the Middle Ages, one of Poland's cultural centers. The Book of Henryków (1273), which contains the earliest known sentence written in the Polish language, as well as a document which contains the oldest printed text in Polish, were both created within it.[5] Złotoryja, Poland's first town, was granted municipal privileges according to German Magdeburg rights by Henry the Bearded. Burial sights of medieval Polish monarchs from the Piast dynasty are located in the province.
In 1469, Lower Silesia passed to Hungary, and in 1490 it fell back to Bohemia, then ruled by the Jagiellonian dynasty, then together with it became part of the Habsburg monarchy (1526). In 1742/44, the territory was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia, and subsequently became part of the German Empire (1871). Over the centuries, Lower Silesia has experienced several epochal events such as the Protestant Reformation, the Silesian Wars, Napoleonic Wars, industrialisation and the two World Wars. During World War II, the Gross-Rosen concentration camp and Stalag VIII-A prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs of various nationalities were operated in Lower Silesia with multiple subcamps scattered throughout the region and beyond. In 1945, Lower Silesia was made again part of Poland as agreed at the post-war Potsdam Conference. As a consequence, Lower Silesia suffered a nearly total loss of its pre-war population between 1945 and 1950. Polish citizens dispossessed by the Soviets were then settled in the now emptied lands.[6]
Geography
Although much of the region is relatively low-lying, Lower Silesia includes the Sudeten Foreland, as well as part of the Sudetes mountain range, that runs along the Polish/Czech border. Ski resorts in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship include Karpacz and Szklarska Poręba in the Karkonosze mountains.
The voivodeship has a number of mineral springs and is host to a large number of spa towns. The highest point in the voivodeship is Mount Śnieżka (1603 m above sea level) while the lowest point is located in the Oder River Valley (69 m above sea level).[7]
Lower Silesian Voivodeship is bordered by Lubusz Voivodeship to the north-west, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the north-east, Opole Voivodeship to the south-east, the Czech Republic (Hradec Králové Region, Liberec Region, Olomouc Region and Pardubice Region) to the south, and Germany (Saxony) to the west.
Transport
Wrocław Airport serves as an international and domestic airport.
Wrocław Główny is the largest railway station in Poland, serving an average of 21.2 million passengers annually. It offers the domestic and international connections of various carriers.
The A4 motorway,[8] A8 motorway, A18 motorway and S3 Expressway, S5 Expressway, S8 Expressway also run through the voivodeship.
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Wrocław Główny railway station is a major railway hub in the region
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Koleje Dolnośląskie train at Wrocław Główny
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The viaduct in Lewin Kłodzki, on the railway line No. 309
Tourism
Tourism is important for Lower Silesian Voivodeship. There are 99 castles and hundreds of palaces. A lot are located Jelenia Góra Valley.
Wrocław being the largest city in the voivodeship has many sights and attractions, including the Market Square, the Cathedral Island and Wrocław's dwarfs. The Festival of Good Beer is held every year of June.
The annual international Chopin Festival is held in the Fryderyk Chopin Theatre in the town of Duszniki-Zdrój. Other major attraction of the town is the Museum of Papermaking, established in a 17th-century paper mill.
Śnieżka is the highest peak of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship and the whole of the Sudetes.
