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Zawidów
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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.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Zawidów
Settlement.image_shield
POL Zawidów COA.svg
Settlement.image_skyline
Town Hall, Zawidow (2).jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Zawidów Town Hall
Settlement.pushpin_map
Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Zgorzelec
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Zawidów (urban gmina)
Settlement.established_title
First mentioned
Settlement.established_date
1186
Settlement.established_title2
Town rights
Settlement.established_date2
1369
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Robert Łężny

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Wikidata facts

Country
Poland
Continent
Europe
Population
3938
Area
6.07
Elevation
245
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Gmina Zgorzelec
Official website
zawidow.eu
Image
Town Hall, Zawidow (2).jpg
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Commons category
Zawidów
topic's main category
Category:Zawidów
Commons gallery
Zawidów
postal code
59-970
different from
"Zawidów"
male population
1851
female population
2087
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zawidów” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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