Frankenstein in Schlesien
| Ząbkowice Śląskie | ||
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 Ząbkowice Śląskie
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| Coordinates: 50°35′N 16°49′E / 50.583°N 16.817°ECoordinates: 50°35′N 16°49′E / 50.583°N 16.817°E | ||
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| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian | |
| County | Ząbkowice Śląskie County | |
| Gmina | Gmina Ząbkowice Śląskie | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Marcin Orzeszek | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 13.67 km2 (5.28 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 280 m (920 ft) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 16,086 | |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 57-200 and 57-201 | |
| Car plates | DZA | |
| Website | http://www.zabkowiceslaskie.pl | |
Ząbkowice Śląskie [zɔmpkɔˈvit͡sɛ ˈɕlɔ̃skʲɛ] (German: Frankenstein in Schlesien) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Ząbkowice Śląskie County, and of the smaller administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Ząbkowice Śląskie.
The town lies approximately 63 kilometres (39 miles) south of the regional capital Wrocław. As of 2011[update], it had a population of 16,086.
The town was established by Duke of Silesia Henry IV Probus as Frankenstein in the early 13th century, following the Mongol invasion. It was sited on a piece of land that belonged partly to the episcopal lands of Procan (German Protzan, modern Zwrócona) and partly to the Monastery at Trzebnica (German Trebnitz). The town was located exactly halfways between the sites of two previously existing towns that had failed to attract enough settlers: Frankenberg and Löwenstein, and inherited its German name from both.
Its positioning on the so-called Königstraße (King's Road) between Prague and Breslau, not too far from the commercially important city of Glatz would favour the development of the town. The town received municipal rights around 1280, the first mention of civitas Frankenstein is dated January 10, 1287. As from 1335 it belonged to Bohemia, and from 1742 to Prussia.
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