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Głogów

Also known as Glogau

Głogów is a town on the Oder in Lower Silesia, Poland. One of the oldest Polish strongholds, it resisted Emperor Henry V in a famous siege in 1109, and from about 1251 it was the capital of a Piast Duchy of Głogów. Later Bohemian, Habsburg and from 1742 Prussian, it was a fortress town and was almost completely destroyed in 1945.

Głogów
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Mentioned in 3 state histories

Duchy of GłogówDuchy of ŻagańDuchy of Ścinawa

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Głogów. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/glogow
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