Lower Silesia boasts three World Heritage Sites and 15 Historic Monuments of Poland:
- Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica (listed as both)
- Centennial Hall in Wrocław (listed as both)
- Museum of Papermaking in Duszniki-Zdrój
- Palace and landscape parks of the Jelenia Góra Valley
- Abbey and palace and park ensemble in Kamieniec Ząbkowicki[9]
- Baroque Krzeszów Abbey, which hosts the Icon of Our Lady of Grace, the oldest Marian icon in Poland and one of the oldest in Europe; one of the burial sites of the Piast dynasty
- Baroque Benedictine Abbey and St. Jadwiga's Basilica, Legnickie Pole[10]
- Fort Srebrna Góra[11]
- Gothic Saints Peter and Paul Basilica, Strzegom
- Gothic Świdnica Cathedral
- Former Cistercian Abbey and Sanctuary of St. Jadwiga, Trzebnica, one of the burial sites of the Piast dynasty
- Old Town of Wrocław
- Romanesque-Gothic Saint George church in Ziębice
- Gothic-Mannerist Holy Trinity church in Żórawina
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Piast Castle in Legnica
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Krobielowice Palace
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Radomierzyce Palace
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Jedlinka Palace in Jedlina-Zdrój
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Wojanów Palace
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Holy Cross Church, whose scholastic was Nicolaus Copernicus
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Church of St. Clare and Hedwig church, Wrocław
Protected areas
Protected areas in Lower Silesian Voivodeship:
- 2 National Parks
- Karkonosze National Park (part of a UNESCO trans-border biosphere reserve)
- Table Mountains National Park
- 12 Landscape Parks
- Barycz Valley Landscape Park (partly in Greater Poland Voivodeship)
- Bóbr Valley Landscape Park
- Bystrzyca Valley Landscape Park
- Chełmy Landscape Park
- Jezierzyca Valley Landscape Park
- Książ Landscape Park
- Owl Mountains Landscape Park
- Przemków Landscape Park
- Rudawy Landscape Park
- Ślęża Landscape Park
- Śnieżnik Landscape Park
- Sudety Wałbrzyskie Landscape Park
- 67 Nature reserves
- 20 protected landscape areas
- 3100 Natural monuments
- 114 Ecological usages
- 15 Teams nature and landscape
and many areas of Natura 2000 network.
Tourist routes
- The Main Trail Sudetes long-distance mountain trail
- The Piast Castles Trail
- Trail around Wrocław
- Cistercian trail
- The trail of the Valley of Palaces and Gardens of the Jelenia Góra Valley
- Lower Silesian Rout of St. James
- Sudetes Rout of St. James
- Camino de Santiago - Via Regia
- The Trail of Extinct Volcanoes on the Kaczawskie Foothills
- Lower Silesian Beer and Wine Trail[12]
- EuroVelo 9
- Lower Silesian Bicycle Highway
- Bicycles S5 (Wrocław – Poznań)
- Blue Velo - The Odra River Bicycle Route
Economy
The gross domestic product (GDP) of the province was 41.1 billion euro in 2018, accounting for 8.3% of the Polish economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was €23,400 or 78% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 85% of the EU average. Lower Silesia Voivodeship is the province with the second highest GDP per capita in Poland.[13]
Lower Silesian Voivodeship | GDP per capita | Poland | GDP per capita |
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2000 | $10 440 (+2.8%) | 2000 | $10 140 (+4.0%) |
2005 | $13 060 (+4.9%) | 2005 | $12 600 (+3.5%) |
2006 | $13 700 (+7.3%) | 2006 | $13 020 (+6.2%) |
2007 | $14 980 (+9.5%) | 2007 | $13 760 (+6.5%) |
2008 | $16 030 (+7.2%) | 2008 | $14 450 (+5.0%) |
2009 | $16 350 (+2.0%) | 2009 | $14 720 (+1.9%) |
Cities and towns
The voivodeship contains 8 cities and 83 towns. The cities, governed by a city mayor (Template:Lang-pl), are listed below in descending order of population (as of 2019):[1]
Cities
- Wrocław (674,132)
- Wałbrzych city county (111,896)
