Bolków

Infobox Settlement
name = Bolków

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image_shield = POL gmina Bolków COA.svg
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lower Silesian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Jawor
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Bolków
latd = 50 | latm = 56 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 16 | longm = 6 | longs = | longEW = E
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area_total_km2 = 7.68
population_density_km2 = auto
elevation_m = 380
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 5380
website = http://www.bolkow.pl

Bolków [IPA-pl|'|b|o|l|k|u|f] ( _de. Bolkenhain) is a town in Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Bolków and part of the "Neisse-Nysa-Nisa" Euroregion.The town lies at the Nysa Szalona River, approximately convert|15|km|mi|0 south-west of Jawor, and convert|70|km|mi|0 west of the regional capital Wrocław. As at 2006, it has a population of about 5,380.

First mentioned as "Hain" in a 1276 deed, Bolków was named after Duke Bolko II of Świdnica, who died in 1368. His duchy was incorporated into the Lands of the Bohemian Crown of the Holy Roman Empire. Since 1945 the town belongs to Poland.Above the town stand the ruins of Bolków Castle, built in the 13th century. Devastated in the Thirty Years' War it became a property of Grüssau Abbey in 1703, though restoration efforts did not begin until 1905. Since 1994 the ruin is the site of the annual "Castle Party" Gothic rock festival.

Twin towns

* Heerde, Netherlands, since 1991
* Dragsholm, Denmark, since 1995
* Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, since 1997
* Doksy, Czech Republic, since 2006
* Bad Muskau, Germany, since 2006
* Nünchritz, Germany, since 2007

External links

* [http://www.bolkow.pl/index.shtml Official town webpage]