Trzebnica

Infobox Settlement
name = Trzebnica

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image_caption = Night view of Trzebnica
image_shield = POL Trzebnica COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lower Silesian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Trzebnica County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Gmina Trzebnica
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Marek Długozima
elevation_min_m = 160
elevation_max_m = 210
area_total_km2 = 8.36
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 12180
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 51
latm = 18
lats = 18
latNS = N
longd = 17
longm = 3
longs = 41
longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 55-100
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = DTR
website = http://www.trzebnica.pl

Trzebnica [IPA-pl|t|sz|e|b|'|n|i|c|a] ( _de. Trebnitz) is is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Trzebnica County, and of the smaller administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Trzebnica. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. (For more information about the history of the region, see Silesia.)

The town lies approximately convert|20|km|mi|0 north of the regional capital Wrocław.

As at 2006, the town has a population of 12,180.

History

In 1202, Henry I the Bearded and his wife Hedwig of Andechs founded a Cistercian convent, (now Sanctuary of St. Jadwiga in Trzebnica), at this location. The future Saint Hedwig of Andechs was canonized in 1267. After Henry died in 1238 and was buried in the church, Hedwig moved to the Cistercian convent which by now was led by her daughter. She died in October 1243 and was buried there also, while some of her relics are preserved at Andechs Abbey in Bavaria.

People

* Hedwig of Andechs
* Przemysł I of Greater Poland
* Agnes of Bohemia (age 3-6)
* Maria Leszczyńska (1703-1768) queen consort of France (born here)
* Max Breslauer, German Jewish chemist (born here)
* Ernst Niekisch (1889-1967), prominent German exponent of National Bolshevism (born here)
* Klaus Piontek (1935-1998), actor
* Gila von Weitershausen (born 1944), actress