Polkowice

Infobox Settlement
name = Polkowice

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image_caption = Town square

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image_shield = POL Polkowice 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 = Polkowice County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Gmina Polkowice
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Wiesław Wabik
area_total_km2 =23.75
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 22279
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd=51 |latm=30 |lats= |latNS= N
longd=16 |longm=04 |longs= |longEW= E
elevation_m =
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 59-100, 59-101
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = DPL
website = http://www.polkowice.pl

Polkowice Audio-IPA-pl|Pl-Polkowice.ogg|p|o|l|k|o|'|w|i|c|e (German: "Polkwitz", 1937–1945 "Heerwegen") is a town in south-western Poland with 22,279 inhabitants (2006). It is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (from 1975–1998 it was in the former Legnica Voivodeship). It is the seat of Polkowice County and of the smaller administrative district called Gmina Polkowice.

The town is located in an industrial copper-mining area, with a copper-processing plant operating nearby.

The region passed to Poland from Germany in 1945 following decisions approved at the Potsdam Conference. For more information on the general history of the region, see Silesia.

Education

* Lower Silesian College of Enterprise and Technology "(Dolnośląska Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości i Techniki)"

Sport

* Górnik Polkowice - football team (1st league in season 2003/2004)
* CCC Aquapark Polkowice - women's basketball team, 3rd place in Sharp Torell Basket Liga in 2004/2005 season