Wołów
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Town hall in Wołów
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 Wołów
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| Coordinates: 51°20′29″N 16°37′42″E / 51.34139°N 16.62833°E | |||
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian | ||
| County | Wołów County | ||
| Gmina | Gmina Wołów | ||
| City charter | around 1285 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Dariusz Chmura | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 18.54 km2 (7.16 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 12,286 | ||
| • Density | 660/km2 (1,700/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 56-100 | ||
| Car plates | DWL | ||
| Website | http://www.wolow.pl | ||
Wołów [ˈvɔwuf] (German: Wohlau, Czech: Volov) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Wołów County, and of the smaller administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Wołów. It lies approximately 38 kilometres (24 miles) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław. As of 2006[update], the town has a population of 12,286.
The town's name is derived from the Polish word wół ("ox").
The area around Wołów was settled since prehistoric times. It was first mentioned in 1157 when a wooden castle founded by Senior Duke of Poland Władysław II the Exile is documented, which developed into a castle complex, which was again mentioned in 1202. Two villages developed near the castle, one of them called Wołowo. Probably in the second half of the 13th century the town was founded near Wołowo and partially on the soil of the second village. Wołów received German town law about 1285; a Vogt is mentioned in 1288.
At that time Wołów belonged to the Duchy of Głogów, after 1312 to the Duchy of Oels. With the duchy it passed to Bohemia in 1328. In 1517 Johann Thurzo received Wołów. From shortly before, 1473, dates the oldest known seal of the town, which already shows an ox, as do all later seals. In 1523 the town passed to the Duchy of Legnica and remained there until the dukes of Liegnica-Brzeg-Wołów died out in 1675.
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