- Legnica city county (99,486)
- Jelenia Góra city county (79,200)
- Lubin (72,428)
- Głogów (66,120)
- Świdnica (56.803)
- Bolesławiec (38,852)
Towns
- Oleśnica (37,169)
- Dzierżoniów (33,239)
- Oława (33,029)
- Zgorzelec (30,374)
- Bielawa (29,971)
- Kłodzko (26,845)
- Jawor (22,890)
- Świebodzice (22,793)
- Polkowice (22,480)
- Nowa Ruda (22,067)
- Lubań (21,087)
- Kamienna Góra (19,010)
- Bogatynia (17,436)
- Strzegom (16,106)
- Jelcz-Laskowice (15,803)
- Złotoryja (15,564)
- Boguszów-Gorce (15,368)
- Ząbkowice Śląskie (15,004)
- Chojnów (13,355)
- Trzebnica (13,331)
- Brzeg Dolny (12,511)
- Strzelin (12,460)
- Wołów (12,373)
- Góra (11,797)
- Milicz (11,304)
- Kowary (10,869)
- Syców (10,397)
- Bystrzyca Kłodzka (10,134)
- Kudowa-Zdrój (9,892)
- Środa Śląska (9,516)
- Oborniki Śląskie (9,099)
- Lwówek Śląski (8,869)
- Ziębice (8,708)
- Siechnice (8,113)
- Chocianów (7,892)
- Pieszyce (7,123)
- Kąty Wrocławskie (6,994)
- Sobótka (6,981)
- Żarów (6,719)
- Twardogóra (6,692)
- Gryfów Śląski (6,636)
- Szklarska Poręba (6,557)
- Żmigród (6,435)
- Piława Górna (6,412)
- Głuszyca (6,361)
- Polanica-Zdrój (6,324)
- Piechowice (6,194)
- Przemków (6,107)
- Lubawka (6,028)
- Pieńsk (5,828)
- Stronie Śląskie (5,709)
- Szczawno-Zdrój (5,608)
- Ścinawa (5,582)
- Lądek-Zdrój (5,572)
- Szczytna (5,141)
- Jaworzyna Śląska (5,124)
- Bolków (4,990)
- Bierutów (4,867)
- Jedlina-Zdrój (4,828)
- Karpacz (4,593)
- Duszniki-Zdrój (4,584)
- Leśna (4,439)
- Olszyna (4,348)
- Nowogrodziec (4,243)
- Zawidów (4,180)
- Świeradów-Zdrój (4,147)
- Mieroszów (4,070)
- Mirsk (3,886)
- Wojcieszów (3,668)
- Prochowice (3,602)
- Niemcza (2,965)
- Węgliniec (2,846)
- Złoty Stok (2,758)
- Wąsosz (2,662)
- Międzylesie (2,575)
- Bardo (2,562)
- Radków (2,406)
- Międzybórz (2,341)
- Świerzawa (2,286)
- Prusice (2,243)
- Wiązów (2,241)
- Lubomierz (1,979)
- Wleń (1,759)
Administrative division
Lower Silesian Voivodeship is divided into 30 counties (powiaty), four of which are city counties. These are further divided into 169 gminy.
Lower Silesia is divided into three additional delegation districts governed by the provincial government, with Wrocław serving as the capital of the administrative region:[14]
- Wałbrzych Delegation District - powiaty of Świdnica, Kłodzko, Ząbkowice Śląskie, Dzierżoniów.
- Jelenia Góra Delegation District - powiaty of Boleslawiec, Kamienna Góra, Luban, Lwówek Śląski, Zgorzelec.
The counties are listed in the following table (ordering within categories is by decreasing population).
Governors
Name | Period |
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Witold Krochmal | 4 January 1999 – 22 October 2001 |
Ryszard Nawrat | 22 October 2001 – 21 March 2003 |
Stanisław Łopatowski | 31 March 2003 – 21 December 2005 |
Krzysztof Grzelczyk | 21 December 2005 – 29 November 2007 |
Rafał Jurkowlaniec | 29 November 2007 – 1 December 2010 |
Aleksander Skorupa | 28 December 2010 – 11 March 2014 |
Tomasz Smolarz | 12 March 2014 – 8 December 2015 |
Paweł Hreniak | 8 December 2015 – 11 November 2019 |
Jarosław Obremski | 5 December 2019 – 22 December 2023 |
Maciej Awiżeń | 22 December 2023 – |
Sports
Club | Sport | League | Trophies |
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Śląsk Wrocław | Basketball (men's) | Polish Basketball League | 18 Polish Championships 14 Polish Cups |
Górnik Wałbrzych | Basketball (men's) | I liga (2nd tier) | 2 Polish Championships (1982, 1988) |
Ślęza Wrocław | Basketball (women's) | Basket Liga Kobiet | 2 Polish Championships (1987, 2017) |
BC Polkowice | Basketball (women's) | Basket Liga Kobiet | 5 Polish Championships 6 Polish Cups |
Śląsk Wrocław | Handball (men's) | Liga Centralna (2nd tier) | 15 Polish Championships 7 Polish Cups |
SPR Chrobry Głogów | Handball (men's) | Polish Superliga | 0 |
Zagłębie Lubin | Handball (men's) | Polish Superliga | 1 Polish Championship (2007) 1 Polish Cup (1993) |
