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Głuchołazy
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| Country | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Opole | ||
| County | Nysa | ||
| Gmina | Głuchołazy | ||
| Town rights | 1327 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Edward Szupryczyński | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 6.83 km2 (2.6 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| • Total | 14,879 | ||
| • Density | 2,178.5/km2 (5,642.2/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 48-340 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 77 | ||
| Car plates | ONY | ||
| Website | http://www.glucholazy.pl | ||
Głuchołazy [ɡwuxɔˈwazɨ] (German: Bad Ziegenhals) is a town in Nysa County, in Opole Voivodeship of southwestern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the administrative seat of the Gmina Głuchołazy. As of 2007, it has 14,879 inhabitants.
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The settlement in the Upper Silesian Duchy of Nysa was established in the early 13th century by German settlers in the course of the Ostsiedlung. They were called by by the ruling Bishops of Wrocław to build up a stronghold against the threatening forces of Margrave Vladislaus III of Moravia. Ziegenhals soon became an important site of iron ore and gold mining, it received town privileges in 1263. The town was devastated in 1428 during the Hussite Wars.
After the First Silesian War and the 1742 Treaty of Breslau the Duchy of Nysa was partitioned and Ziegenhals became a Prussian bordertown, while the adjacent area around Zlaté Hory remained with Austrian Silesia. In the 19th century it became a spa town (Bad). After World War II and the implementation of the Oder-Neisse line in 1945, the area fell to the Republic of Poland.
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