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| name = Węgierska Górka<br />
| settlement_type = Village<br />
| total_type = &nbsp;<br />
| image_skyline = Kościół w Węgierskiej Górce.JPG<br />
| image_caption = Church of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ<br />
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| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]<br />
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Silesian Voivodeship|Silesian]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Żywiec County|Żywiec]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Węgierska Górka|Węgierska Górka]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|49|36|28|N|19|7|0|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}<br />
| pushpin_map = Poland<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| population_total = 4206<br />
| blank_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]<br />
| blank_info = [[Humid continental climate#Mild/cool summer subtype|Dfb]]<br />
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'''Węgierska Górka''' {{IPAc-pl|w|e|n|'|g|J|e|r|s|k|a|-|'|g|u|r|k|a}} (Literally Polish for "Hungarian Hill") is a [[village]] in [[Żywiec County]], [[Silesian Voivodeship]], in the historic province of [[Lesser Poland]]. It is the seat of the [[gmina]] (administrative district) called [[Gmina Węgierska Górka]].{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|12|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-west of [[Żywiec]] and {{convert|72|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the regional capital [[Katowice]].<br />
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== Location ==<br />
Węgierska Górka is located among the hills of the [[Żywiec Beskids]], on the [[Soła]] river. For most of its existence, the village, together with Żywiec, was administratively and culturally tied with [[Kraków]] and Lesser Poland. Until 1975, it belonged to [[Kraków Voivodeship (1945–1975)|Kraków Voivodeship]]. In 1975 - 1999, it was part of [[Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship]]. Węgierska Górka is located on ''National Road Nr 69'' from Bielsko-Biała to the border with Slovakia. It has a rail station, on a line from Katowice to [[Skalite]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
The village was first mentioned in documents in 1477, when Polish King [[Kazimierz Jagiellończyk]] argued with Hungarian King [[Matthias Corvinus]] over the shape of the border between the two nations. In 1706, [[Franciszek Wielopolski]] opened here a [[folwark]], calling it Węgierska Górka. In 1838 Adam Wielopolski founded here ironworks, and two years later, a [[blast furnace]] was completed. At that time, Węgierska Górka belonged to the Austrian province of [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]], which was the result of the [[Partitions of Poland]]. After a few years, the ''Węgierska Górka Ironworks'' became one of the largest such enterprises in Galicia. In 1884, Węgierska Górka received a rail connection with other locations, and the village quickly grew in size and population.<ref name="turystyka.org">{{cite web | url=http://turystyka.org.pl/W%C4%99gierska-G%C3%B3rka-historia-m138 | title=Węgierska Górka. Historia | publisher=Turystyka.org.pl | accessdate=May 4, 2012}}</ref><br />
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In the [[Second Polish Republic]], Węgierska Górka became a popular winter sports center, and a mountain spa. In September 1939, the village was the site of the [[Battle of Węgierska Górka]]. Polish defensive fortifications, built before [[World War II]], can still be found and visited here. In 1961 the population of the village was 2,215. A new school was opened on 23 July 1961, and in the late 1960s / early 1970s, a whole district of blocks of flats was built.<ref name="turystyka.org" /><br />
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