Zawidów
Sign in to saveZawidów () is a town in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, at the Czech border. As of 2019, the town had a population of 4,180.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Zawidów
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- POL Zawidów COA.svg
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- Town Hall, Zawidow (2).jpg
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- Zawidów Town Hall
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- Poland
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- bottom
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- Country
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- Voivodeship
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- County
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- Zgorzelec
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- Gmina
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- Zawidów (urban gmina)
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- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1186
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- Town rights
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- 1369
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- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Robert Łężny
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Zawidów () is a town in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, at the Czech border. As of 2019, the town had a population of 4,180.
==History== left|thumb|Pre-1914 view of the Market Square In the Early Middle Ages, Zawidów was a stronghold of the Bieżuńczanie tribe, one of the old Polish tribes. In the early 11th century it was included in the early Polish state by Bolesław I the Brave. The settlement was first mentioned in 1186. In the 14th century it became part of the Bohemian (Czech) Kingdom. It was granted town rights in 1369. In 1397 a school was founded. The town suffered from fires in 1427, 1433, 1469, 1769 and 1834. In 1635 it passed to the Electorate of Saxony and from 1697 was also under the rule of the Kings of Poland. As a result of the Thirty Years' War, Protestants from the Czech Kingdom settled there.