Bielawa

Infobox Settlement
name = Bielawa

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image_caption = Sunset in Bielawa

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image_shield = POL Bielawa COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lower Silesian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Dzierżoniów
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Bielawa (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Ryszard Dźwiniel
established_title = Established
established_date = 13th century
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1924
area_total_km2 = 36.21
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 31219
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 50 | latm = 42 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 16 | longm = 37 | longs = | longEW = E
elevation_max_m = 345
elevation_min_m = 280
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 58-260 to 58-263
area_code = +48 74
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = DDZ
website = http://www.bielawa.pl

Bielawa Audio-IPA-pl|pl-Bielawa.ogg|b|j|e|'|l|a|w|a ( _de. Langenbielau) is a town in south-western Poland with 31,219 inhabitants (2006). It is situated in Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously, it was in Wałbrzych Voivodeship (1975-1998).

Bielawa lies in the central part of Lower Silesia, stretching along the Bielawica stream in the area of the Sowie Mountains. The town covers an area of over convert|36|km2|sqmi|0.

Bielawa lies at an altitude of between 280 and 345 m above sea level. The Sowie Mountains are one of the most captivating nooks of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship; the four main tourist trails crossing, e.g. the covering 80 square kilometre Scenic Park of the Sowie Mountains, numerous ski lifts and cycling trails make the area outstandingly attractive for all advanced and beginner tourists.

Bielawa offers also interesting architectural objects, e.g. the 19th-century Neo-Gothic church of the Assumption with a 101 m tall tower (the third tallest in Poland), the late-Renaissance palace originally built as a fortified manor house, the Corpus Christi church erected in 1743, Baroque houses from the 18th century, converted in the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century. Two medieval penitential crosses are among other architectural monuments of Bielawa.

Bielawa was the birthplace of Adam Wysota (a.k.a. Vulcan), 1975, one of the pioneers of free-spirit motorcycling on the American continent.

Twin towns

Lingen (Germany), Hronov (Czech Republic), Chatham-Kent (Canada), Burton (England)

External links

* [http://www.bielawa.pl Official town website]