Elamur LocationsBolesławiec
A settlement in Poland.
English name
Bolesławiec — Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.
Other forms in use:
- Boleslawiec — Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling.
- Bunzlau — Historical German name, used in English accounts of the town before 1945 and in historical or family records; not the current official name.
- Bolesławiec Śląski — Expanded Polish form specifying the Silesian town, used to distinguish it from other places called Bolesławiec.
- Boleslawiec Slaski — Diacritic-free version of the expanded Polish form.
- Town of Ceramics — English promotional nickname referring to the pottery industry; not a unique official place name.
French name
Bolesławiec — Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.
Other forms in use:
- Boleslawiec — Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French.
- Bunzlau — German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources.
About
Bolesławiec is a town on the Bóbr in Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is internationally known for decorated stoneware pottery.
Notes
Bunzlau remains familiar in English and French discussion of the pottery tradition. Bolesławiec Śląski is a disambiguating expanded form, not a separate municipality.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q156828 · JSON
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