Bolesławów | |
Total Type: | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kłodzko |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Stronie Śląskie |
Coordinates: | 50.2569°N 16.8925°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland#Poland Lower Silesian Voivodeship |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Elevation M: | 595 |
Elevation Footnotes: | (max.) |
Population Total: | 250 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 57-550 |
Area Code: | (+48) 74 |
Registration Plate: | DKL |
Bolesławów is a village (former town) in the administrative district of Gmina Stronie Śląskie, within Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately 5km (03miles) south of Stronie Śląskie, 27km (17miles) south-east of Kłodzko, and 98km (61miles) south of the regional capital Wrocław. It is located within the historic Kłodzko Land.
It is a former town. It was granted town rights in 1581 and was deprived of them in 1894.[1] In the 16th century the town became the center of a metal mining and industrial region.[2] In the 17th century it became part of an estate, centered in Stronie Śląskie, which from 1838 was owned by Princess Marianne of the Netherlands.[2] In the 18th century it was annexed by Prussia and from 1871 to 1945 it was part of Germany, and after the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II it passed to Poland.
Among the historic sights of Bolesławów are the Baroque church of St. Joseph and the statues of Catholic saints Francis Xavier and John of Nepomuk.