Jaworów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Appearance
Jaworów | |
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Village | |
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Coordinates: 50°48′02″N 17°18′28″E / 50.80056°N 17.30778°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
County | Strzelin |
Gmina | Wiązów |
Jaworów [jaˈvɔruf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wiązów, within Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1]
It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of Wiązów, 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of Strzelin, and 41 kilometres (25 mi) south-east of the regional capital Wrocław.
Famous people
[edit]The town was a favourite residence of John III Sobieski, who there received the congratulations of the pope and the Venetian republic on his success in the Battle of Vienna (1683).[2]
At Jaworów Peter the Great was betrothed to Catherine I.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ a b public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jaworów". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 294. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the