Żmigród

Żmigród [' ʐmigrut ] ( German: Trachenberg ) is a Polish town in powiat Trzebnicki in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship and is located on the Bartsch. By 1945 Trachenberg was a town in the district Militsch the Prussian government district Breslau.

• 6.1 Railway attempt Ring
• 6.2 Schools and Kindergarten

• 9.1 Notes and references

City ​​Arms

The coat of arms of Żmigród shows in red field a gray tower, which is crowned with a golden cross. To the tower winds up a green dragon.

The city's name comes from the Old Polish word Żmij, the dragon and Grod, the castle.

Old forms:

Chronology of the city's history

Free lords of Trachenberg (from 1492)

Barons of Kurzbach

• Sigismund III. , To 1513
• Henry I, to 1533, son of the former things
• William I, to 1567, son of the former things
• Henry III. , To 1592, son of the former things

Free lords of Trachenberg (from 1592)

Barons of Schaffgotsch

• Adam, to 1601
• Hans Ulrich, until 1635

1635-1641 was the rule of imperial domain.

Free lords of Trachenberg (since 1641)

Imperial Count of Hatzfeld ( line Hatzfeldt Wildenburg - Crottorf ).

• Melchior, until 1658, died unmarried
• Hermann, to 1676, Brother the former things
• Henry, to 1683, son of the former things
• Franz, to 1738, son of the former.

Princes and princes of Hatzfeld (from 1741 or 1748)

• Franz Philipp Adrian, to 1779, son of the preceding,
• Franz Friedrich Cajetan, to 1794, son of the preceding, the last scion of the line Hatzfeldt Wildenburg - Crottorf.

Prince of Hatzfeld to Trachenberg ( since 1803, line Hatzfeldt Werther Schönstein )

• Franz Ludwig, 1794-1827
• Hermann Anton, until 1874, the son of the former things
• Hermann, since 1900 Duke of Trachenberg, until 1933, the son of the previous
• Hermann Ludwig, 1945, son of the previous

Attractions

City

• Residential tower maid Maria Castle, 13th century, around 1560 rebuilt by the Kurzbach
• Ruin of Hatzfeld sealed Losses by Christoph Hackner and Carl Gotthard Langhans with some interesting baroque details, 17th - 18th century
• Castle Park, 18th - 19th century
• Orangery at Castle Park, Classicism, Langhans building

Environment

Barkowo ( German: United Bargen ):

• Baroque parish church of St. Martin, 1787;
• Former Protestant church, now parish church of Saint Anthony, Classicism, in 1829.

Korzeńsko ( German: Korsenz ):

• Baroque parish church for the Elevation of the Holy Cross, 1722;
• Remains of an early medieval castle.

Niezgoda ( German: Nesigode ):

• Many old half-timbered houses.

Radziądz ( German: Radungen ):

• " Milicz Ponds " ( Stawy Milickie ), Nature Reserve with many rare water birds.

Zmigródek ( German: Schmiegrode )

• Remains of a medieval castle.

Community

For urban and rural community Żmigród following districts include ( German name until 1945) with a mayor's office ::

• Barkowo ( United Bargen )
• Borek ( Heidchen )
• Borzęcin ( Borzenzine, 1939-1945: Born field )
• Bychowo ( Beichau )
• Chodlewo ( Kodlewe, 1937-1945: Long Hausen )
• Dębno ( German Damno 1935-1945: German Eich)
• Dobrosławice ( Dobrtowitz, 1936-1945: Gutfelde )
• Garbce ( Karbitz, 1937-1945: Eindorf )
• Gatka ( Goitke )
• Grądzik ( Herrmenau )

• Kanclerzowice ( Kanter joke)
• Karnice
• Kaszyce Milickie ( Herrnkaschütz, 1937-1945: Mr. Mayrhofen )
• Kedzie ( Kendzie, 1939-1945: Springvale )
• Kliszkowice ( United Glieschwitz, 1937-1945: Freyersdorf )
• Korzeńsko ( Korsenz )
• Książęca Wies ( Fuerstenau )
• Laskowa ( Lauskowe, 1936-1945: Waldhöh )
• Łapczyce ( Zerra, 1937-1945: Labschütz )
• Morzęcino

• Niezgoda ( Nesigode, 1936-1945: Hunting Hausen )
• Osiek
• Powidzko ( Powitzko, 1936-1945: Oberurdorf )
• Przedkowice ( Przittkowitz, 1936-1945: Gutweide )
• Przywsie (border Vorwerk )
• Radziądz ( Radziunz 1935-1945: Radungen )
• Ruda Żmigrodzka ( Hammer Trachenberg )
• Remediation ( Sayne, 1936-1945: Seidorf )
• Węglewo ( Wanglewe, 1937-1945: Meilershof )
• Żmigródek ( Schmiegrode )

Other villages in the municipality are:

• Barkówko
• Biedaszkowo
• Borek Leśniczówka
• Bukołowo
• Bukołowo - Osada
• Czarny Las
• Gola
• Góreczki

• Hucisko
• Jamnik
• Kliszkowice Małe
• Łabuzki
• Nowe Domy
• Nowik
• Osiek Maly
• Rogożowa

• Sieczków
• Stróże
• Szarlotka
• Szarzyna
• Szydłów
• Wierzbina
• Żmigród - Osada

Twin Cities

• Bargteheide, Germany

Science and Education

Railway attempt Ring

A few kilometers west of the town, the railway test track from Instytut Kolejnictwa. It was formerly by the Polish State Railway (Polish: Polskie Koleje Państwowe, PKP) operated and includes besides the railway tracks a research center and a branch of the Research Institute for highways and bridges from Warsaw. On the test site, which among other things a railway ring includes, for example, were carried out from 1997 to 2001 attempts Safetrain project.

Schools and kindergarten

Żmigród has the following schools:

• An agricultural technical school to high school level
• A high school (Polish School: 7th to 9th grade )
• A primary school
• A special primary school for disabled
• A kindergarten

Economy

Much of the population lives from agriculture and forestry (large hunting areas in the surrounding forests ). The largest employer in the city is the steel construction company " Energomontaż ". The town also has 800 private companies, many of them one-man company, registered.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Elisabeth to Carolath - Bytom (* 1839), Countess of Hatzfeld - Trachenberg, partner of Herbert von Bismarck
• Hermann von Hatzfeld (1848-1933), 1st Duke of Trachenberg, politician and diplomat

• Sophie Countess of Hatzfeld (* 1805), confidante of Ferdinand Lassalle,
• Gerhart Pohl (* 1902), writer
• Johann Siegmund Suschke (* 1673 ), Baroque poets
• Augustin Amand Zausig, Breslauer Biedermeier painter (* 1804), son of a castle relatives.
• John Retcliffe, actually Hermann Goedsche (* 1815), writer
• Otto Krasa (* 1890 in Radungen, † 1972), German prehistorians
• Friedrich von Hatzfeld - Trachenberg ( b. 1928 ), member of the nobility
• Bernhard - Christian Wintzek (* 1943), German publicist