Duchy of Löwenberg
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Duchy of Löwenberg | |||||||||
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| 1281–1286 | |||||||||
 Coat of arms
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 Silesia in 1284: Lwowek Duchy in burgundy | |||||||||
| Status | Silesian duchy | ||||||||
| Capital | Lwowek Slaski | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Partitioned from Jawor | 1281 | ||||||||
• Annexed by Jawor | 1286 | ||||||||
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Duchy of Löwenberg (Template:Lang-pl) was one of the Duchies of Silesia established in 1281 as a division of the Duchy of Jawor. Duchy of Lwowek was ruled by the Silesian Piast, Bernard the Lightsome, with its capital at Lwowek Slaski (city rights in 1217) in Lower Silesia.
Geography
The original Duchy was located in the south-western part of Lower Silesia on current lands of Lwowek Sląski County with the southern part of the duchy covering most of the modern Jelenia Gora County. Lwowek Slaski was the biggest city (around 11.000 inhabitants[1]) and also the capital of the duchy. Some other important cities located within the lands of the duchy were: Wlen, Gryfow Sląski, Jelenia Gora[2]. The main factor of the rapid development of the area was gold surrounding Lwowek Slaski and trade road Via Regia. Some sources say that few tons of gold were excavated in medieval from the mines around Lwowek[3]. After the deplatation of gold mines the citizens started to earn from cloth producing, weaving, crafting, trade and sandstone processing.
History
Bernard the Lightsome was the only ruler of the duchy of Lwowek. He was the youngest son of the silesian prince Boleslaw II Rogatka and Hedwig, daughter of Henry I, Count of Anhalt. He became the ruler 3 years after his father deceased, in 1281 when Bernards' brother Bolko I the Strict partitioned the duchy of Jawor and granted him western part of the duchy with its capital in Lwowek Slaski. Bernard died unmarried and childless in 1286 and because of no heirs the duchy of Lwowek was annexed and ruled by the duchy of Jawor again by Bolko I[4][5][6].
Gallery
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Medieval bas-relief on the south wall of the city hall in Lwowek Slaski - a symbol of the city, with a sentence written in latin which means "Fair as a lion" -
Medieval coat of arms of the city of Lwowek Slaski -
Modern coat of arms of the city of Lwowek Slaski -
Medieval fortifications of Lwowek Slaski -
Tower of Lubanian Gate - a place of a former city gate in Lwowek Slaski -
The high city wall of Lwowek Slaski (of double surrounding walls in general) -
Tower of Boleslawieckan Gate in Lwowek Slaski
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References
- ^ Staffa, Marek (2003). Słownik geografii turystycznej Sudetów, Pogórze Izerskie. [1], A-Ł. Wrocław: I-BiS. pp. 443–471. ISBN 83-85773-60-6.
- ^ "Map of the Duchy".
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{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Kazimierz (1920-1997) Jasiński. "Bernard Zwinny". Retrieved 2017-09-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Michał Szuster. "Bernard Zwinny (Zręczny, Skoczek) - POCZET.COM" (in Polish). www.poczet.com. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
- ^ Krystian Krawczyk (wtorek, 19 lutego 2013). "DOLNY ŚLĄSK: Księstwo świdnicko-jaworskie". DOLNY ŚLĄSK. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
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Duchy of Lwowek
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