Paul Weidinger

GEDCOM Note

<p><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;">Dzierżoniów</strong>, German <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 18px;vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;">Reichenbach</strong>, city, <a class="md-crosslink" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #106596; cursor: pointer; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;" href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Dolnoslaskie">Dolnośląskie</a> <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;">województwo</em> (province), southwestern, <a class="md-crosslink" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #106596; cursor: pointer; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;" href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Poland">Poland</a>, on the Piława River in Lower <a class="md-crosslink" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #106596; cursor: pointer; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;" href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Silesia">Silesia</a>. The <a class="md-dictionary-link md-dictionary-tt-off" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #000000; cursor: pointer; border-bottom: 2px dotted #106596; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none !important;" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community" data-term="community">community</a> was founded as Reichenbach in the 12th century and received town rights in the 13th. The duke of Ziębice (Münsterberg) pledged the town to <a class="md-crosslink" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #106596; cursor: pointer; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;" href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Bohemia">Bohemia</a> (1335), whence it passed to the <a class="md-crosslink" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #106596; cursor: pointer; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Habsburg">Habsburgs</a>. In 1742 it was surrendered, with Silesia, to Prussia; it returned to Poland in 1945 and was renamed for the Polish <a class="md-crosslink autoxref"style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #106596; cursor: pointer; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/priest-Christianity">priest</a> Jan Dzierżoń. The economy of Dzierżoniów was long based on heavy industry, though this activity had fallen into decline by the late 20th century. It is the major trading centre for its surrounding area. </p>