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Encyclopedia > Gliwice County

Gliwice County (Polish: powiat gliwicki ) is a powiat (county) in Poland, in Silesian Voivodeship. The county seat is the city of Gliwice and the powiat includes the area around it, but not the city itself which forms its own separate urban powiat. The population numbers 115,476 (2005). Its area is 663,35 km². A powiat (pronounced povyat; plural, powiaty) is the Polish third-level unit of administration, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture (NUTS-3) in some countries. ... Silesian Voivodship Coat of arms of Silesian Voivodship The Silesian Voivodship (Polish: województwo Å›lÄ…skie) is an administrative division of southern Poland. ... Motto: none Voivodship Silesian Municipal government Rada Miejska Gliwic Mayor Zygmunt Frankiewicz Area 134,2 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 200,361 (December 31, 2004) - 1528/km² Founded City rights 1276 - Latitude Longitude 50°17 N 18°40 E Area code +48 32 Car plates SG Twin towns Bottrop, Dessau...


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  • Official Gliwice County webpage


 
Silesian Voivodeship counties
City counties: Bielsko-Biała | Bytom | Chorzów | Częstochowa | Dabrowa Górnicza | Gliwice | Jastrzebie-Zdrój | Jaworzno | Katowice | Mysłowice | Piekary Śląskie | Ruda Śląska | Rybnik | Siemianowice Śląskie | Sosnowiec | Świętochłowice | Tychy | Zabrze | Żory
Land counties: Będzin | Bielsko | Bieruń-Lędziny | Cieszyn | Częstochowa | Gliwice | Kłobuck | Lubliniec | Mikołów | Myszków | Pszczyna | Racibórz | Rybnik | Tarnowskie Góry | Wodzisław | Zawiercie | Żywiec

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Gliwice was first mentioned as a town in 1276 and was ruled during the Middle Ages by the Silesian Piast dukes.
It became a possession of the Bohemia crown in 1335, passing with that crown to the Austrian Habsburgs in 1526.
During the Silesian Wars fought from 1740-1763, Gliwice was taken from Austria by the Kingdom of Prussia along with the majority of Silesia.
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