Dzierżoniów
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| Dzierżoniów | |
| Image:POL Dzierżoniów flag.svg | Image:POL Dzierżoniów COA.svg |
| (Flag) | (Coat of arms) |
| Image:POL Dzierżoniów map.svg | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| Mayor | Marek Piorun |
| Area | 20,07 km² |
| Population - city - urban - density | 35 958 (2005) 1791,6/km² |
| Founded | 12th century |
| Latitude Longitude | 50°43'N 16°33'E |
| Area code | +48 74 |
| Car plates | DDZ |
| Twin towns | Bischofsheim, Lanškroun, Crewe & Nantwich, Alushta, Serock |
| Municipal Website | |
Dzierżoniów [dʑerˈʐɔnʲuf], (former Polish: Rychbach, former German: Reichenbach [ˈʁaɪ̯çn̩bax] ) is a town in southwestern Poland, situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Wałbrzych Voivodeship (1975-1998). Capital of Dzierżoniów County.
- Population: 37,100 (2002)
- Area: 20.1 km²
- Geographical location:
Previously a German town, Dzierżoniów was a site of 50,000 Jewish commune in 1945-1948.<ref>Bożena Szaynok, "Żydowscy żołnierze z Bolkowa", Odra 1999, 9, p. 22-26, in Polish</ref>
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