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Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Zebrzydów
Village
Our Lady of the Scapular church in ZebrzydówOur Lady of the Scapular church in Zebrzydów
Zebrzydów is located in PolandZebrzydówZebrzydów
Coordinates: 50°53′N 16°37′E / 50.883°N 16.617°E / 50.883; 16.617
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyŚwidnica
GminaMarcinowice

Zebrzydów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Marcinowice, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Świdnica, and 41 kilometres (25 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

History

When it was part of medieval Piast-ruled Poland, Zebrzydów was mentioned in 1193 as an endowment of the Canons Regular Monastery in Wrocław. Later on, it also passed to Bohemia, Hungary, Prussia and Germany, before it became again part of Poland after Germany's defeat in World War II in 1945.

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Grünhagen, Colmar (1884). Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae (in German). Vol. 7. Josef Max & Comp. p. 56.
Gmina Marcinowice
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