Olawa
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 Oława
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| Coordinates: 50°56′N 17°18′E / 50.933°N 17.300°E | |||
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian | ||
| County | Oława County | ||
| Gmina | Oława (urban gmina) | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Franciszek Październik | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 27.34 km2 (10.56 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 122 m (400 ft) | ||
| Population (2016) | |||
| • Total | 32,674 | ||
| • Density | 1,194.2/km2 (3,093/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 55-200 | ||
| Car plates | DOA | ||
| Website | http://www.um.olawa.pl | ||
Oława [ɔˈwava] (German: 
Ohlau ) is a town in south-western Poland with 32,674 inhabitants (2016). It is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (from 1975–1998 it was in the former Wrocław Voivodeship). It is the seat of Oława County, and also of the smaller administrative district of Gmina Oława (although it is not part of the territory of the latter, as the town is an urban gmina in its own right).
Oława began to develop during the early 12th century at a site that was protected by the rivers Oder and Oława. It was first mentioned as Oloua in a document of 1149 confirming its donation to the abbey of St. Vincent in Wrocław. In 1206 Oława became one of the residence towns of the dukes of the Silesian Piast dynasty, who also granted Oława the status of a town in 1234.
During its history Oława was destroyed completely three times. In 1241 it was destroyed during the Mongol invasion of Europe, in 1448 by the Hussites, and again in 1634 during the Thirty Years' War. After the Polish King Casimir III had renounced his rights on Silesia with the contract of Trenčín in 1335, Silesia became until 1806 a part of the Holy Roman Empire as a Bohemian fief. In 1526, when the Habsburgs gained the Bohemian crown, Silesia came under Austrian sovereignty. In 1527 with the Reformation High German language came in use and with it the first usage of the version of the town's name Ohlau is reported. Following the death of the last Silesian Piast duke George IV William of Legnica in 1675, Ohlau ceased to be a residence town. Together with most of Silesia, the town became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1741.
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