Milicz

Milicz
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Milicz is located in Poland
Milicz
Coordinates: 51°32′N 17°17′E / 51.533°N 17.283°E / 51.533; 17.283
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Milicz County
Gmina Gmina Milicz
Government
 - Mayor Paweł Wybierała
Area
 - Total 13.50 km2 (5.2 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 12,004
 - Density 889.2/km2 (2,303/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 56-300
Car plates DMI
Website http://www.milicz.pl
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Milicz [ˈmilit​͡ʂ] (German: Militsch) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Milicz County, and of the smaller administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Milicz. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.

It lies on the Barycz river, approximately 49 kilometres (30 mi) north of the regional capital Wrocław.

As at 2006, the town has a population of 12,004.

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History

Milich Castle was first mentioned in a 1136 deed by Pope Innocent II as a possession of the cathedral chapter of the Bishopric of Breslau. It received town privileges in 1245. In 1358 the bishops sold Milicz to the Piast duke Konrad I of Oels, whose successors held castle and town until in 1492 the line became extinct and the Duchy of Oels was finally seized as an expired fief by the Bohemian Crown.

St Andrew Bobola Church

In 1494 King Vladislas II of Bohemia granted Milicz to his chamberlain Sigismund Kurzbach, who installed the autonomous Silesian state country of Milicz and Żmigród (Trachenberg). The Milicz part was acquired by the Maltzan noble family in 1590.

Sights

Milicz is the site of one of the six Churches of Grace, which the Silesian Protestants were allowed to built with the permission of Emperor Joseph I of Habsburg, King of Bohemia, given at the Altranstädt Convention of 1707. The half-timbered church finished in 1714 today is dedicated to Saint Andrew Bobola.

Milicz Palace

The castle of the Dukes of Oels erected in the 14th century was destroyed in World War II. The Maltzan dynasty left a Late Baroque-Neoclassical palace erected in 1798 and an English garden, the first in Silesia.

Notable people

Twin town

Germany Lohr, Germany, since 2001

See also


Coordinates: 51°32′N 17°17′E / 51.533°N 17.283°E / 51.533; 17.283


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