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From about 1469 to 1490 it was under the rule of the Kingdom of Hungary and after that it was part of Jagiellonian-ruled Bohemia. In the 15th century, several mills operated in the city. Large cattle and hop markets took place there. In 1493, the town is recorded by Hartmann Schedel in his Nuremberg Chronicle as Schwednitz.
- Świdnica (urban gmina)
- Świdnica County
Swidnica was first mentioned in the 11th century when it was part of Poland (ruled by Piasts at that time) but the town got its rights only almost two hundred years later, in 1267. Back then the place was already well-developed and was one of the most important trade centers in the region, with numerous guilds having their seats here.
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Aug 1, 2022 · The city was ruled by a council headed by the mayor. Yet, life was disturbed by great natural disasters. After the Battle of Mohács in 1526, where the king of the Czech and Hungarians Ludwik Jagiellończyk died in the fight against the Turks, all Silesia came under the rule of the Habsburgs, besides Silesia which remained under the Czech Crown.
Świdnica, city, Dolnośląskie województwo (province), southwestern Poland, on the Bystrzyca River, a tributary of the Oder River. Located in the Sudeten (Sudety) foothills, the city is an economic centre for the Lower Silesia agricultural area. It has metal, chemical, wood, sugar, and textile industries. Świdnica began as a Slavic ...
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The construction of the church began in the first half of the fourteenth century, after a fire of the town from 1313, from which the previous church standing in this place survived. It had to be built of stone, because as a wooden it would have no chance of surviving the disaster. The decision to build a new, larger church had to be influenced ...
SWIDNICA (Ger. Schweidnitz ), town in Silesia, Poland. A synagogue existed in Swidnica in 1285 and a cemetery also served neighboring communities, its oldest gravestone dating from 1289. At the end of 1301 a dispute arose between a Christian butcher and the Jews; this was settled in early 1302 when six Jews were given limited slaughtering rights.
Swidnica is 53 km south-west of Wroclaw, and with an area of 25 km2 it is home to a population of 65,000 people. The climate here is mild, warm and relatively humid. Swidnica has an average annual temperature of 8° Centigrade, and an average rainfall of 630 mm. Winter lasts for 10 to 11 weeks, and the annual total of sunny days per year is ...
