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Kunern
Konary Castle or Knight's Castle Kunern is a castle in the village Konary (german: Kunern), Lower Silesia, Poland, located 55 km south of the city of Wrocław. Until 1945 it was a part of , . The castle Kunern belonged since 1730 to the estate Mittel-Schreibendorf owned by the family
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Gaffron (nobility)
The Gaffron family is the name of a German nobility, German noble family - classified as Uradel (German for 'ancient nobility') - from Silesia. Origins German standard references don't believe that the family was of Polish origin. They are also not mentioned in such Polish ones. And because their coats of arms doesn't belong to any of the Polish clans it's highly unlikely that the Gaffrons originally came from Poland. Firstly, they were recorded on December 13, 1329: Janco von Gaveron was a document witness while Werner von Panwitz donated some money to a cloister in Breslau. (Document of Duke Boleslaus III. of Liegnitz ). The next one is from 1358 when Przibko von Gaweron sold his estate Buschke in the Groß Wartenberg area to Thamo von Hayn (Document of Duke Konrad I. from Oels and Cosel-Beuthen ). Because of such an early appearance in the area of Groß Wartenberg (today Syców) the located village Gaffron there should be their earliest estate. Herrmann von Gaffron und Obe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konary, Strzelin County
Konary is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Przeworno, within Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany and the name of the village was then Kunern Konary Castle or Knight's Castle Kunern is a castle in the village Konary (german: Kunern), Lower Silesia, Poland, located 55 km south of the city of Wrocław. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Silesia
Lower Silesia ( pl, Dolny Śląsk; cz, Dolní Slezsko; german: Niederschlesien; szl, Dolny Ślōnsk; hsb, Delnja Šleska; dsb, Dolna Šlazyńska; Silesian German: ''Niederschläsing''; la, Silesia Inferior) is the northwestern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia; Upper Silesia is to the southeast. In the Middle Ages Lower Silesia was part of Piast-ruled Poland. It was one of the leading regions of Poland, and its capital Wrocław was one of the main cities of the Polish Kingdom. Lower Silesia emerged as a distinctive region during the fragmentation of Poland, in 1172, when the Duchies of Opole and Racibórz, considered Upper Silesia since, were formed of the eastern part of the Duchy of Silesia, and the remaining, western part was since considered Lower Silesia. During the Ostsiedlung, German settlers were invited to settle in the sparsely populated region, which until then had a Polish majority. As a result, the region became largely Germanised in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis. Other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin. Poland has a temperate transitional climate and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from Baltic Sea in the north to Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with Denmark and Sweden. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly from the Baltic Sea to the north and from the Sudeten Mountains to the south. , the official population of Wrocław is 672,929, with a total of 1.25 million residing in the metropolitan area, making it the third largest city in Poland. Wrocław is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia. Today, it is the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The history of the city dates back over a thousand years; at various times, it has been part of the Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Habsburg monarchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Prussia and Germany. Wrocław became part of Poland again in 1945 as part of the Recovered Territories, the result of extensive border changes and expulsions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silesia
Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split into two main subregions, Lower Silesia in the west and Upper Silesia in the east. Silesia has a diverse culture, including architecture, costumes, cuisine, traditions, and the Silesian language (minority in Upper Silesia). Silesia is along the Oder River, with the Sudeten Mountains extending across the southern border. The region contains many historical landmarks and UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It is also rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. The largest city and Lower Silesia's capital is Wrocław; the historic capital of Upper Silesia is Opole. The biggest metropolitan area is the Upper Silesian metropolitan area, the centre of which is Katowice. Parts of the Czech city of Ostrav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mittel-Schreibendorf
Sarby Castle or Mittel-Schreibendorf Castle is located in the village Sarby (german: Schreibendorf), about 45 km southwest of the city of Wrocław in Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrz ..., Poland. Before 1945 it belonged to German Silesia. The manor house of Mittel Schreibendorf (today Sarby) was owned by the von Gaffron family from 1740 to short after 1900. References *''Karten herausgegeben von der Preußischen Landesaufnahme'' *''Wappen u. Handbuch des in Schlesien landgesessenen Adels'', A. v. Krane, Görlitz 1901–1904. External links {{coord missing, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Castles in Lower Silesian Voivodeship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and learn to participate in the community. Historically, most human societies use family as the primary locus of Attachment theory, attachment, nurturance, and socialization. Anthropologists classify most family organizations as Matrifocal family, matrifocal (a mother and her children), patrifocal (a father and his children), wikt:conjugal, conjugal (a wife, her husband, and children, also called the nuclear family), avuncular (a man, his sister, and her children), or Extended family, extended (in addition to parents and children, may include grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins). The field of genealogy aims to trace family lineages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balle Marimilian
Balle may refer to: *Balle (surname) * Balle, Mali *Balle, Nigeria Balle is a town in Sokoto State, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of Gudu Local Government Area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by coun ... * Balle (runemaster) * Michael Ballack, German soccer player See also *"Balle Balle", a song from the movie '' Bride and Prejudice'' * Ballet {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gawrony (other) in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)
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Gawrony (german: Gaffron, link=no) may refer to the following places in Poland: * Gawrony, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) *Gawrony, Łęczyca County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Gawrony, Opoczno County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) *Gawrony, Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) *Gawrony, Śrem County Gawrony is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dolsk, within Śrem County __NOTOC__ Śrem County ( pl, powiat śremski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( powiat) in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
