Wleń

Wleń
View of the town
Coat of arms
Wleń
Coordinates: 51°1′0″N 15°40′14″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Lwówek Śląski
Gmina	Wleń
Area
• Total	7.22 km2 (2.79 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	1,884
• Density	260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Website	http://www.wlen.pl

Wleń [vlɛɲ] (German: Lähn) is a town in Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is located on the Bóbr river in the historic Lower Silesian region, approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-east of Lwówek Śląski, and 97 kilometres (60 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The town is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Wleń. As of 2006, it has a population of 1,884.

Wleń was established in 1214 by the Silesian duke Henry I the Bearded and his wife Hedwig of Andechs. The ruins of Łupki (Lehnhaus) Castle lie very close to the town's center, it served to protect the nearby borders with Bohemia and Upper Lusatia and was devastated during the Thirty Years' War. A Baroque palace was rebuilt underneath it, last held by the Haugwitz noble family.

Before it recently crumbled, the Łupki castle's only remaining tower was visible from the town, and the picture shows the former view of Wleń from the top of the tower.