Boleslawiec

Boleslawiec is a town located on the Bobr River inside the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwestern Poland with 40,837 populations 2006. It is the executive seat of Boleslawiec County and of Gmina Boleslawiec although it isn't a part of the territory of the latter, the city being an urban gmina in its own proper. Boleslawiec was formerly in Jelenia Gora Voivodeship 1975 to 1998. Boleslawiec celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2001. The call is derived from the Silesian duke Boleslaw I the Tall. The castellany of Bolezlauez in Lower Silesia changed into first cited in a 1201 deed.

According to subculture, its citizens took part within the Battle of Legnica during the Mongol invasion of Poland in 1241. Following the 1241 invasion, a walled metropolis started out to take form. In 1251, mention is manufactured from Boleslawiec town constitution. Then a part of the Silesian Duchy of Legnica under Boleslaw II the Bald, the town from 1297 belonged to the Duchy of Jawor below Bolko I the Strict. In 1316, with the intention to better defend the townspeople from adversarial incursion, new partitions were built across the metropolis. The town seal, nevertheless used these days, turned into also first used in 1316.