Bogatynia

Infobox Settlement
name = Bogatynia
image_shield = POL Bogatynia COA.svg
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lower Silesian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Zgorzelec
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Bogatynia
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Andrzej Grzmielewicz
area_total_km2 = 59.88
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 19068
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 50 | latm = 55 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 14 | longm = 58 | longs = | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 59-920 or 59-916 (districts: Turoszów, Zatonie Kolonia, Trzciniec Górny i Dolny, Stare Zatonie)
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = DZG
website = http://www.bogatynia.pl

Bogatynia [IPA-pl|b|o|g|a|'|t|y|ń|a] ( _de. Reichenau) is a town in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the point where the Czech, German and Polish borders meet. It is the only town in Poland which was part of the German state of Saxony before World War II. It has 19,068 inhabitants (2006).

The town lies approximately convert|27|km|mi|0 south of Zgorzelec, and convert|147|km|mi|0 west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Bogatynia is one of the richest towns per capita in Poland, due to its two principal enterprises: a brown coal mine ("Kopalnia Węgla Brunatnego Turów SA") and the associated thermal power station ("Elektrownia Turów").

The town used to be connected via narrow gauge railway lines to Zittau and to Frýdlant.

External links

* [http://www.bogatynia.pl/ Official town website]
* [http://www.werkowski.eu Old postcards of Reichenau/Bogatynia at www.werkowski.eu]
* [http://www.firmy.bogatynia.net.pl Companies in Bogatynia/Bogatynia at www.firmy.bogatynia.net.pl]