Ścinawa

Coordinates: 51°24′40″N 16°25′23″E / 51.41111°N 16.42306°E / 51.41111; 16.42306
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For other places with the same name, see Ścinawa (disambiguation).
Ścinawa
Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church in Ścinawa
Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church in Ścinawa
UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+48 76
Vehicle registrationDLU
Websitehttp://www.scinawa.pl/

Ścinawa [ɕt͡ɕiˈnava] (German: Steinau an der Oder) is a town and municipality on the Oder river in the Lower Silesian region of Poland. The Ścinawa train station is a key gateway for travel throughout the region, connecting major destinations such as Wrocław and Głogów. As of 2019, the town's population is 5,582. Between 1975 and 1998, Ścinawa was in Legnica Voivodeship. It is now part of Lubin County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, and is the seat of the municipality called Gmina Ścinawa.

History

Partially preserved medieval city walls

Ścinawa was first documented as a possession of the newly established

Poland. Town privileges were first granted between 1248 and 1259 by Konrad I, Duke of Głogów
. The town church of St John's was first constructed in 1209.

After the partition of the

cloth production.[2]

As a part of the Bohemian kingdom, the remaining half of the Ścinawa lands fell to Duke

Henry V of Iron at Żagań in 1365 and in 1397 was acquired by Duke Konrad II the Gray of Oleśnica. Under the rule of Duke Frederick II of Legnica, Ścinawa became part of the united duchies of Wołów and Brzeg in 1528. With the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, Ścinawa since 1526 belonged to the Habsburg monarchy. It was heavily devastated during the Thirty Years' War, when in October 1633 Albrecht von Wallenstein's troops nearby routed a Swedish corps under Jindřich Matyáš Thurn
.

Oder bridge

Upon the death of the last Piast duke

prisoners of war.[2] Fiercely embattled between the Red Army and the Wehrmacht in the last days of World War II, the town to a great extent lay in ruins after 1945. The German population of Ścinawa was expelled and replaced with Polish settlers, according to the Potsdam Conference
.

The town was affected by the 2010 Central European flood.

Sights

Historic houses (examples)

The town features a number of historic monuments including the Gothic church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, dating back to 1209, the town hall tower (19th century) and the partially preserved medieval city walls.

Sports

The town's soccer team, Odra Ścinawa, was established in 1946. Ścinawa also has a karate club named "GOJU-RYU" which has been very successful in regional, national and international competitions. In addition, each year Ścinawa holds swimming championships at the local pool. There is also a fishing club and a chess club in Ścinawa. Apart from organized sports, locals enjoy playing

soccer, volleyball and basketball
.

Ryszard Komornicki, a former Poland player and a former manager of FC Aarau, was born in the town.

Education

Ścinawa's educational institutions include an elementary school and a junior high school. The town is also home to a local day care.

Alzheimer's Treatment Center

In 2007, the

Alzheimer's Treatment Center in Ścinawa. The facility is the first of its kind in Poland and only the second in all of Europe. The building, which cost over 3 million US dollars to remodel, once served as a general hospital as well as an orphanage
.

Twin towns – sister cities

See twin towns of Gmina Ścinawa.

References

  1. ^ "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  2. ^ a b c "Ścinawa". Encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Retrieved 23 November 2019.

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