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Świdnica became a town in 1250, although no founding document has survived that would confirm this fact. The town belonged at the time to the Duchy of Wrocław, a province of Poland. By 1290, Świdnica had city walls and six gates, crafts and trade were blossoming.
Świdnica County (Polish: powiat świdnicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.
Świdnica was formerly known as Schweidnitz in the former German region of Schlesien (Silesia).
Świdnica was located near this settlement, in the middle of the 13th century, under German law. It was most likely an initiative of Prince Henry III the White. The origin of the name Świdnica, from the word svida, i.e. willow, is also probably Old Slavonic.
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Świdnica began as a Slavic settlement on the crossroads of two trade routes. A castle was built there in the 12th century, and the area was annexed to the independent duchy of Świdnica in 1291. The city developed as a commercial centre until the 17th century.
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Bernard (II) of Świdnica (Polish: Bernard świdnicki) (c. 1291 – 6 May 1326) was a Duke of Jawor - Lwówek - Świdnica - Ziębice between 1301 and 1312 (with his brothers as co-rulers), of Świdnica-Ziębice during 1312–1322 (with his brother as co-ruler), and the sole Duke of Świdnica from 1322 until his death. He was the second son of ...
History. Interior of the Church of Peace, the organs. Świdnica's Church of Peace was one of the three Churches of Peace (after Głogów and Jawor) that the Catholic Emperor Ferdinand III, under pressure from Protestant Sweden, allowed to be built in the Habsburg hereditary principalities in Silesia.
