Węgliniec

Węgliniec is a town in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Węgliniec. Before 1945, the village was in Germany and known as Kohlfurt.It remains a major railway junction, located on strategic passenger and freight routes between Poland & Germany, with regular cross-border passenger services to Görlitz/Dresden and a limited service to Cottbus/Berlin.The town lies approximately 22km north-east of Zgorzelec, and 128km west of the regional capital Wrocław.As at 2006, the town has a population of 3,072.