Boronów
Boronów is a village in Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Boronów. It lies approximately east of Lubliniec and north of the regional capital Katowice. it is on the Liswarta river. The village has a population of 2,793. Between 1975 and 1998 it was in the former Częstochowa Voivodeship.
The name Boronów originates from the coniferous forests in the area or from the surname Boronowski, who was one of owners of this village. In old chronicles the names Borunow and Bornów are found. But on the herb of Boronów there is a harrow, because it was a sign on the old village's stamp.History of Boronów
The written history of Boronów begins in the 13th century in documents of Casimir III, but in that area older relics from Neolithic and Lusatian culture were found by archeologist in the 1920s.
In 1611 a wooden church was founded by Andrzej Dzierżanowski, owner of Boronów.
In the 19th century the village belonged to Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen's family. In this time it was an industrial village. On its area there were two mines of ore, two breweries and a sawmill. Both mines were the largest in the whole ziemia lubliniecka.
