Kamienna Góra
Place in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kamienna Góra [kaˈmʲɛnːa ˈɡura] (German: Landeshut, Czech: Lanžhot or Kamenná Hora; Silesian: Kamiynnŏ Gōra) is a town in south-western Poland with 18,235 inhabitants (2023). It is the seat of Kamienna Góra County, and also of the rural district called Gmina Kamienna Góra, although it is not part of the territory of the latter (the town forms a separate urban gmina).
Kamienna Góra | |
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Coordinates: 50°47′N 16°02′E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
County | Kamienna Góra |
Gmina | Kamienna Góra (urban gmina) |
First mentioned | 1232 |
Town rights | 1292 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Janusz Chodasewicz |
Area | |
• Total | 17.97 km2 (6.94 sq mi) |
Population (2019-06-30[1]) | |
• Total | 19,010 |
• Density | 1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 58-400 |
Car plates | DKA |
National roads | |
Voivodeship roads | |
Website | http://www.kamiennagora.pl |
Kamienna Góra on the Bóbr river is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship between the Stone Mountains and the Rudawy Janowickie at the old trade route from Silesia to Prague, today part of the National Road No. 5. It lies approximately 95 kilometres (59 miles) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.