Nesvizh

Nyasvizh or Nesvizh (White Russian Нясвіж; Russian Несвиж; Polish Nieswiez ) is a city in south-western Belarus in Minsk Woblasz with about 14,500 inhabitants. The palace ensemble of the Radziwill heard since 2005 a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

History

The place was first mentioned in the 13th century. In the 16th century the town passed into the possession of the noble family of Radziwill, where it remained for over 400 years until 1939. For the design of the place they brought Italian architects in the 16th century. Just before the junction of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania belonging place in the framework of the Polish -Lithuanian Republic appeared in Nyasvizh in 1562 the first printed book in Belarusian language, made by Symon Budny. 1580 it became a city. As a consequence of the Second Partition of Poland fell Nyasvizh 1793 Russia.

1919-1939 it belonged as part of the Nowogródek Voivodeship back to Poland. After two years of Soviet occupation, 1941, German troops invaded in 1944 the city was occupied by the Red Army. Due to the Second World War and the Holocaust, the formerly large Jewish community was decimated. Since 1991, the city belongs to the independent Belarus.

Coat of arms

Description: Gold is in front a silver -reinforced black eagle at the gap and back diagonally left three red and golden adjacent beams in blue.

Attractions

• Palace ensemble of the Radziwill
• Corpus Christi Church (1587-1593), one of the oldest churches of the Jesuits worldwide
• Bernardine Monastery ( 1598 )
• Church and Monastery of Benedikterinnen (1593-1596)
• City Hall ( 1586)
• Jewish Cemetery
• Sluzker Gate (1650, 1700 )