Oława (, , ) is a historic town in south-western

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with 33,029 inhabitants (2019). It is situated in

Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship (, ) in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. It covers an area of and has a total population of 2,899,986. It is one of the wealthiest ...

, within the Wrocław metropolitan area. It is the seat of

Oława County __NOTOC__ Oława County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 199 ...

and of the smaller administrative district of

Gmina Oława __NOTOC__ Gmina Oława is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Oława County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Oława, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers ...

(although it is not part of the territory of the latter, as the town is an urban

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in its own right).

Etymology

The name of the city comes from the Polish word root el-, ol-, which in Polish lands took also the form of oła-, meaning "water". The association with water refers to the location of the settlement between two rivers: the Oder and the Oława, which are close to each other, but only connect in Wrocław, which is away. The location of the city between rivers, pools and forests, and at the same time in the place of crossing the Oder River, favored the creation of a market settlement of Ślęża, and later a stronghold, a town. The locality was mentioned in the Old Polish, Latinized form of Oleva in a Latin document issued on August 12, 1201, by the chancellery of

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. In a document written in Latin by

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from 1214, the city is mentioned under the name Olaua in the fragment Olauam et Odriczam. In a Latin document issued in Wrocław in 1269, signed by the Silesian duke Władysław of Wrocław, the town is mentioned under two names: Olawa oraz Olauia. Latin language contain much less lettres and sounds that Polish, that's why many distorted versions of Polish, Slavic words, toponyms across Europe in various documents. In the Latin book Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis (Polish Book of Emoluments of the Bishopric of Wrocław) written in the times of Bishop Henry of Wierzbno in the years 1295–1305, the town is mentioned in the Latinized form Olavia. The town was mentioned in a Latin document from 1310, where the town was recorded as "civitati Olavia versus Nyzam". In 1613, the Polish regionalist from the region of Silesia and historian Mikołaj Henel mentioned the town in his Latin work on the geography of Śląsk (also known by the Latinized as "Silesia"), entitled Silesiographia giving two names Olavia and Olawa/Olaw.

History

Oława began to develop during the 11th or early 12th century at a site that was protected by the rivers

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and

Oława Oława (, , ) is a historic town in south-western Poland with 33,029 inhabitants (2019). It is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, within the Wrocław metropolitan area. It is the seat of Oława County and of the smaller administrative distri ...

, when it was part of the

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-ruled

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. It was first mentioned as ''Oloua'' in a document of 1149 confirming Piotr Włostowic's donation to the abbey of St. Vincent in

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. In 1206 Oława became one of the residential towns of the dukes of the Silesian branch of the

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, who also granted Oława the status of a town in 1234. As a result of the fragmentation of Poland, Oława at various times formed part of the duchies of

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and

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. During its history Oława was destroyed completely three times. In 1241 it was destroyed during the

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, in 1448 by the

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, and again in 1634 during the

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. After the Polish King Casimir III had renounced his rights on

with the Treaty of Trenčín in 1335, Silesia became until 1806 a part of the

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as a

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fief, although the town remained under the rule of the Polish

as part of the

Duchy of Legnica The Duchy of Legnica (, ) or Duchy of Liegnitz () was one of the Duchies of Silesia, formed during the fragmentation of Poland into smaller provincial duchies, ruled by a local line of the Piast dynasty between 1248 and 1675. Its capital was Legni ...

until 1675. In 1526, when the

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s gained the

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n crown, Silesia came under Austrian suzerainty. In 1527 with the

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High German language came in use and with it the first usage of the version of the town's name ''Ohlau'' is reported. Following the death of the last Silesian Piast duke

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in 1675, Oława ceased to be a residence town. In spite of Habsburg political influence, in the 17th century, the town was still part of the territory dominated by the

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. Oława found itself again under Polish rule, when Polish prince James Louis Sobieski, son of King

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, became duke of Oława in years 1691–1737. Together with most of Silesia, the town became part of the

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in 1742. The 18th and 19th centuries were a period of economic growth and Oława (then as ''Ohlau'') became well known as a centre of tobacco-growing. In 1842 a railroad between Ohlau and

, the first in Silesia, was opened. Ethnic Polish traditions and population remained strong in the area. Poles smuggled large amounts of gunpowder through the town to the

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of Poland during the

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in 1863. Folkorist

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noted local Polish folk songs in his 1863 work, and a substantial concentration of Poles in and around the town was still noted in 1896.

20th century

The historic town of Ohlau did not suffer any damage during

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, however, in

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about 60% of the buildings were destroyed. On 2 September 1939, a Polish PZL.23 Karaś bomber (scout) plane bombed a German factory in the city in the first attack on German territory after the German

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and the outbreak of World War II the day before. During the war, the Germans established and operated two labour subcamps of the Stalag VIII-B/344

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in the town. At least five Polish resistance members were sentenced to death in the city by a German court in 1942. After

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's defeat in the war, the town became again part of Poland. After the war, a sizeable group of Polish Armenians displaced from Soviet-annexed eastern Poland settled in the town, and the first post-war mayor was Polish-Armenian Jakub Axentowicz. Oława also became a garrison town of the Soviet

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and remained so until 1992. From 1975 to 1998, it was administratively located in the Wrocław Voivodeship.

