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Jawor Castle, the Glossary

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  1. 14 relations: Castle, Clock tower, Duchy of Jawor, Frederick the Great, Holy Roman Empire, Home Army, Jawor, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Lunatic asylum, Middle Ages, Piast dynasty, Poland, Tower house, World War II.

  2. Castles in Lower Silesian Voivodeship
  3. Jawor

Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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Clock tower

Clock towers are a specific type of structure that house a turret clock and have one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls.

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Duchy of Jawor

Duchy of Jawor (Księstwo Jaworskie, Javorské knížectví) was one of the Duchies of Silesia and medieval Poland established in 1274 as a subdivision of the Duchy of Legnica.

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Frederick the Great

Frederick II (Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786.

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Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.

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Home Army

The Home Army (Armia Krajowa,; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II.

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Jawor

Jawor (Jauer) is a town in south-western Poland with 22,890 inhabitants (2019).

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Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided.

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Lunatic asylum

The lunatic asylum, insane asylum or mental asylum was an institution where people with mental illness were confined.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Piast dynasty

The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Tower house

A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

Castles in Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Jawor

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawor_Castle