Boguszów-Gorce

Boguszów-Gorce
Polish Catholic Church
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Boguszów-Gorce
Coordinates: 50°46′N 16°12′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Wałbrzych
Gmina	Boguszów-Gorce (urban gmina)
Town rights	1499 Boguszów 1962 Gorce 1973 Boguszów-Gorce
Government
• Mayor	Daniel Lubiński
Area
• Total	27.02 km^2 (10.43 sq mi)
Highest elevation	750 m (2,460 ft)
Lowest elevation	520 m (1,710 ft)
Population  (30 June 2021[1])
• Total	15,085
• Density	560/km^2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	58-370 to 58-371
Area code	+48 74
Car plates	DBA
Voivodeship roads
Website	https://boguszow-gorce.pl

Boguszów-Gorce ([bɔˈɡuʂuf ˈɡɔrt͡sɛ], German: Gottesberg-Rothenbach, [ˈgotəsbɛɐ̯k ʁoːtənbaχ]; Silesian: Boguszůw-Gorce) is a town in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. As of June 2021, it has a population of 15,085.^[1]

The town is located approximately 1 kilometre (1 mi) west of Wałbrzych, and 72 kilometres (45 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław. It lies on the border between the Wałbrzych Mountains and the Stone Mountains in the Central Sudetes.

History

During World War I, the Germans operated a forced labour camp for Allied prisoners of war in the town.^[2]

It was established in 1973 from the merger of the two towns of Boguszów and Gorce and two villages of Kuźnice Świdnickie and Stary Lesieniec.

Soviet and Russian singer (Polish of origin) Edita Piekha lived here from 1946-1955 with mother, stepfather and brother.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Boguszów-Gorce is twinned with:^[3]

• Smiřice, Czech Republic

References

1. "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2022-05-29. Data for territorial unit 0221011.
2. Kujat, Janusz Adam (2000). "Pieniądz zastępczy w obozach jenieckich na terenie rejencji wrocławskiej w czasie I i II wojny światowej". Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny (in Polish). 23. Opole: 13. ISSN 0137-5199.
3. "Partnerské město Boguszów-Gorce". mestosmirice.cz (in Czech). Město Smiřice. Retrieved 2020-03-03.