On August 13, 1944 Ivan Turkenich was mortally wounded in a battle near Głogów, Poland.
The Kur coat of arms have also been used before Jagiellon dynasty time in Poland under alternative name Kokoty, which can be seen in the court documents holding stamps of the CoA, signed by the judge Szyban von Der (from Der of Misni) between 1287 and1311 in the court of Henry III, prince of Głogów.
It is also the regular participant of many amateur theater festivals in Lithuania (Vilniaus rampa, Juoko sūkurys, Atspindžiai) and in Poland (in Kraków, Bielsko-Biała, Rzeszów, Tychy, Głogów, Bełżyce).
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On 1 September 1979 a large Socialist Realistic memorial to the Głogów children was inaugurated to commemorate not only the 870th anniversary but also the 40th memorial day of the German Invasion of Poland.
Part of the Silesian Duchy of Głogów under the Piast duke Konrad I from 1251 on, the settlement in 1476 belonged to the inheritance of Barbara of Hohenzollern, widow of the last Głogów duke Henry XI, and therefore claimed by her father Elector Albert Achilles of Brandenburg.
This was a decisive contribution to the institution of the Magdeburg rights in Głogów in 1253.
For unknown reasons, Bolesław and Mieszko did not try to defend the traditional frontier on the Oder River, but instead burned the castles of Głogów and Bytom and began their retreat into the depths of Greater Poland, where Bolesław's forces finally had to surrender to the Imperial troops at Krzyszkowo near Poznań.
In 1417 was made a new division, this time in the Duchy of Głogów: Henry IX the Older and Henry X Rumpold retained Głogów and Szprotawa, and Wenceslaus received the towns of Krosno Odrzańskie, Świebodzin and Bytnica.