Polkowice
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Polkowice pronunciation (German Bolkwitz, Polkwitz, 1939 – 1945 Heerwegen) is a town in south-western Poland with more than 28,000 inhabitants (2004).
It is situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), and was previously in Legnica Voivodeship (1975 – 1998). Polkowice is among the richest cities in Poland and has been designated as the best administered Polish gmina on a couple of occasions. The relative success of a city is also due to fact that Polkowice is located in the industrial copper-mining area, with a copper-processing plants located in the Polkowice powiat.
[edit] Education
- Dolnośląska Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości i Techniki
[edit] Sports
- Górnik Polkowice - football team (1st league in season 2003/2004)
- CCC Aquapark Polkowice - women basketball team, 3rd place in Sharp Torell Basket Liga in 2004/2005 season
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