Jelenia Góra
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| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian | ||
| County | city county | ||
| Established | 10th century | ||
| Town rights | 1288 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Marek Obrębalski | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 109.2 km² (42.2 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 350 m (1,148 ft) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| - Total | 86,372 | ||
| - Density | 791/km² (2,048.6/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 58-500 to 58-588 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 075 | ||
| Car plates | DJ | ||
| Website: http://www.jeleniagora.pl/ | |||
Jelenia Góra [jɛˈlɛɲa ˈgura] (
listen) (German: Hirschberg im Riesengebirge) is a city in Lower Silesia, south-western Poland. The name of the city means "deer mountain" in Polish and German. It is close to the Sudetes mountain range running along the Polish-Czech border – ski resorts such as Karpacz and Szklarska Poręba can be found within 10–15 km of the town.
Jelenia Góra is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the seat of Jelenia Góra Voivodeship (1975-1998). The city constitutes a separate urban gmina and city county (powiat), as well as being the seat of Jelenia Góra County (which surrounds but does not include the city). As at 2007 the population of Jelenia Góra is 86,372.
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[edit] History
The town is traditionally said to have been founded between 1108 and 1111 and was enlarged by Duke Boleslaw II of Legnica in 1241. The settlement became a town with Magdeburg rights in 1288.
As Hirschberg, the town was inherited by Habsburg Austria in 1526. A Protestant church was built in the town in 1709. It was annexed with Lower Silesia by the Kingdom of Prussia during the Silesian Wars. It became part of the German Empire upon the Prussian-led unification of Germany in 1871. Hirschberg was one of the largest towns in the Province of Silesia. After World War I, the town became part of the Province of Lower Silesia in 1919.
Following the end of World War II in 1945, the town was placed under Polish administration according to the decisions of the Potsdam Conference, and became officially known by its Polish name of Jelenia Góra. The remaining German inhabitants were expelled westward and replaced with Polish settlers. The city wasn't destroyed in the war, however the new Polish authorities dismantled the Old Town until 1965[1] and destroyed the cemetery of the Protestant church[2]. Afterwards the buildings around the market place were reconstructed in more simple forms.[3]
[edit] Transmitter
In 1957 in Jelenia Góra a broadcasting station for medium wave was inaugurated at ul. Sudecka 55. Until 1967 it used a 47-metre-tall wooden tower, which may be the only wooden radio tower built in Poland after 1945. In 1967 it was replaced by a 72-metre-tall steel mast. Since the shutdown of the medium wave transmitter in 1994, this mast has been used for FM broadcasting[4].
[edit] Sports
- Vitaral Jelfa Jelenia Góra - women's handball team playing in Polish Ekstraklasa Women's Handball League: 3rd place in 2003/2004 season.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Jelenia Góra-Legnica constituency
Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Jelenia Gora-Legnica constituency in Polish parliamentary election, 2005
- Ślusarczyk Piotr, LPR
- Witek Elżbieta, PiS
- Lipiński Adam, PiS
- Zubowski Jan, PiS
- Madziarczyk Tadeusz, PiS
- Schetyna Grzegorz, PO
- Sawicka Beata, PO
- Cybulski Piotr, PO
- Szmajdziński Jerzy, SLD
- Litwin Czesław, Samoobrona RP
- Costa Hubert, Samoobrona RP
- Zbrzyzny Ryszard, SLD
[edit] Notable residents
- Felix Funke (1865-1932), admiral
- Georg Heym (1887-1912), early Expressionist writer
- Karl Joel (1864-1934), philosopher
- Hanna Reitsch (1912-1979), test pilot
- Christian Jacob Salice-Contessa (1767-1825), merchant, politician, and writer
- Karl Wilhelm Salice-Contessa (1777-1825), poet
- Fritz Warmuth (1870-?), politician
[edit] Twin towns
Bautzen, Germany
Cervia, Italy- Erftstadt, Germany
Randers, Denmark
Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico
Tyler, Texas, USA
Valkeakoski, Finland
[edit] Gallery
 City Hall, pre-WW2 postcard |
 Hotel Drei Berge (now Hotel Europa), pre-WW2 postcard |
[edit] Footnotes
[edit] References
- Dehio - Handbuch der Kunstdenkmäler in Polen: Schlesien, Herder-Institut Marburg and Krajowy Osrodek Badan i Dokumentacji Zabytkow Warszawa, Deutscher Kunstverlag 2005, ISBN 342203109X*
[edit] External links
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