Address
Rynek
Bolków
Dolnośląskie
gmina Bolków
59-420
Poland
Bolków is a small town located in the Lower Silesian Voivodship.
From the very beginning it was connected with the trade route from the Czech Republic to Poznań and Wrocław. The first information about the city comes from 1276, where it appears under the name Gaj.
In 1312, the prince of Świdnica Bernard added the name Bolków in honor of his father, and this name has remained to this day.
Hussite wars in the fifteenth century, however, prevented the development of the city, then ruled by the Czech king – George of Poděbrady knight Jan of Black, which, however, chivalry did not glorify and the robbery led to a war with Wroclaw and Swidnica. In the following years, the city was visited by numerous fires and earthquakes that caused stagnation lasting until the 19th century. Some recovery took place after the construction of the railway line.
After the war, the city was rebuilt and modernized. After the political transformation, for example, the railway line was closed, as a result of which the city is deprived of a railway, however, it compensates for a well-developed PKS network and a large number of buses running.
Attractions:
Rectangular square with arcaded tenement houses from the 18th century.
Fragments of the city walls from the 14th century preserved at Reymonta street.
Parish church of Saint Jadwiga from the mid-13th century.
Castle building from the 13th century
Town hall from XIV in which burned down in 1663.built in 1670 and in 1827 rebuilt.
Palace on Kopernika street 1.
Tenement houses from the seventeenth and eighteenth century on the market.
Interesting facts:
Bolków is one of the candidates where according to seekers will find a hidden Amber Room.
Among the honorary citizens of the city were, among others, Adolf Hitler and the Field Marshal of the First World War and the President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg.
Marceli Nowotko and general Karol Świerczewski have their streets.
Bolków – photo gallery from 2011
