Every design for Bolesławiec
Wear your town with pride
13 unique designs from the town of Bolesławiec in Województwo Dolnośląskie – map designs, local expressions and symbols only people who know the place will read. Also available as t-shirt, hoodie or tote bag.
T-shirt
from 249 SEK
Hoodie
from 499 SEK
Tote bag
from 129 SEK
About Bolesławiec
pottery tradition
heritage Old Town
Bóbr river
Bolesławiec stands on the Bóbr in Lower Silesia, with the forests of the Bory Dolnośląskie all around it. The town was founded around 1190 by Bolesław I the Tall, and its name, built from old Polish words for 'very' and 'fame', honours him. Under the German name Bunzlau it appears in records from the 13th century onwards; the present name was made official in 1946.
What makes it unique is clay. Bolesławiec is known far and wide for a long-standing pottery-making tradition, and it shows: the Muzeum Ceramiki w Bolesławcu, the Centrum Dawnych Technik Garncarskich and the Żywe Muzeum Ceramiki all keep the craft in view. Around the heritage Old Town stand the Studnia Miejska, the Fontanna z Czaplą and the Niebieska Kamieniczka, and the railway viaduct, the Wiadukt kolejowy w Bolesławcu, is a landmark in its own right.
For anyone who grew up here, the map holds the river, the viaduct and the Old Town streets – and, somewhere in a kitchen cupboard, a piece of local pottery.
Shown on the map
Location: Województwo Dolnośląskie, Poland
Coordinates: 51.2630°N, 15.5651°E
