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Głogów ( [ˈɡwɔɡuf] ⓘ; German: Glogau, rarely Groß-Glogau, Czech: Hlohov, Silesian: Głogōw) is a city in western Poland. It is the county seat of Głogów County, in Lower Silesian Voivodeship. Głogów is the sixth largest town in the Voivodeship; its population in 2021 was 65,400. [1] The name of the town derives from głóg, the ...
For six weeks, the town was besieged by the Soviet Red Army during its push to Berlin. During the ensuing siege, over 90 percent of the town was destroyed. The surviving German residents of Glogau were expelled to Germany at the war's conclusion after Głogów's annexation by Poland. Reduced to rubble, the town's economy remained severely ...
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GLOGAU, a fortified town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Silesia, 59 m. N.W. from Breslau, on the railway to Frankforton-Oder. Pop. (1905) 23,461. It is built partly on an island and partly on the left bank of the Oder; and owing to the fortified enceinte having been pushed farther afield, new quarters have been opened up.
1945. Preceded by. Succeeded by. Duchy of Legnica. Kingdom of Prussia. Today part of. Poland. The Duchy of Głogów ( Polish: Księstwo głogowskie, Czech: Hlohovské knížectví) or Duchy of Glogau ( German: Herzogtum Glogau) was one of the Duchies of Silesia ruled by the Silesian Piasts. Its capital was Głogów in Lower Silesia.
GLOGAU (Pol. Głogó ), town in Silesia, W. Poland. Jews are first mentioned there in 1280. In 1299 the duke of Gross-Glogau granted them a charter of privileges. The community possessed a cemetery, a synagogue, inhabited a "Jews' lane," and engaged in moneylending, and the cloth and fur trade. The Jews of Glogau escaped persecution during the ...
Głogów ; German: Glogau, rarely Groß-Glogau, Czech: Hlohov, Silesian: Głogōw) is a city in western Poland. It is the county seat of Głogów County, in Lower Silesian Voivodeship , and was previously in Legnica Voivodeship . Głogów is the sixth largest town in the Voivodeship; its population in 2021 was 65,400. The name of the town derives from głóg, the Polish name for hawthorn ...
The siege of Głogów or Defense of Głogów ( German: Schlacht bei Glogau, Polish: Obrona Głogowa) was fought on 24 August 1109 at the Silesian town of Głogów, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Holy Roman Empire. Recorded by the medieval chronicler Gallus Anonymus, it is one of the most well known battles in Polish history.
