Zawidów
Zawidów is a town in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, at the Czech border.
The town lies some south-south-east of Zgorzelec and west of the regional capital, Wrocław. As of 2019, the town had a population of 4,180.History
The settlement was first mentioned in 1186. In the 14th century it became part of the Bohemian Kingdom. It was granted town rights in 1369. In 1397 a school was founded. The town suffered from fires in 1427, 1433, 1469, 1769 and 1834. In 1635 it passed to the Electorate of Saxony and from 1697 was also under the rule of the Kings of Poland. As a result of the Thirty Years' War, Protestants from the Czech Kingdom settled there.
In 1815 it fell to Prussia, and between 1871 and 1945 it was part of unified Germany. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.
