Iłowa

Infobox Settlement
name = Iłowa
image_shield = POL Iłowa COA.svg


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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lubusz
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Żagań
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Iłowa
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Adam Mieczysław Gliniak
established_title = Established
established_date = 10th century
established_title2 = City rights
established_date2 = 1679-1830
1962 -
elevation_m = 125
area_total_km2 = 9.11
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 3975
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 51
latm = 30
lats = 7
latNS = N
longd = 15
longm = 12
longs = 21
longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 68-120
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = FZG
website = http://www.ilowa.pl Iłowa [IPA-pl|i|'|ł|o|w|a] ( _de. Halbau) is a town in Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,962 inhabitants (2006). It lies in the Polish part of the Upper Lusatia region at the Czerna Mała river, a tributary to the Bóbr, just south of the future A18 motorway.The settlement was mentioned in a 1356 deed by Emperor Charles IV, when he granted "das halbe Dorf an der Czirne" (half the village at the Czerna) to the Kottwitz noble family. Mining and smelting of bog iron in the area is documented since the 15th century. The Kottwitz had a castle built here, that nevertheless became a notorious robber baron stronghold and thus was destroyed by armed forces of the City of Görlitz in 1440.

According to an annex to the 1635 Peace of Prague Iłowa together with Upper Lusatia fell to Elector John George I of Saxony. Under the rule of his successor Elector John George II a Protestant church was built and the settlement received town privileges in 1679. In 1815 Iłowa became part of the Prussian province of Silesia and finally belongs to Poland since 1945.

Twin towns

*flagicon|Germany Jänschwalde, Germany
*flagicon|Germany Rietschen, Germany

External links

* [http://www.ilowa.pl/ Official town webpage]