Miedź Legnica | Handball (men's) | Liga Centralna (2nd tier) | 0 |
Zagłębie Lubin | Handball (women's) | Superliga | 4 Polish Championships 8 Polish Cups |
KPR Kobierzyce | Handball (women's) | Superliga | 1 Polish Cup (2022) |
MKS Jelenia Góra | Handball (women's) | Liga Centralna (2nd tier) | 0 |
Dziewiątka Legnica | Handball (women's) | Liga Centralna (2nd tier) | 0 |
Sparta Wrocław | Speedway | Ekstraliga | 5 Polish Championships |
Śląsk Wrocław | Football (men's) | Ekstraklasa | 2 Polish Championships (1977, 2012) 2 Polish Cups (1976, 1987) |
Zagłębie Lubin | Football (men's) | Ekstraklasa | 2 Polish Championships (1991, 2007) |
Miedź Legnica | Football (men's) | I liga (2nd tier) | 1 Polish Cup (1992) |
Chrobry Głogów | Football (men's) | I liga (2nd tier) | 0 |
Śląsk Wrocław | Football (women's) | Ekstraliga | 0 |
Gwardia Wrocław | Volleyball (men's) | I liga (2nd tier) | 3 Polish Championships (1980, 1981, 1982) 1 Polish Cup (1981) |
Gwardia Wrocław | Volleyball (women's) | Polish Women's Volleyball League | 0 |
Cuprum Lubin | Volleyball (men's) | PlusLiga | 0 |
Panthers Wrocław | American football | European League of Football | 4 Polish Championships |
Jaguars Kąty Wrocławskie | American football | Polish Football League | 0 |
Since the establishment of the province, various major international sports competitions were co-hosted by the province, including the EuroBasket 2009, 2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship, 2010 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships, UEFA Euro 2012, 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 2016 European Men's Handball Championship, 2017 World Games, 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.
Curiosities
- The city of Bolesławiec is a center of pottery production since the Middle Ages. See also: Bolesławiec pottery.
- The voivodeship contains 11 spa towns (Długopole-Zdrój, Duszniki-Zdrój, Jedlina-Zdrój, Kudowa-Zdrój, Lądek-Zdrój, Polanica-Zdrój, Przerzeczyn-Zdrój, Szczawno-Zdrój, Świeradów-Zdrój), more than any other province of Poland.
- In the Middle Ages, gold (Template:Lang-pl) and silver (Template:Lang-pl) were mined in the region, which is reflected in the names of the former mining towns of Złotoryja, Złoty Stok and Srebrna Góra.
- Gompa Drophan Ling in Darnków, Poland's only Buddhist gompa, is located in the voivodeship.
- There are several sites in the province associated with Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, most notably the Kamieniec Ząbkowicki Palace, a Historic Monument of Poland.[9]
References
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- ^ "Kresowianie nie mieli wyboru, musieli jechać na zachód, interview with Professor Grzegorz Hryciuk,". wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 20 December 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Położenie". dolnyslask.poland.com (in Polish). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Dolnośląskie (Lower Silesia)". paih.gov.pl. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ a b Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 6 marca 2024 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Kamieniec Ząbkowicki - zespół architektoniczno-krajobrazowy", Dz. U., 2024, No. 410
- ^ Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 14 kwietnia 2004 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii, Dz. U., 2004, vol. 102, No. 1056
- ^ Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 14 kwietnia 2004 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii, Dz. U., 2004, vol. 102, No. 1058
- ^ "Dolnośląski Szlak Piwa i Wina".
- ^ "Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018". Eurostat.
- ^ Internet, JSK. "Delegatury Urzędu – Dolnośląski Urząd Wojewódzki". Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
External links
- Województwo Dolnośląskie Official website
- Website of the government of Lower Silesia