Wschowa

Infobox Settlement
name = Wschowa

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image_caption = Wschowa town hall

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image_shield = POL Wschowa COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lubusz
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Wschowa County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Gmina Wschowa
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Krzysztof Jerzy Grabka
area_total_km2 = 8.38
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 14573
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 51 | latm = 48 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 16 | longm = 18 | longs = | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 67-400
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = FWS
website = http://www.wschowa.pl

Wschowa [IPA-pl|'|f|s|h|o|w|a] ( _de. Fraustadt) is a town in the Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland with 14,607 inhabitants (2004). It is the capital of Wschowa County.

History

Wschowa was originally a border fortress in a region disputed by Silesia and Great Poland. After colonists established a settlement nearby, it received Magdeburg Rights around 1250. The name "Veschow" (Wschowa) was first mentioned in 1248, while the name "Frowenstat Civitas" ( _de. Fraustadt) was first mentioned in 1290. In 1343 King Casimir III conquered it for Poland.

The Battle of Fraustadt between the Swedish Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth occurred at Wschowa on February 3 1706 during the Great Northern War. Within the Second Partition of Poland in 1793 Wschowa was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia. As a result of Potsdam Conference in 1945 it again belongs to Poland.

Famous People

* Valerius Herberger (1562-1627)
* Samuel Friedrich Lauterbach (1662-1728)
* Andreas Gryphius lived there on and off
* Christian Gryphius (1649-1706), son of Andreas Gryphius

External links

* [http://wwwtest.library.ucla.edu/libraries/mgi/maps/blaeu/germania.jpgFraustadt on Germania map of 1600]
* [http://www.wschowa.pl/info/ Official town website]
* [http://mapa.szukacz.pl/?x=315236&y=440992&m=Wschowa&w=lubuskie&p=wschowski&g=Wschowa&z=3 Map via mapa.szukacz.pl]