Flag and coat of arms

The flag of Oława presents the coat of arms of Oława, on a diagonally divided white-red background. The coat of arms presents a white

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on a red-shield background, looking to the left. There are two traditional hypotheses for the origin of the coat of arms: #The symbol links in with Walloonian

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s; historically located in Oława's land - and the coat of arms of

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- a red

on a yellow background. #The shield originates from the town coat of arms of the

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knight family of Olav. Neither hypothesis explains the look of the coat of arms in relation to Oława. The coat of arms of Oława is identical on the basis and content of the Kur coat of arms. On the basis that the coat of arms of Oława is in relation to the Kur coat of arms, such hypothesis can be deemed highly agreeable. The Kur coat of arms can be linked to Jan of Kur, a knight of Konrad I of Głogów, being the owner of the village of Kurów Wielki in 1266, in the

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. The coat of arms can also be also traced back to the personage of Szyban von Der - the court

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of Henry III of Głogów - erroneously equated to Szaban Tader, a

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of the Świny Castle, mentioned in Franciszek Piekosiński's book - ''Heraldyka polska wieków średnich'' - (''Heraldry of Polish Middle Ages'') published in

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, in 1899; where the document is sealed with the town's coat of arms from 1300.

Economy

Oława is the centre for industry and production in the

. The town's industries include the production of electronics (namely Electrolux Poland and Nardi Appliances), furniture and car parts. Largest industries include: * Zm Silesia SA (formerly Huta Oława S.A.) – production of

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and

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* SCA Hygiene Products – production of

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for toddlers and adults * DS Smith – packaging production * Autoliv Poland – production of

seat belt A seat belt, also known as a safety belt or spelled seatbelt, is a vehicle safety device designed to secure the driver or a passenger of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result during a collision or a sudden stop. A seat belt reduce ...

s and car

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s * Centrozłom Wrocław PPZM – branch of metal recycling * The Lorenz Bahlsen Snack-World Sp. z o.o. – food production * Ergis SA – packaging production * MetalErg – processing of metals and plastics * Tabex – car parts production * ZNTK Oława Sp. z o.o. – train repair department * Zakpol –

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production * Marco –

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materials production * Formtech – plastic materials production * Rotex – plastic materials production * Atex Sp. z o.o. –

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and

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tank production * Electrolux Poland – electronics * Nardi Appliances Poland – electronics * Standis Polska Sp. z o.o. - shop furniture production * Bama Europa Sp. z o.o. -

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production

Sports

The local

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team is . It competes in the lower leagues.

Notable people

* John Christian of Brzeg-Legnica (1591–1639), Duke of Brzeg and Legnica, member of the

* George Rudolf of Legnica (1595–1653), Duke of Legnica, member of the Piast dynasty * Christian of Brzeg-Legnica (1618–1672), Duke of Brzeg and Legnica, member of the Piast dynasty, candidate for the Polish throne *

(1660–1675), Duke of Legnica, last ruling member of the

* Maria Karolina Sobieska (1697–1740), Polish noblewoman, duchesse de Bouillon, daughter of James Louis Sobieski * Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702–1735), Polish noblewoman, wife of the Jacobite pretender

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, sister of the above * Johann Baptist Alzog (1808–1878), German theologian and Catholic church historian. *

Alfred Pringsheim Alfred Pringsheim (2 September 1850 – 25 June 1941) was a German mathematician and patron of the arts. He was the father-in-law of the author and Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann. Family and academic career Pringsheim was born in Ohlau, Prov ...

(1850–1941), German mathematician and patron of the arts *

Hermann Eberhard Hermann Eberhard (27 February 1852 in Ohlau, Silesia – 30 May 1908) was a 19th-century German explorer credited with western discovery of considerable lands in Patagonia, Chile. Eberhard journeyed by boat up the Última Esperanza Sound to invest ...

(1852–1908), German explorer * Bernhard Lichtenberg (1875–1943), German Roman Catholic priest and theologian, awarded the title righteous among the Nations. * Leopold Lichtwitz (1876–1943), German-American internist * Hans-Georg von der Marwitz (1893–1925), German World War I flying ace * Bernd Eistert, (1902–1978) German chemist * Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, (1904–1944) German jurist and a member of the German Resistance against Nazism * Hans Kloss (1938–2018), German artist and graphic designer * Marek Wrona (born 1966), Polish racing cyclist,

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winner *

Adam Wójcik Adam Wójcik (20 April 1970 – 26 August 2017) was a Polish professional basketball player. He was known as one of the all-time greats in Polish basketball. He is the second all-time leading scorer of the Polish Basketball League, since the year ...

(1970–2017), Polish basketball player, 8-time Polish champion *

Paweł Mykietyn Paweł Jan Mykietyn (Polish pronunciation: ; born 20 May 1971) is a Polish award-winning composer and clarinetist. By the year 2012, Mykietyn had written two symphonies, cello, piano and violin concertos, St. Marc Passions for soprano, narrator ...

(born 1971), Polish composer * Szymon Kołecki (born 1981), Polish weightlifter who won the gold medal at the

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in Beijing after doping reanalysis * Marek Gancarczyk (born 1983), Polish footballer * Janusz Gancarczyk (born 1984), Polish footballer *

Maciej Bodnar Maciej Bodnar (born 7 March 1985, in Oława) is a Polish former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2007 to 2023. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Łukasz Bodnar. Bodnar was a team-mate of Peter Sagan ...

(born 1985), Polish professional cyclist * Mateusz Rudyk (born 1995), Polish track cyclist

Twin towns – sister cities

Oława is twinned with: *

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, Czech Republic * Oberasbach, Germany *

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, Italy *

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, Romania * Zolochiv, Ukraine

References

External links

*
Municipal website

Jewish Community in Oława
on Virtual Shtetl * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Lower Silesian Voivodeship Oława County Populated riverside places in Poland Cities in Silesia