Mary's Church, which was later expanded and is now one of the town's landmarks.

Henry I financed the construction of the St. The village grew rapidly and in 1211 it was documented as Aurum and vested with town rights according to Magdeburg law by the Piast duke Henry I the Bearded, the first city throughout then-fragmented Poland and plausibly the first Silesian town with German institutions and German settlers. Mikołaja), located at the shores of the Kaczawa river. In the late 12th century and early 13th century a small settlement of gold miners was founded on the slopes of Mount St. In the early Middle Ages the region was inhabited by the tribe of Trzebowianie, one of the Polish tribes, and in the 10th century the area was included in the emerging Polish state. Mary's Church, founded by Duke Henry I the Bearded It consists of two stripes: golden (yellow) above green. The Flag features both of the heraldic colours of the Coat of Arms. Its heraldic blazon is 'Or, an eagle displayed sable on a base three-invected vert'. The Coat of Arms features a black eagle of the Silesian Piast dynasty standing over three green hills, with the golden background. Złotoryja in Polish literally means 'gold-digging', referring to historic gold-panning sites on the Kaczawa river. Since the Middle Ages it was referred to as either Aurum ( Latin for 'gold'), Aureus Mons ('Golden Mountain'), Goldberg (German for 'Golden Mountain') or by its Polish name.

Currently Złotoryja has approximately 16,000 inhabitants and is one of the important centres of basalt mining.ĭuring its long existence Złotoryja was referred to by various names. In the south, the Katzbach Mountains ( Góry Kaczawskie) stretch up to the Krkonoše range of the Western Sudetes. The town is located in the historic Lower Silesia region on the right bank of the Kaczawa river, about 20 km (12 mi) southwest of Legnica.

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