Jelenia Góra

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Jelenia Góra

(Flag)	(Coat of arms)


Basic Information
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
Population	87,017 (2006)
Founded	10th century
City rights	1288
Area	108,4 km²
Density	802,74/km²
Economy and Traffic
Administration
Mayor	Marek Obrębalski
Municipal Website

Jelenia Góra [jɛˈlɛɲa ˈgura (help·info)] (German: Hirschberg im Riesengebirge) is a town in southwestern Poland. The name of the city means "deer mountain" in Polish and German.

Market Square

Cyprian Kamil Norwid Theatre

Jelenia Góra is situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously capital of Jelenia Góra Voivodeship (1975-1998). Prior to 1945 it was one of the largest cities in the former German state of Silesia.

Coordinates: 50°91′N 15°73′E

1 History
- 1.1 Transmitter
2 Sports
3 Politics
- 3.1 Jelenia Góra-Legnica constituency
4 People
5 Villages
6 Galeria
- 6.1 See also

[edit] History

Jelenia Góra was probably founded by Slavs in the Middle Ages. It received city rights in 1288 and was gradually Germanized. The town was annexed with Lower Silesia by the Kingdom of Prussia during the Silesian Wars. It became part of the German Empire in 1871 and until 1945 was part of Germany. After 1945 the German inhabitants were expelled along the lines of Potsdam Agreement and replaced with Polish settlers.

[edit] Transmitter

In 1957 in Jelenia Góra a broadcasting station for mediumwave was inaugaurated in ul. Sudecka 55. It used until 1967 as antenna tower a 47 metre tall wooden tower, which may be perhaps the only wooden radio tower, which was built in Poland after 1945. In 1967 it was replaced by a 72 metre tall steel mast. Since the shut down of the mediumwave transmitter in 1994, this mast is used for FM-broadcasting[1].

[[Image:Jelenia Gora panorama winter low res.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Panorama of Jelenia Góra , the view from lookout tower onto Wzgórzu Bolesława Krzywoustego