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The Ślęża (; german: Zobten or ''Zobtenberg'', later also ''Siling'') is a mountain in the Sudetes, Sudeten Sudeten Foreland, Foreland ( pl, Przedgórze Sudeckie) in Lower Silesia, from Wrocław, southern Poland. This nature reserve built mostly of granite is 718 m high and covered with forests.
The top of the mountain has a PTTK tourist mountain hut, a television and radio mast, church Mary, some poorly-visible ruins of the castle and an observation tower. The mountain and its surrounding region form a protected area, Ślęża Landscape Park.
During the Neolithic Period and at least as far back as the 7th century BC Mount Ślęża (Zobten) was a holy place of the tribes of the Lusatian culture. It was then settled by Slavs.
The Silingi, a subpopulation of the Germanic peoples, East Germanic tribe known as the Vandals are the earliest inhabitants of Silesia known by their name, however the greater part of them moved westwards after the 5th century AD and the remainder were slowly replaced in the 6th century by Slavs, Slavic tribes who assimilated the few remaining East Germanic inhabitants.T. Hunt Tooley "National Identity and Weimar Germany: Upper Silesia and the Eastern Border", 1997
University of Nebraska Press, p.6
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The Silingi were part of the Przeworsk culture. The name of the territory Silesia either derives from the Ślęza, Ślęza River, or from Mount Ślęża, which themselves derive their name from either, according to Germanist authors the Silingi people.Adrian Room "Placenames of the World", McFarland 2004m p.333
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or, according to Slavisist authors, the Ślężanie people. The Slavic Ślężanie tribe settled in the area around the 6th Century AD. In the 10th Century, Mieszko I of Poland, Mieszko I of the Piast dynasty incorporated Silesia into the Polish state. The etymology of the mountain is highly disputed between a Slavic, Germanic, or other Indo-European origin. The name has been recorded in several forms. As monte Silencii, in 1108, or as monte Slez in 1245. Christianity came first via the Byzantine Church Slavonic missionaries saints Cyril and Methodius and by the diocese of Regensburg, then in the 10th century Bohemia received a bishopric, Archdiocese of Prague, Prague, which was itself subject to the archbishopric of Mainz. Mount Ślęża was an ancient holy place for local tribes dedicated to a sun deity, and remained a holy place during Christians, Christian times as well. In the first half of the 12th century, the owner of the place was the Polish dukes' governor, Piotr Włostowic, who founded there an Augustinians, Augustinian convent which was subsequently moved to Wrocław in 1153.
Sacred mountain
During the Neolithic Period and at least as far back as the 7th century BC Mount Ślęża (Zobten) was a holy place of the tribes of the Lusatian culture. It was then settled by Slavs.
The Silingi, a subpopulation of the Germanic peoples, East Germanic tribe known as the Vandals are the earliest inhabitants of Silesia known by their name, however the greater part of them moved westwards after the 5th century AD and the remainder were slowly replaced in the 6th century by Slavs, Slavic tribes who assimilated the few remaining East Germanic inhabitants.T. Hunt Tooley "National Identity and Weimar Germany: Upper Silesia and the Eastern Border", 1997
University of Nebraska Press, p.6Google Books
The Silingi were part of the Przeworsk culture. The name of the territory Silesia either derives from the Ślęza, Ślęza River, or from Mount Ślęża, which themselves derive their name from either, according to Germanist authors the Silingi people.Adrian Room "Placenames of the World", McFarland 2004m p.333
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or, according to Slavisist authors, the Ślężanie people. The Slavic Ślężanie tribe settled in the area around the 6th Century AD. In the 10th Century, Mieszko I of Poland, Mieszko I of the Piast dynasty incorporated Silesia into the Polish state. The etymology of the mountain is highly disputed between a Slavic, Germanic, or other Indo-European origin. The name has been recorded in several forms. As monte Silencii, in 1108, or as monte Slez in 1245. Christianity came first via the Byzantine Church Slavonic missionaries saints Cyril and Methodius and by the diocese of Regensburg, then in the 10th century Bohemia received a bishopric, Archdiocese of Prague, Prague, which was itself subject to the archbishopric of Mainz. Mount Ślęża was an ancient holy place for local tribes dedicated to a sun deity, and remained a holy place during Christians, Christian times as well. In the first half of the 12th century, the owner of the place was the Polish dukes' governor, Piotr Włostowic, who founded there an Augustinians, Augustinian convent which was subsequently moved to Wrocław in 1153.
Etymology
The Silesians might have been named after the Silingi, as the Silingi were previous inhabitants of this region. Another explanation says that the word is perhaps derived from a Silesian language, Silesian word meaning "wet swampy place", the corresponding verb is "Ślęgnąć" meaning "to become wet".Ślęża in art and culture
Mount Ślęża has been portrayed in the famous but atypical manner of Polish independent film (in Poland called :pl:Kino niezależne, ''Polskie Kino Niezależne'') Edi800 in the movie ''Ślęża Manekin Project III''.Transmitter
On Ślęża there is a facility for FM- and TV-transmission, which uses a 136 metre tall free-standing (with additional guying) lattice tower. The current tower which was built in 1972 replaced a 98 metre tall tower built in 1957, which was Partially guyed tower, partially guyed.See also
*Geography of PolandReferences
External links
* :File:Blaeu 1645 - Silesia Inferior.jpg, Map of the 1600s with Town of Zobten near Zobtenberg (mountain) * http://radiopolska.pl/wykaz/pokaz_lokalizacja.php?pid=165 * http://www.severfire.com/project/2015-09-20-gora-sleza/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Sleza, Mount Landforms of Lower Silesian Voivodeship Mountains of Poland Wrocław County