Ząbkowice Śląskie
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| Ząbkowice Śląskie | |||
| The "leaning tower" in Ząbkowice Śląskie | |||
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| Country | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian | ||
| Powiat | Ząbkowice Śląskie County | ||
| Gmina | Ząbkowice Śląskie | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Krzysztof Kotowicz | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 13.63 km² (5.3 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| - Total | 14.986 | ||
| - Density | 1,197.8/km² (3,102.3/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 57-200 do 57-201 | ||
| Car Plates | DZA | ||
| Website: http://www.zabkowiceslaskie.pl | |||
Ząbkowice Śląskie (German: Frankenstein in Schlesien) is a town with 14,986 inhabitants (as of 2007), in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, and the capital of Ząbkowice Śląskie County.
[edit] History
The town was established as Frankenstein in the early 13th, following the Mongol invasion and received city rights about the year 1280. Since 1335 it belonged to Bohemia and since 1742 to Prussia.
In the early 1600s the pest killed about one third of the population and actual events at that time gave rise to the Frankenstein legend.
In 1858, the town burned down and had to be rebuilt. On this occasion, the upper part of the 15th century leaning tower was reconstructed in a straight manner. From 1816 to 1945, the town was seat of a county. After World War II the town was renamed to Ząbkowice Śląskie in 1946 after the German population fled or was expelled.
[edit] External links
- (Polish) Ząbkowice Śląskie Municipal Website
- Frankenstein.pl 1606 events involving undertakers which might have inspired the 1818 novel by Mary Shelley
- "Annales Francostenen" of 1655
- (German) Frankenstein-Schlesien.de
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