Editing Wałbrzych (section)

== Etymology ==
According to the city's official website, the earliest Polish name of the settlement was {{Lang|pl|Lasogród}} ('forest castle').<ref name="um.walbrzych.pl">{{cite web|url=http://www.um.walbrzych.pl/strony/nasze_miasto_poznaj_historia.htm|title=Portal Urzędu Miejskiego w Wałbrzychu|work=um.walbrzych.pl}}</ref> The German name is also the exact translation of the original Polish  ‘forest castle’ {{Lang|de|Waldenburg}} (also referred to the castle Nowy Dwór, translated into German as: {{Lang|de|Burg Neuhaus}}), whose ruins stand south of the city; the name came to be used for the entire settlement.<ref name="Weczerka-555">Weczerka, p.555.</ref> It first appeared in the 15th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.poradniajezykowa.us.edu.pl/baza_archiwum.php?POZYCJA=120&AKCJA=&TEMAT=Etymologia&NZP=&WYRAZ= |title=Witamy w PORADNI JĘZYKOWEJ |work=us.edu.pl}}</ref> The modern Polish name Wałbrzych comes from the German name {{Lang|de|Walbrich}}, a late medieval variation of the older names {{Lang|de|Wallenberg}} or {{Lang|de|Walmberg}}.<ref name=czopek55>Barbara Czopek, ''Adaptacje niemieckich nazw miejscowych w języku polskim'', 1995, p.55, {{ISBN|83-85579-33-8}}</ref>