Złotoryja

Złotoryja
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Eik-name(s):  Stolica Polskiego Złota Caipital o Pols Gowd
Złotoryja
Coordinates: 51°8′N 15°55′E
Kintra	Poland
Voivodeship	Lawer Silesie
Coonty	Złotoryja Coonty
Gmina	Złotoryja (urban gmina)
Established	12t century
Toun richts	1211
Govrenment
• Mayor	Ireneusz Żurawski
Area
• Total	11.51 km2 (4.44 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	16,503
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	59-500 to 59-501
Area code(s)	+48 76
Caur plates	DZL
Website	http://www.zlotoryja.pl

Złotoryja [zwɔtɔˈrɨja] (German: Goldberg, Latin: Aureus Mons, Aurum) is a toun in Lawer Silesie Voivodeship o soothwastren Poland. It is locatit in the Kaczawa river valley, close tae Legnica. It is the seat o Złotoryja Coonty, an o the smawer destrict o Gmina Złotoryja (although it is no pairt o the territory o the latter, syne the toun is a gmina in its awn richt).

Syne the Middle Ages the toun wis a centre o gowd an copper minin. Currently it haes approximately 17,000 inhabitants an is ane o the important centres o basalt minin.

Internaitional relations

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Poland

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Złotoryja is twinned wi:

• Buchach, Ukraine
• Mimoň, Czech Republic
• Westerburg, Germany
• Solingen, Germany
• Magdeburg, Germany