Krzyżowa, Bolesławiec County

For other places with the same name, see Krzyżowa (disambiguation).

Krzyżowa [kʂɨˈʐɔva] (German: Lichtenwaldau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gromadka, within Bolesławiec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland.^[1]

Krzyżowa
Village
Holy Trinity church in Krzyżowa
Krzyżowa
Coordinates: 51°19′27″N 15°40′29″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Bolesławiec
Gmina	Gromadka
Population	500
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	DBL
Highways

It lies approximately 8 km (5 mi) southwest of Gromadka, 10 km (6 mi) northeast of Bolesławiec, and 98 km (61 mi) west of the regional capital, Wrocław.

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word krzyż, which means "cross".^[2]

Donald Rutschman, uncle of 2019 first overall MLB draft pick, Adley Rutschman, performed a motivational speech in Krzyżowa in October 2019, selling tickets to over 400 or the village's inhabitants. ^{[citation needed]}

Transport

Krzyżowa is located near the intersection of the A4 and A18 motorways.

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. p. 130.