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unusual facts about Magdeburg rights


Konrad I, Duke of Głogów

This was a decisive contribution to the institution of the Magdeburg rights in Głogów in 1253.


Bielsk County

On 18 November 1495, Bielsk Podlaski received a city charter based on Magdeburg rights from the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Alexander Jagiellon.

On 18 January 1493, Brańsk received a city charter based on Magdeburg rights from the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Alexander Jagiellon.

Brzostek

Brzostek gained its Magdeburg rights in 1367, but first documented mentions of the town come from 1123-1125, when a list of possessions of the Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec was created.

Czeladź

Two years later, Czeladź was sold to an abbey from Henryków, and was granted Magdeburg rights.

Koszyce, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

On June 26, 1374, Elizabeth of Poland granted Magdeburg rights to Koszyce.

Skaryszew

Skaryszew was destroyed in the Mongol invasion of Poland, and soon afterwards, Prince of Kraków and Sandomierz Bolesław V the Chaste granted the village the so-called Środa Śląska town charter (Neumarkt-Magdeburger Recht), based on the charter of Nowy Korczyn (see also Magdeburg rights).

Zakliczyn

In 1557, local nobleman Spytek Wawrzyniec Jordan of Trąby coat of arms (the owner of Melsztyn) purchased Opatkowice from the Tyniec Abbey, and on July 17, 1557 in Vilnius, King Zygmunt August allowed Jordan to establish a Magdeburg rights town, located at the foot of the Melsztyn Castle, on the right bank of the Dunajec, in the location of the village of Opatkowice.


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