POLSKA	POLAND
województwo: Dolnośląskie	voivodship: Lower Silesia
powiat: Kotla	county: Kotla

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Kotla (German: Kuttlau) is situated at an elevation of 75 m at the northernmost border of Lower Silesia, about 11 km northwest of the district town, Głogów. The rural municipality (gmina) Kotla has a population of about 4,500 (2015), of whom about 1,400 live in the village of Kotla.

The picture on glass no. 3098 shows a view of Kotla palace (Schloss Kuttlau), dating from the 17th and 19th century, and of the soldiers' monument (Kriegerdenkmal).

the Polish writer Edward Stachura lived nearby and based his novel “Siekierezada” partly on real events and characters encountered in the area. In the novel, the village is called ‘Hopla’.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotla,_Poland, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotla, https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotla_(województwo dolnośląskie)]