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Świdnica
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Świdnica (; ; ; ) is a city on the Bystrzyca River in south-western Poland in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. As of 2021, it has a population of 55,413 inhabitants. It is the seat of Świdnica County, and also of the smaller district of Gmina Świdnica (although it is not part of the territory of the latter, as the town forms a separate urban gmina). It is the seventh largest city of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. Świdnica became part of the Wałbrzych agglomeration on 23 January 2014.
Świdnica is a city of about 55,000 people located in southwestern Poland along the Bystrzyca River, serving as the administrative center for Świdnica County and the seventh-largest city in its region. The city is part of the larger Wałbrzych urban area and functions as an important local hub for the Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
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- Gmina
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- Beata Moskal-Słaniewska (L)
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- 1070
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- 1267
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- Medieval period
- Early modern period
- World War II and recent history
- Jewish History
- Medieval beginnings
- Late Middle Ages through Early-Modern period
- Pre-war revival (19th to early 20th century)
- Post-war period
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- Politics
- Wałbrzych constituency
- Education
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Świdnica (; ; ; ) is a city on the Bystrzyca River in south-western Poland in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. As of 2021, it has a population of 55,413 inhabitants. It is the seat of Świdnica County, and also of the smaller district of Gmina Świdnica (although it is not part of the territory of the latter, as the town forms a separate urban gmina). It is the seventh largest city of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. Świdnica became part of the Wałbrzych agglomeration on 23 January 2014.
A city with almost a thousand years of history, recorded in 1070, Świdnica was one of the main cities of Silesia and southwestern Poland in the Middle Ages, the second most important center of culture and art in the region (after Wrocław), a famed brewing center, and in 1291–1392 the capital of an eponymous principality ruled by a local line of the Piast dynasty. The city has a preserved Old Town with several Gothic and Baroque churches, including the St. Stanislaus and St. Wenceslaus Cathedral and the Church of Peace, two landmark churches listed as Historic Monuments of Poland with the latter also listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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