| Boronów | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lubliniec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Boronów |
| Coordinates: | 50.6667°N 72°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Population Total: | 2793 |
Boronów is a village in Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is (since 1993) the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Boronów.[1] It lies approximately 16km (10miles) east of Lubliniec and 470NaN0 north of the regional capital Katowice. The village lies on the Liswarta river. Between 1975 and 1998 it was in the former Częstochowa Voivodeship.
The name Boronów originates from the coniferous forests (pl bory) 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.
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.
