- 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.plBogatynia [IPA-pl|b|o|g|a|'|t|y|ń|a] ( _de. Reichenau) is a town in
Zgorzelec County ,Lower Silesian Voivodeship , in south-westernPoland , 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 ofSaxony beforeWorld 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 capitalWrocław .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 associatedthermal power station ("Elektrownia Turów").The town used to be connected via
narrow gauge railway lines toZittau 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]
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