Bogatynia

Also known as Reichenau, Reichenau in Sachsen

Bogatynia (; ; ; ) is a town in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. As of December 2021, the town had a population of 16,460.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Bogatynia
Settlement.image_skyline: Dom Zegarmistrza in Bogatynia.JPG
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Watchmaker's house
Settlement.image_shield: POL Bogatynia COA.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Zgorzelec
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Bogatynia
Settlement.established_title: First mentioned
Settlement.established_date: 1262
Settlement.established_title2: Town rights
Settlement.established_date2: 1945
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: border city
Country: Duchy of Jawor
Located in: Gmina Bogatynia
Population: 16647
Area: 59.92
Elevation: 245
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Capital of: Gmina Bogatynia
Shares border with: Chrastava
Official website: www.bogatynia.pl
Image: Bogatynia Kurzańska 2 Kościół NMP.JPG

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Commons category: Bogatynia
P6482: Bogatynia
P8168: Braga
male population: 8063
female population: 8584
P12749: 1982

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Bogatynia (; ; ; ) is a town in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. As of December 2021, the town had a population of 16,460.

==Geography== The municipal area forms Poland's "Turoszów panhandle" () between the Czech town of Frýdlant in the east and the German town of Zittau in the west. To the southwest, the tripoint of the Czech, German, and Polish borders is located on the Neisse River. The town lies approximately south of Zgorzelec, and west of the regional capital Wrocław. The town has an area of .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bogatynia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.