Bad Ziegenhals
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 Głuchołazy
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| Coordinates: 50°18′47″N 17°22′27″E / 50.31306°N 17.37417°E | |||
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Opole | ||
| County | Nysa | ||
| Gmina | Głuchołazy | ||
| Town rights | 1327 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Edward Szupryczyński | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 6.83 km2 (2.64 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| • Total | 14,879 | ||
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,600/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 48-340 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 77 | ||
| Car plates | ONY | ||
| Website | http://www.glucholazy.pl | ||
Głuchołazy [ɡwuxɔˈwazɨ] (German: Bad Ziegenhals), (Czech: Hlucholazy) is a town in Nysa County, in Opole Voivodeship of southwestern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the administrative seat of the Gmina Głuchołazy.
Głuchołazy has a canting arms - the shield features a goat's head in reference to its former German name, Ziegenhals, which literally means "goat's neck". The town was part of Prussia, then Germany, until 1945.
The town is located in the historic Upper Silesia region on the northern slopes of the Opawskie Mountains, in the valley of the Biała River. As of 2013[update], it has 14,297 inhabitants.
The settlement in the episcopal Duchy of Nysa was established about 1220 by German settlers who were called by the ruling Bishop Lawrence of Wrocław to build up a stronghold against the threatening forces of the Přemyslid margrave Vladislaus III of Moravia, brother of King Ottokar I of Bohemia. The place soon became an important site of iron ore and gold mining run by the Thurzó and Fugger families, it had received town privileges already in 1263. The town was devastated in 1428 during the Hussite Wars.
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