Miedzianka [mjɛˈd͡ʑaŋka] is a village (former town ) in the administrative district of Gmina Janowice Wielkie , within Jelenia Góra County , Lower Silesian Voivodeship , in south-western Poland.
6-509: Miedzianka may refer to the following places in Poland: Miedzianka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) Miedzianka, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (south-central Poland) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
12-464: A halt by the end of the 16th century, as techniques proved insufficient for further exploitation. Around the 17th century the mining sector in Kupferberg began to grow again, under the patronage of a new owner, the count von Promnitz of Pszczyna . The city suffered several fires, in 1637, 1643, 1728 and 1824. In the early 18th century Kupferberg housed a regional mining office. In addition to mining,
18-447: A secret Red Army mining operation, as Soviet experts expected to develop a uranium mine there. From 1949 to the 1950s about 600 tons of uranium were sent from Miedzianka to the USSR. Extensive and wanton mining caused much damage to the town, and when the uranium deposits proved to be insufficient for continued exploitation, the local economy collapsed amid the government's attempts to hide
24-506: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miedzianka&oldid=932994621 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Miedzianka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship It lies approximately 16 km (10 mi) east of Jelenia Góra , and 82 km (51 mi) west of
30-474: The regional capital Wrocław . The settlement was first mentioned under the Latin name Cupri fodina , meaning "copper mines", in 1311, when it was part of fragmented Piast -ruled Poland. It was split from Waltersdorf (Mniszków) . It grew as a copper mining town, and received town rights in 1519. For a time, it was home to about 160 mining excavations and several metallurgical facilities, but this boom came to
36-573: The town also had a renowned brewery, and from the mid-19th century, it became a popular tourist destination, known as the second most highly located town in the Sudeten Mountains . In the 18th century it was annexed by Prussia , and from 1871 it was part of the German Empire . After Germany's defeat in World War II , it became again part of Poland and was renamed Miedzianka. It became a site of
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