Jaworów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Jaworów [jaˈvɔruf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wiązów, within Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
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
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).
At Jaworów Peter the Great was betrothed to Catherine I.
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jaworów". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 294.
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