Lower Silesian Voivodship

The Lower Silesian Voivodship (in Polish województwo dolnośląskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in south-western Poland. Polish regions are officially referred to by an adjective. The noun is Dolny Śląsk, which is Polish for "Lower Silesia".

It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wroclaw, Legnica, Walbrzych and Jelenia Gora voivodships as a result of Local Goverment Reogranization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name of Lower Silesia (Dolny Śląsk).

Population: 2.987 million

Area: 19,946 km².

The capital and biggest city : Wroclaw.

Some other cities: Legnica, Jelenia Gora, Walbrzych, Jawor, Lubin, Chojnow, Zlotoryja, Glogow, Zgorzelec

Administrative division:

Boleslawiec County Boleslawiec
Dzierzoniow County Dzierzoniow
Glogow County Glogow
Gora County Gora
Jawor County Jawor
Jelenia Gora City County
Jelenia Gora County Jelenia G�ra
Kamienna Gora County Kamienna Gora
Klodzko County Klodzko
Legnica City County
Legnica County Legnica
Luban County Luban
Lubin County Lubin
Lwowek County Lwowek
Milicz County Milicz
Olesnica County Olesnica
Olawa County Olawa
Polkowice County Polkowice
Strzelin County Strzelin
Sroda Slaska County Sroda Slaska
Swidnica County Swidnica
Trzebnica County Trzebnica
Walbrzych City County
Walbrzych County Walbrzych
Wolow County Wolow
Wroclaw City County
Wroclaw County Wroclaw
Zabkowice County Zabkowice
Zgorzelec County Zgorzelec
Zlotoryja County Zlotoryja

History: Most of the region was part of Germany from 1870 to 1945. See also: Silesia (historical region it forms part of)

Tourism: Most tourists visit the famous ski resorts in Karkonosze mountains with its centres Szklarska Poręba and Karpacz. The cities of Wroclaw, Jelenia Gora and Legnica also are famous for visitors.