Góra Bekera

Góra Bekera is a peak in Gmina Bolków, Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship and has an elevation of 372 metres. Góra Bekera is situated nearby to the town Gmina Bolków, as well as near the hamlet Bolków-Zdrój.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bolków Castle and Świny Castle.

Bolków Castle

Photo: Jacek Halicki, CC BY 3.0.

Bolków Castle is a castle located in Bolków on the Castle Hill, with a 396 metres, where the hillside is cut by the Nysa Szalona river, with a sharp precipice; the eastern side of the hill gradually lowers, taken up by the town.

Świny Castle

Photo: MacQtosh, CC BY 4.0.

Świny Castle - formerly a gord, as a stronghold existed in its location already in the fifth century - securing the Lubawecki mountain pass, the site was recorded in Cosmas' documents from 1108, where the gord is recorded as Suini in Poloniae.

Former protestant church in Bolków

Art gallery

Photo: UA-Lora, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Former protestant church in Bolków is an art gallery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gmina Bolków and Wierzchosławice.

Gmina Bolków

Town

Photo: Jacek Halicki, CC BY 3.0.

Bolków is a town in Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Bolków and part of the Neisse-Nysa-Nisa Euroregion.