What is the population of Leśna, Lower Silesia?

Leśna has a population of approximately 4,203 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Leśna, Lower Silesia located?

Leśna is located in Lower Silesia, Poland, at approximate coordinates 51.0242°, 15.2636°.

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Leśna

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Leśna

Total population

4,203

Founded

1144

Elevation233 m

Land area8.56 km²

Coordinates51.02°, 15.26°

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Founded

1144

Area

8.56 km²

Official website

www.lesna.pl

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Overview

Leśna is a town in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Leśna. As of 2019, the town has a population of 4,439.

History & geography

History

The earliest historical record dates back to 1247, when King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia granted the border castle of Leśna (castrum Lesne) to the Bishop of Meißen Conrad I of Wallhausen. This stronghold served as a frontier fortress for the historical region of Upper Lusatia, guarding an important river crossing while protecting the territory against the neighboring Piast duchies of Silesia. The town itself developed independently from the castle, growing at a ford across the Kwisa (Queis) river, which marked the historic border between Upper Lusatia and Silesia. Its creation was tied to the medieval German expansion into the Upper Lusatian borderlands, where German settlers established nearby forest homestead villages between 1230 and 1260. Shortly thereafter, a trading settlement formed on the Upper Lusatian side of the river crossing. In 1319, Duke Henry I of Jawor assumed control over the eastern part of Upper Lusatia, known as the Görlitz or Queis district. To establish an economic and market hub for his newly acquired Upper Lusatian lands, he formally founded the town under German town law between 1319 and 1329. The settlement was officially documented as a market town (oppidum forense) for the first time on May 3, 1329, in a treaty between Henry I and King John of Bohemia. Following Henry's death in 1346, the town, along with the rest of Upper Lusatia, integrated permanently into the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, soon adopting a structured system of stady self-governance complete with its own mayor, city councilors, and magistrates. This first town layout was abandoned in 1434 upon devastations by the Hussite Wars, a flood and a fire, and rebuilt at its present location further south on the route from Frýdlant to Lubań. A centre of cloth manufacturing, it…

Geography

The town is situated north of the Jizera Mountains on the left banks of the Kwisa River, the eastern edge of the historic Upper Lusatia region. In the south, a border crossing leads to Jindřichovice pod Smrkem in Bohemia. Lake Leśnia, a reservoir of the Kwisa River, is located east of the town.

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