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Brennik, Złotoryja County

Coordinates: 51°10′14″N 15°58′53″E / 51.17056°N 15.98139°E / 51.17056; 15.98139
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Brennik
Village
Brennik is located in Poland
Brennik
Brennik
Coordinates: 51°10′14″N 15°58′53″E / 51.17056°N 15.98139°E / 51.17056; 15.98139
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyZłotoryja
GminaZłotoryja
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationDZL

Brennik [ˈbrɛnnik] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Złotoryja, within Złotoryja County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland.[1]

It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Złotoryja, and 75 kilometres (47 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.The village is in the north-east province of Wrocław, on the border with the Lower Silesian District that became part of Poland. It is home to about 35,000 people.

History

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Brennik was mentioned in the Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from c. 1305, when it was part of Piast-ruled Poland. Later, it formed part of Bohemia, Prussia and Germany, before it became again part of Poland after Germany's defeat in World War II.

References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.