Polkowice AUD is a town in south-western Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 with 22,279 inhabitants (2006). It is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...

 (from 1975–1998 it was in the former Legnica Voivodeship

Legnica Voivodeship

Legnica Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Lower Silesian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Legnica.-Major cities and towns :* Legnica...

). It is the seat of Polkowice County

Polkowice County

Polkowice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of...

 and of the smaller administrative district called Gmina Polkowice

Gmina Polkowice

Gmina Polkowice is an urban-rural gmina in Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Polkowice, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Wrocław....

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The town is located in an industrial copper-mining area, with a copper-processing plant operating nearby.

The region passed to Poland from Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 in 1945 following decisions approved at the Potsdam Conference

Potsdam Conference

The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in Potsdam, occupied Germany, from 16 July to 2 August 1945. Participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States...

. For more information on the general history of the region, see Silesia

Silesia

Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław...

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Education

• Lower Silesian College of Enterprise and Technology (Dolnośląska Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości i Techniki)

Nearest Airport

The nearst airport is Strachowice Airport (WRO) Wroclaw, Poland and it is located
45 Miles from Polkowice (approx. 76 KM).

Sport

• Górnik Polkowice
  Górnik Polkowice
  KS Polkowice is a Polish football club based in Polkowice, Poland. The club currently plays in the Polish First League, but has played in the first division as recently as the 2003/04 season.- Current squad :As of 11 November, 2011....
  
   - football team (1st league in season 2003/2004)
• CCC Aquapark Polkowice
  CCC Aquapark Polkowice
  CCC Polkowice is a Polish women's basketball team, based in Polkowice, playing in Ford Germaz Premierleague.- 2003/2004 season :CCC Aquapark Polkowice has won 4th place in Polish Championship 2004 by losing playoffs with PZU Polfa Pabianice...
  
   - women's basketball team, 3rd place in Sharp Torell Basket Liga in 2004/2005 season
• CCC - Polsat - Polkowice - Cyclism Team UCI Professional Continental Team in 2011