Kotla [ˈkɔtla] (German: Kuttlau) is a village located at the northernmost border of Lower Silesia, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north of Głogów and 98 km (61 mi) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

Kotla
Village
Kotla
Coordinates: 51°44′45″N 16°02′05″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lower Silesian
County	Głogów
Gmina	Kotla
Population	1,400

Kotla is part of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship and of Głogów County. It is also the administrative seat of Gmina Kotla (Kotla Commune). As of 2006, this rural gmina has 4,129 inhabitants, of whom about 1,400 live in the village of Kotla. The local economy is based on agriculture and minor industry.

Polish writer Edward Stachura lived in the area for some time and based his "Siekierezada" ("Axing") partly on events and people he met in a Kotla watering hole.

External links

• Official Homepage (in Polish)
• Edward Stachura website at Northern State University

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