Sułów () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Milicz, within Milicz County,

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 ...

, in south-western Poland.

Geography

The village is located in the historic Lower Silesia region on the Barycz River within the Milicz Ponds nature reserve, approximately south-west of Milicz and north of the regional capital

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History

The territory became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century, and after the country's fragmentation into smaller provincial duchies, it formed part of the duchies of Silesia/Wrocław, Głogów and Oleśnica, ruled by the

Piast dynasty The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented List of Polish monarchs, Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I of Poland, Mieszko I (–992). The Poland during the Piast dynasty, Piasts' royal rule in Pol ...

until 1492. The first Sułów Castle, built by the Dukes of Oleśnica was mentioned in 1351. Later a base of robber barons, it was finally destroyed by Wrocław citizens about 1500. During the

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, on 28 July 1645, a battle between Swedes and Austrians was fought near the village. The preserved

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

castle with gardens was erected in the late 17th century. In 1775, it was granted town rights, lost after

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in 1945. In Polish, it was historically also known as ''Sulejewo, Suława'' and ''Zuława''. The Tarczyński Group

meat Meat is animal Tissue (biology), tissue, often muscle, that is eaten as food. Humans have hunted and farmed other animals for meat since prehistory. The Neolithic Revolution allowed the domestication of vertebrates, including chickens, sheep, ...

produce company was founded in Sułów in 1989 by Jacek Tarczyński.

Sights

Sułów is known for its two timber framed churches, Sts Peter and Paul built in 1731-34 and Our Lady of Częstochowa erected in 1765–67, and the Baroque Sułów Castle.

References

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* {{Gmina Milicz Villages in Milicz County Populated riverside places in Poland