Janowice Wielkie
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Janowice Wielkie is located in Poland Janowice Wielkie Janowice Wielkie | |
| Coordinates: 50°53′N 15°55′E / 50.883°N 15.917°E / 50.883; 15.917 | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Jelenia Góra |
| Gmina | Janowice Wielkie |
| Population | 2,100 |
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Janowice Wielkie [janɔˈvit͡sɛ ˈvjɛlkjɛ] is a village in Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina ) called Gmina Janowice Wielkie. It lies approximately 14 km (9 mi) east of Jelenia Góra and 84 km (52 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław (Breslau).
Until May 1945 Jannowitz was in Germany, the far-western part of Silesia, and a summer resort in the foothills of the Silesian or Great Mountains. From here is a direct route south to Bolczów Castle, elevation 561 m or 1,841 ft, the imposing ruins of an old castle destroyed by the Swedes in 1643.[2]
At the end of World War II, Jannowitz fell into the Soviet Zone of occupation, with the rest of Silesia. The Soviets handed the entire province over to their client state, communist Poland. The German population was expelled.
Photo gallery
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Christ the King Church
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Assumption of Mary Church
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Former Schaffgotsch Palace, now a nursing home
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Ruins of fourteenth-century Bolcz Castle
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Bolczów Castle
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Baroque stone bridge over the Bóbr River
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The Bóbr River in Janowice Wielkie
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Panorama of Janowice from Mount Sokolik
References
[edit ]- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
- ^ Baedeker, Karl (1904) Northern Germany, Leipzig, pp. 196, 201.
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