Nowogrodziec
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Nowogrodziec is a town in Bolesławiec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Nowogrodziec.
Town hall at the Market Square
Ruins of the Magdalene monastery
Saints Peter and Paul church
Saint Nicholas church
Duchy of Głogów
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The Duchy of Głogów or Duchy of Glogau was one of the Duchies of Silesia, formed in course of the medieval fragmentation of Poland into smaller provincial duchies. Its capital was Głogów in Lower Sile
Nowogrodziec
…1217 was granted to the Magdalene Sisters. Due to the fragmentation of Poland into smaller duchies, the town later belonged to the duchies of Legnica, Głogów and Jawor, ruled by the Silesian line of the Piast dynasty. Here the important Via Regia road crossed the Kwisa, that marked the border with the historic…
Silesia 1249-1273: Creation of the Duchy of Głogów (green) for Konrad I from the territory of Bolesław II the Bald of Legnica (violet)
Ducal Castle in Głogów
Ducal Castle in Kożuchów
Sigismund I the Old, last duke of Głogów