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3 unusual facts about Przewóz, Żary County


Duchy of Żagań

Its capital was Żagań in Lower Silesia, the territory stretched to the town of Nowogród Bobrzański in the north and reached the Lusatian Neisse at Przewóz in the west, including two villages beyond the river (Pechern and Neudorf).

Henry I of Jawor

After 1329 Henry I only retained the Lusatian towns of Lubań, Żytawa, and Przewóz.

Krauschwitz

At Podrosche (Podroždź) is a road border crossing to the Polish village of Przewóz.


Balthasar of Żagań

In 1449 the Duchy was divided into two districts: Żagań and Przewóz.

Gmina Przewóz

Gmina Przewóz contains the villages and settlements of Bucze, Dąbrowa Łużycka, Dobrochów, Dobrzyń, Jamno, Lipna, Mała Lipna, Mielno, Piotrów, Potok, Przewóz, Sanice, Sobolice, Straszów and Włochów.

Jan I of Żagań

Ultimately, the division was made in 1412: Jan I retained Żagań, and one year later (in 1413) he also took possession over the Duchy of Przewóz, inn the Polish-German border area (obtained as a result of his marriage with Scholastika, a daughter of Elector Rudolph III).

Jan II the Mad

The division of their domains was effective in 1449: Jan II and Wenceslaus received Przewóz as co-rulers.

Maciejowice

In September 1939, during the Invasion of Poland, two large units of the Polish Army (13th Infantry Division and Wilenska Cavalry Brigade) evacuated eastwards on a wooden bridge at Przewoz.

Przewóz, Żary County

Duke Jan II the Mad had his older brother Balthasar imprisoned and starved to death at the castle's tower in 1472, shortly before he sold his duchy to Duke Albert III of Saxony.


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