Kotla, Poland
Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
51°44′45″N 16°02′05″E / 51.74583°N 16.03472°E / 51.74583; 16.03472
PolandKotla [ˈkɔtla] is a village located at the northernmost border of Lower Silesia, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north of Głogów and 98 km (61 mi) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.
Kotla is part of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship and of Głogów County. It is also the administrative seat of Gmina Kotla (Kotla Commune). As of 2006, this rural gmina has 4,129 inhabitants, of whom about 1,400 live in the village of Kotla. The local economy is based on agriculture and minor industry.
Polish writer Edward Stachura lived in the area for some time and based his "Siekierezada" ("Axing") partly on events and people he met in a Kotla watering hole.
External links
- Official Homepage (in Polish)
- Edward Stachura website at Northern State University Archived 2004-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
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