ŚWIDNICA

shvēdnēˈtsä, Ger. Schweidnitz, town (1993 est. pop. 64,200), Dolnośląskie prov., SW Poland. It has metal and chemical works, textile mills, sugar refineries, and various manufactures. An early residence of the Piast dukes of Silesia, Świdnica and the surrounding principality came to the Bohemian crown in 1368. They were ceded to Prussia in 1745 and returned to Poland in 1945.

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books on: Swidnica  - 16 results

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Land, Liberties, and Lordship in a Late Medieval Countryside: Agrarian Structures and Change in the Duchy of Wroclaw
Book by Richard C. Hoffmann; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989
Subjects: Land Tenure--Poland--Wroc?Aw (Voivodeship)--History, Peasantry--Poland--Wroc?Aw (Voivodeship)--History, Poland--History--To 1572, Social History--Medieval, 500-1500
...ridges are not distant -- from the citys Swidnica gate their outlier, Mount Sleza, looms...Fat" 1296-1301 Bolko I, Duke of Swidnica regent for Boleslaw III and Henry...to his aggressive brother, Bolko I of Swidnica. Bolko used his position to weaken...
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After the Fall: The Pursuit of Democracy in Central Europe
Book by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb; BasicBooks, 1992
Subjects: Democracy, Europe, Central--History, Europe, Eastern--History--1989-
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Survivors of the Holocaust in Poland: A Portrait Based on Jewish Community Records, 1944-1947
Book by Lucjan Dobroszycki; M.E. Sharpe, 1994
Subjects: Holocaust Survivors--Poland--History--Sources, Jews--Poland--History--Sources, Poland--Ethnic Relations--Sources
...25 Ziebice Munsterberg 2,329 26 Swidnica Schweidnitz 2,377 27 Fryborg...Sobiecin 673 673 Strzgom 517 517 Swidnica 1,120 1,120 Walbrzych 4,889 4...GORNA BYSTRZYCA Rudek Konrad Swidnica County child 6 unknown OLESNICA...
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The Cambridge History of Poland: From the Origins to Sobieski (To 1696)
Book by W. F. Reddaway, J. H. Penson, O. Halecki, R. Dyboski; Cambridge University Press, 1950
Subjects: Poland--History
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The Rise of the European Economy: An Economic History of Continental Europe from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century
Book by Hermann Kellenbenz, Gerhard Benecke; Holmes & Meier, 1976
Subjects: Economic History--1600-1750, Economic History--16th Century, Europe--Economic Conditions
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journal articles on: Swidnica  - 1 result

 
 
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Martial Law Declared
Journal article by Evron M. Kirkpatrick; World Affairs, Vol. 145, 1982
Subjects: Arbitration, International, International Relations, Peace
...Leczyca, Gebarzew, Poznan, Radom, Rzeszow-Zalerze, Sieradz, Lowicz, Sulawki, Goleniow, Kamien Pomorski, Nisk, Nowy Wisnicz, Swidnica, Wloclawek, Warszawa two centers are mentioned , Wroclaw, Zielona Gora. 2. The isolation centers are being formed...


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newspaper articles on: Swidnica  - 3 results

 
 
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500 Jobs to Go as Electrolux Closes; Bleak Christmas for Workers as Production Moves to Poland
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), December 15, 2007
Subjects: Black & Decker Corp.--Facility closures, Tool industry--Facility closures
...Electrolux plant in Spennymoor, County Durham, which makes cookers, will close towards the end of 2008 and production will shift to Swidnica in Poland, with the loss of 500 jobs in the region. The news was greeted with anger in the town of 20,000 residents, coming...
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Push to Spark Jobs for Electrolux Staff; 'We Have Time to Plan It Properly' - Watkins
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), December 18, 2007
...told their factory was to close. The plant, which has been in the town for 50 years, makes cookers. Production will shift to Swidnica in Poland. Jeff Moreland, from the trade union Unite, described the decision as "another shameless example of British workers...
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DYING ON Its Feet; This Week Figures Revealed That Immigration from Eastern Europe Is at an All-Time High. but It's Not Just Britain Which Is Paying the Price ...Special Dispatch
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 26, 2006
...for you if youll donate several hundred Zlotys to the church." Father Jan Baginski, priest in the Wroclaw satellite town of Swidnica (population 63,000) has yet to be approached by a recruitment agent, but says: I want Poles to stay in Poland. Migration disrupts...


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encyclopedia articles on: Swidnica  - 2 results

 
 
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Świdnica
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SWIDNICA shvedne tsa, Ger. Schweidnitz, town (1993 est. pop. 64,200), Dolnoslaskie prov., SW Poland. It has metal and chemical works, textile mills, sugar refineries, and various manufactures. An early residence of the Piast dukes of Silesia, Swidnica and the surrounding principality came to the Bohemian crown in 1368. They were ceded to Prussia in 1745 and returned to...
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Schweidnitz
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SCHWEIDNITZ see Swidnica , Poland. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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