Utrata i przywrócenie statusu miasta na prawach powiatu – na przykładzie Wałbrzycha

Abstract

The article presents the shaping of the procedure for the loss and restoration of

the status of a city with country rights under Polish law. The author tries to draw

attention to the practical aspects of the application of these regulations and the

potential related problems. For this purpose, the example of Wałbrzych was used –

the only city that lost and then regained this status. The article shows the negative

consequences related to the loss of country rights for a large city in the scale of

Poland and explains why the return to the previous legal status lasted for 10 years

in the case of Wałbrzych.