Góra

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Town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

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::summary Town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland ::

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FieldValue
nameGóra
image_skylineGorarynek2022.jpg
image_captionRynek (Market Square) with monument to the heroes of the struggle for independent Poland
image_flagPOL Góra flag.svg
image_shieldPOL Góra COA.svg
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Lower Silesian
subdivision_name1Lower Silesian
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Góra
subdivision_type3Gmina
subdivision_name3Góra
established_titleFirst mentioned
established_date1155
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameIrena Krzyszkiewicz
pushpin_mapPoland
area_total_km213.65
population_as_of2019-06-30
population_total11797
population_density_km2auto
timezoneCET
utc_offset+1
timezone_DSTCEST
utc_offset_DST+2
postal_code_typePostal code
postal_code56-200
registration_plateDGR
blank1_name_sec2Voivodeship roads
blank1_info_sec2[[File:DW323-PL.svg
websitehttp://www.gora.com.pl
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| name = Góra | image_skyline = Gorarynek2022.jpg | image_caption = Rynek (Market Square) with monument to the heroes of the struggle for independent Poland | image_flag = POL Góra flag.svg | image_shield = POL Góra COA.svg | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Lower Silesian | subdivision_name1 = Lower Silesian | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Góra | subdivision_type3 = Gmina | subdivision_name3 = Góra | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1155 | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Irena Krzyszkiewicz | pushpin_map = Poland | area_total_km2 = 13.65 | population_as_of = 2019-06-30 | population_total = 11797 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 56-200 | registration_plate = DGR | blank1_name_sec2 = Voivodeship roads | blank1_info_sec2 = [[File:DW323-PL.svg|32px|link=Voivodeship road 323]] [[File:DW324-PL.svg|32px|link=Voivodeship road 324]] | website = http://www.gora.com.pl Góra (, ) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the administrative seat of both Góra County and of the smaller district (gmina) called Gmina Góra. The town is located within the historic Lower Silesia region. As of 2019, it had a population of 11,797.

History

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The area became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. After Poland fragmented into smaller provincial duchies, the area initially belonged to Greater Poland before becoming part of Silesia. The settlement was first mentioned as Gora in an 1155 deed by Pope Adrian IV conveying the property to the Diocese of Wrocław. The name of the town means "hill" or "mountain" in Polish. In 1256 the bishop of Wrocław Tomasz I gave the village to the Polish knight Gosław. In 1288 it became part of the Duchy of Głogów and was granted Magdeburg town rights by the Piast duke Henry III. In 1300, Henry III sold the local mint to the city council of Góra. From the 14th century onwards, the town developed into a centre of cloth manufacturing, and specific privileges were granted to the clothiers of Góra in 1304. The Germanized name Guhrau is first documented in 1336. In 1343, an annual fair was established. Also from that year comes the first mention of the existence of a parish school in Góra. The town remained under the rule of the Polish houses of Piast and Jagiellon as part of the duchies of Głogów, Ścinawa and Cieszyn until the 16th century. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/SM_Góra_Baszta_zamkowa_ID_591009.jpg" caption="Medieval castle tower"] ::

The town Guhrau was annexed by Prussia upon the First Silesian War in 1742 and from 1816 was the administrative seat of Landkreis Guhrau within the Province of Silesia, which from 1871 to 1945 was also part of Germany. In World War II it was occupied by the Red Army during the 1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive. According to the Potsdam Agreement, the town became again part of Poland, although with a Soviet-installed communist regime, which stayed in power until the 1980s, while the remaining German population was expelled. The historic name Góra was restored and the town was repopulated by Poles, expelled from former eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union. Again a county seat from 1946, from 1975 to 1998 Góra belonged to Leszno Voivodeship. In 1999 Góra's town limits were expanded by including the settlement of Sędziwojowice as its eastern district.

Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

See twin towns of Gmina Góra.

References

References

  1. (2019-10-15). "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". Statistics Poland.
  2. . (1881). "Kodeks dyplomatyczny Wielkopolski". *Biblioteka Kórnicka*.
  3. Damrot, Konstanty. (1896). "Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde". Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk.
  4. Adamy, Heinrich. (1888). "Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit". Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung.
  5. Barbara Trojak, ''Góra. Studium historyczne miasta'', 1983 (in Polish)
  6. Josef Joachim Menzel. "Mittelalterliche Städtelandschaft Schlesiens".
  7. "Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 21 grudnia 1999 r. w sprawie nadania statusu miasta miejscowościom oraz zmiany granic miast".

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