Trzebnica
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Trzebnica (German: Trebnitz) is a city near Wrocław in Silesia, capital of Trzebnica County.
Hedwig of Andechs entered the Cistercian convent of Trebnitz Trzebnica upon the death of her husband Henry I the Bearded of Głogów in battle with the Mongols in 1238. She died in October 1243 and was buried at Trzebnica, while relics of her are preserved at Andechs Abbey.
[edit] People
- Hedwig of Andechs
- Przemysł I of Greater Poland
- Agnes of Bohemia (age 3-6)
- Maria Leszczyńska, (1703-1768) queen consort of France (born here)
- Max Breslauer, German Jewish chemist (born here)
- Ernst Niekisch, prominent German exponent of National Bolshevism (born here)
- Klaus Piontek (1935-1998), actor
- Gila von Weitershausen (* 1944),actress
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