Duchy of Brzeg, Brzeg

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The Duchy of Brzeg or Duchy of Brieg was one of the Duchies of Silesia, created in 1311 during the fragmentation of the Duchy of Wrocław. A Bohemian fief from 1329, it was ruled by the Silesian Piasts until their extinction in 1675. Its capital was Brzeg in Lower Silesia. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°51'39"N, 17°28'15"E

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Duchy of Brzeg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St. Nicholas' Church, City Hall, St. Jadwiga's Church, Saints Peter and Paul Church.

~330 ftS
Church, Gothic architecture
St. Nicholas' Church, Brzeg
2 min walk • St. Nicholas' Church in Brzeg, Poland, is a Gothic basilica built in the fourteenth century. The church was built between 1370 and 1420 during the reign of Louis I of Brzeg.
~430 ftNW
City hall
City Hall, Brzeg
3 min walk • Brzeg Town Hall is a Renaissance building designed by Bernard Niuron built between 1569 and 1577. It is considered to be one of the most important Renaissance monuments in Poland.
~1390 ftNW
Church
St. Jadwiga's Church, Brzeg
7 min walk • St. Jadwiga's Church in Brzeg, Poland, is a Gothic castle church built in the fourteenth-century. The Gothic brick-built chapel, adjoined to the south-western portion of Brzeg Castle was built in the former location of a collegiate church of St Hedwig built between 1368 and 1369.
~700 ftNE
Church, Gothic architecture
Saints Peter and Paul Church, Brzeg
4 min walk • Saints Peter and Paul Church in Brzeg, Poland, is a historic Gothic Franciscan basilica built in the thirteenth-century. The church was built in the thirteenth-century, subsequently expanded in 1338, and transformed after a fire in the sixteenth-century.
~1200 ftNW
Church, Baroque architecture
Holy Cross Church, Brzeg
6 min walk • Holy Cross Church - a Roman Catholic parish church in Brzeg, in the Opole Voivodeship. The church belongs to the deanery of the North of Brzeg; Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław.
~880 ftW
Synagogue
Brzeg Synagogue, Brzeg
5 min walk • Brzeg Synagogue - a former synagogue building, located in Brzeg, Poland. At the beginning of the sixteenth century a former synagogue building stood in the location of the present, but burnt down in 1507.
0.5 miSE
Church
St. Luke's Church, Brzeg
13 min walk • St. Luke's Church - a parish church belonging to the Lutheran Diocese of Katowice. The church is located in Brzeg, Opole Voivodeship in Poland.
~1390 ftNW
Museum
Brzeg Castle, Brzeg
7 min walk • Brzeg Castle is located in Brzeg, Opole Voivodeship, within the Polish part of the Silesia region. Now a museum, the structures includes the Piast dynasty mausoleum.

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Nearby attractions include St. Nicholas' Church, Brzeg (2 min walk), City Hall, Brzeg (3 min walk), Saints Peter and Paul Church, Brzeg (4 min walk), Brzeg Synagogue, Brzeg (5 min walk).