Duchy of Jawor

Duchy of Jawor (Polish: Księstwo Jaworskie) was one of the Duchies of Silesia established in 1274 as a subdivision of the Duchy of Legnica. It was ruled by the Silesian Piasts, with its capital at Jawor in Lower Silesia.

Geography

The original Duchy stretched from Jawor on the Nysa Szalona River westwards along the northern slopes of the Western Sudetes to the Jizera Mountains and the Kwisa River, which formed the Silesian border with the former Milceni lands of Upper Lusatia. In the north it bordered the remaining Duchy of Legnica and in the east the Duchy of Silesia–Wrocław.

It included the towns of Bolków, Kamienna Góra, Lubawka, Lwówek, Świerzawa and (from 1277) Strzegom.

History

The Silesian Duchy of Legnica since 1248 had been under the rule of Duke Bolesław II Rogatka. When Bolesław's eldest son Henry V the Fat succeeded his father as Duke of Legnica in 1278, he gave the Jawor subdivision to his younger brothers Bolko I the Strict and Bernard the Lightsome. In 1281 Bernard was made a Duke of Lwówek in the western part of the Jawor lands.

Jawor

Jawor [ˈjavɔr] (German: Jauer) is a town in south-western Poland with 24,347 inhabitants (2006). It is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (from 1975–1998 it was in the former Legnica Voivodeship). It is the seat of Jawor County, and lies approximately 61 kilometres (38 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

In the town can be found a Protestant Church of Peace. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. Jawor Castle lies in Jawor.

The name Jawor is Polish for "sycamore". Prior to 1945, the town was part of Poland, Bohemia, Austria, Prussia and Germany. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

Notable residents

Jawor (mountain)

Jawor is a peak and massif in the Sanocko-Turczańskie Mountains, located next to the Lake Solina. Łoboźnicy valley is surrounding the peak and Lake Solina by the Gulf of Teleśnicka, while to the East the Żuków mountain range is separated by a pass at 530 metres.

From the top of the main peak where the TON Góra Jawor radio mast is located, two ridges from the North-Eastern and South-Western points come off with culminations of 702 and 608 metres. By the side of the Jawor reservoir is a complex of leisure facilities and buildings.Łobozew Dolny has an asphalt road connection which weaves around the mountain up to 700 metres, and steadily declines down to the complex.

On the South-Western slope, close by next to the peak, is situated a ski lift. There are no set tourist trails along the massif.

References

Jawor (disambiguation)

Jawor is a town and county seat in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-west Poland.

Jawor may also refer to the following places:

See also