Syców

Syców
Syców
Car plates	DOL
Website	http://www.sycow.pl

Syców [ˈsɨt͡suf] (German: Groß Wartenberg, until 1888 Polnisch Wartenberg) is a town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Syców and part of the larger Wrocław metropolitan area.

It lies approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) north-east of Oleśnica, and 47 kilometres (29 mi) north-east of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

Located within Poland since the establishment of the state in the 10th century, the settlement was first mentioned under the

town rights before 1312. Duke Konrad I of Oleśnica, who inherited it in 1321, fell under Bohemian suzerainty as a vassal of King John of Bohemia in 1329, however the town remained under rule of local Polish dukes of the Piast dynasty

until 1489.

During the

Poland, however, Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus forced the town to swear allegiance to him in 1480, and it fell under Hungarian suzerainty.^[3] In 1489 Matthias Corvinus took the town from Duke Konrad X the White and established the state country of Syców/Wartenberg enfeoffed to the Haugwitz noble family.^[2] In 1490 it passed to Jagiellonian-ruled Bohemia. The town was inhabited mostly by indigenous Poles, but also by German and Jewish immigrants.^[3]

During the Thirty Years' War the town was captured by various armies numerous times. It was captured by the Saxons in 1632, the Austrians and again the Saxons in 1634, who withdrew after the Peace of Prague in 1635, then it suffered a fire in 1637, and was captured by the Swedes in 1642, 1643, 1646 and 1648.^[3] The town became depopulated, some inhabitants took refuge in nearby Poland, while others died.^[3]

From 1684, a postal route connecting

Germany and the restored Polish state, leaving the town itself in the former. It was eventually reintegrated with Poland after World War II

in 1945.

Notable people

Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808–1880), painter, spent his childhood at Polnisch Wartenberg
Jack Gielzak (1809–1862), botanist
Oleg Nepomnyashchiy (born 1940), was granted honorary citizenship by the Gmina Syców
Marta Gielzak (born 1954), ice speed skater
Krzysztof Palczewski (born 1957), Polish-American biochemist
Annia Gielzak (born 1969), actor

Twin towns – sister cities

See twin towns of Gmina Syców.

References

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Historia". Miasto i Gmina Syców (in Polish). Retrieved 16 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Zbigniew Filipiak, Historia Sycowa (in Polish)
^ "Informacja historyczna". Dresden-Warszawa (in Polish). Retrieved 16 February 2020.

External links

(in Polish) Polnisch Wartenberg - Groß Wartenberg - Syców
Jewish Community in Syców on Virtual Shtetl

[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.

[syc-2] "Historia". Miasto i Gmina Syców (in Polish). Retrieved 16 February 2020.

[hs-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Zbigniew Filipiak, Historia Sycowa (in Polish)

[4] "Informacja historyczna". Dresden-Warszawa (in Polish). Retrieved 16 February 2020.

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