Góra

For other places with the same name, see Góra (disambiguation).

Góra
Góra Castle Góra Castle
Flag of Góra Flag Coat of arms of Góra Coat of arms
Góra
Coordinates:
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Góra County
Gmina	Gmina Góra
Government
• Mayor	Irena Krzyszkiewicz
Area
• Total	13.65 km2 (5.27 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	12,574
• Density	920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Postal code	56-200
Vehicle registration	DGR
Website	http://www.gora.com.pl

Góra [ˈɡura] (German: Guhrau) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the administrative seat both of Góra County and of the smaller district (gmina) called Gmina Góra.

Geography

The town is located within the historic Lower Silesia region, approximately 69 kilometres (43 mi) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław. As at 2006, it has a population of 12,574.

History

File:Gora alte Kirche.jpg

Parish Church

The settlement in the Duchy of Silesia was first mentioned as Gora in an 1155 deed by Pope Adrian IV conveying the property to the Diocese of Wrocław. The name of the town means "hill" or "mountain" in Old Polish. In 1288 it became part of the Duchy of Głogów under the Piast duke Henry III and received Magdeburg rights. The German name Guhrau is first documented in 1336. From the 14th century onwards, the town developed to a centre of cloth manufacturing.

Guhrau was annexed by Prussia upon the First Silesian War in 1742 and from 1816 was the administrative seat of Landkreis Guhrau within the Province of Silesia. In World War II it was occupied by the Red Army during the 1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive. According to the Potsdam Agreement, the town fell to the Republic of Poland, while the remaining German population was expelled. Again a county seat from 1946, from 1975 to 1998 Góra belonged to Leszno Voivodeship.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Góra is twinned with:

• Herzberg am Harz, Germany
• Maasdonk, Netherlands
• Trakai, Lithuania

Notable people

• Ludwik Mateusz Dembowski (1768-1812), general and traveler
• Werner Naumann (1909-1982), Nazi secretary of state
• Radosław Kałużny (born 1974), football player

External links

• Official website
• Jewish Community in Góra on Virtual Shtetl
• Guhrau Gora Pictures
• Góra Pictures