Boronów

Boronów is a village in Lubliniec County in Śląsk Voivodship on the Liswarta river in Silesia, Poland, capital of Gmina Boronów since 1993.

Boronów has more than 2500 inhabitants.

Between 1975 and 1998 village was placed in Częstochowa Voivodeship.

The name Boronów originates from the coniferous forests (pl "bory") in the area or from the surname "Boronowski", who was one of owners of this village. In old chronicles the names "Borunow" and "Bornów" are found. But on the herb of Boronów there is a harrow, because it was a sign on the old village's stamp.

History of Boronów

The written history of Boronów begins in the 13th century in documents of Casimir III, but on that area wolder relicts from Neolithic and Lusatian culture were found by archeologist in the 1920s.

In 1611 a wooden church was founded by Andrzej Dzierżanowski, owner of Boronów.

In the 19th century the village belonged to Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen's family. In this time it was an industrial village. On its area there were two mines of ore, two Breweries and a sawmill. Both mines were the largest in the whole ziemia lubliniecka.