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unusual facts about Münsterberg


Bolesław II, Duke of Cieszyn

#Sophia (b. ca. 1450/52 - d. 1479), married in 1474 to Victor of Poděbrady, Duke of Münsterberg and Opava.


Catherine of Saxony

Catherine of Saxony, Duchess of Münsterberg (1453–1534), daughter of William III, Landgrave of Thuringia and wife of Henry II, Duke of Münsterberg; also known as Catherine of Thuringia

George II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels

In a joint deed dated 25 June 1535, they awarded the city of Srebrna Góra, which belonged to Münsterberg (Ziębice, Minstrberk), the status of free mining town.

Heinrich Joseph Johann of Auersperg

During his reign Münsterberg and Frankenstein, the Silesian dominions of the Auerspergs, came under Prussian rule.

Henry II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels

In a joint deed dated 25 June 1535, they awarded the city of Srebrna Góra (Silberberg), which belonged to Münsterberg, the status of free mining town.

Hynek Krušina of Lichtenburg

In order to deter them and underline his claims on Münsterberg, Hynek sacked on 20 July 1442, the monastery at Henryków, to which the citizens of Münsterberg had a special relationship.

Jan II the Mad

#Hedwig (b. October 1476 – d. Ziębice, 15 February 1524), married firstly on July 1489 to George I of Poděbrady, Duke of Ziębice-Oleśnica (Münsterberg-Oels), and secondly on 23 October 1503 to Sigismund, Baron of Wartenberg.

Joachim of Münsterberg-Oels

In a joint deed dated 25 June 1535, they awarded the city of Srebrna Góra/Silberberg, which belonged to Münsterberg, the status of free mining town.

Johann Weikhard of Auersperg

He was succeeded as Duke of Münsterberg by his sons Johann Ferdinand and Franz Karl.

John, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels

In a joint deed dated 25 June 1535, they awarded the city of Srebrna Góra, which belonged to Münsterberg, the status of free mining town.

Porcelain money

They were issued for the province Saxony, Meissen, and a number of other cities such as Eisenach, Thuringia; Freiberg, Saxony; Münsterberg, Silesia; Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt; and other cities.

Půta of Častolovice

Půta III of Častolovice (also Půta the Younger of Častolovice; died 1434), Bohemian nobleman, Landeshauptmann and pledge lord of the County of Kladsko and the Duchies of Ząbkowice Śląskie and Münsterberg

Wenceslaus II, Duke of Opava

On 27 December 1428, he participated in the Battle of Stary Wielisław, in which John I, the last Piast duke of Münsterberg, died.

William, Duke of Opava

In 1451, William transferred his ownership of Münsterberg to his brother Ernest, in exchange for a 1/3 share in the ownership of the Duchy of Opava.

His parents were Przemko I, Duke of Opava (d. 1433) and his second wife, Catherine of Münsterberg (d. 1422).


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