Bogatynia
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Bogatynia (German: Reichenau) is a town in Poland, in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in Zgorzelec County. It is located in the southwest of Poland, close to the point where the Czech, German and Polish borders meet. It is the only town in Poland which was part of the German state of Saxony before World War II. It has 19,169 inhabitants (2004).
The town is one of the richest per capita in Poland, due to its two principal enterprises: a brown coal mine (Kopalnia Węgla Brunatnego Turów SA) and the associated thermal power station (Elektrownia Turów).
The town used to be connected via narrow gauge railway lines to Zittau and to Frýdlant.
[edit] External links
- Official town webpage
- /Reichenau Alte Ansichtskarten / Bogatynia Stare Pocztówki www.werkowski.eu
- Map from Google Maps
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