Twardogóra

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Twardogóra

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Twardogóra
Coordinates: 51°21′53″N 17°28′11″E / 51.36472°N 17.46972°E / 51.36472; 17.46972
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Oleśnica
Gmina Twardogóra
Area
 • Total 8.29 km2 (3.20 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Total 6,866
 • Density 830/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Postal code 56-416
Website http://www.twardogora.pl
Twardogóra [tfardɔˈɡura] (formerly Old Polish: Twarda Góra (Hard Mountain), German: Festenberg) is a town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Twardogóra. After the area of the future town was settled by West Slavs in the 7th century, it was part of various Slavic states until it became a part of Poland in 992. Since the 14th century, when the area was transferred to the kingdom of Bohemia, it remained under its rule until the Prussian invasion in the mid-18th century. In those days the area still had a majorly Polish population which was the reason for the Prussian authorities to issue official documents for the region both in German and Polish. On 23 January 1945 the town was taken by the Red Army and later the same year it again became a part of Poland.
Further information: Recovered Territories
Further information: History of Silesia
Twardogóra called here Twarda Gora among other Silesian settlements in an official Prussian document from 1750 issued in Polish in Berlin[1]

It lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Oleśnica, and 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-east of the regional capital Wrocław.

As at 2006, the town has a population of 6,866.

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  1. ↑ Pruski dokument z 1750 r. ustalający urzędowe opłaty na Śląsku – Wznowione powszechne taxae-stolae sporządzenie, Dla samowładnego Xięstwa Sląska, Podług ktorego tak Auszpurskiey Konfessyi iak Katoliccy Fararze, Kaznodzieie i Kuratusowie Zachowywać się powinni. Sub Dato z Berlina, d. 8. Augusti 1750
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Coordinates: 51°21′53″N 17°28′11″E / 51.36472°N 17.46972°E / 51.36472; 17.46972

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