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ZĄBKOWICE ŚLĄSKIE

ZĄBKOWICE ŚLĄSKIE. MY TOWN. Ząbkowice Śląskie (German : Frankenstein in Schlesien ) is a town with 14,986 inhabitants ( 2007), in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, and the capital of Ząbkowice Ślaskie County.

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ZĄBKOWICE ŚLĄSKIE

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  1. ZĄBKOWICE ŚLĄSKIE MY TOWN

  2. Ząbkowice Śląskie (German: Frankenstein in Schlesien) is a town with 14,986 inhabitants ( 2007), in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, and the capital of ZąbkowiceŚlaskie County.

  3. Ząbkowice Śląskie County (in Polish powiat ząbkowicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland, created on 1st January 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.

  4. The town was established as Frankenstein in the early 13th, following the Mongol invasion and received city rights about the year 1280. Since 1335 it belonged to Bohemia and since 1742 to Prussia.

  5. In the early 1600s the plague killed about one third of the population and events at that time gave a rise to the Frankenstein legend Since the time of itsestablishinginthesecondhalf of XIII thcenturytill 1945 Ząbkowice was called Frankenstein. Itseemsprobablethatthe first settlers, thefounders of the city, comingfromFrankony - thehistorical land of Germany located on the Middle Rhine-"brought" thename of thetownwiththem.Theword Frankenstein is associated withthe monster Frankenstein fromthenovel by Mary Shelley and with horror filmsbased on thatnovel. Consequently, thequestionarisesifthereis a connectionbetweenthename of thetown and the monster Frankenstein.

  6. In 1858, the town burned down and had to be rebuilt. Due to that event, the upper part of the 15th century The Leaning Tower was reconstructed in a straight manner.

  7. From 1816 to 1945, the town was the seat of a county. After The World War II the town was renamed to Ząbkowice Śląskie in 1946 after the German population fled or was expelled.

  8. LAST ANIVERSARY From the 10th of October to the 20th of October 2007 The inhabitants were celebrating the 720th anniversary of setting up of the town. On that occasion there were many different presentations, performances and contests on the Market Square. Some students from my school wrote tests concerning the history of Ząkowice Śląskie. Others drew the monuments of Ząbkowice Śląskie. The entire town took part in preparing to that event.

  9. Let’s visit Ząbkowice Śląskie Ząbkowice Śląskie is a very nice town although it is very small. People sometimes think that small towns aren’t interesting and don’t have monuments or beautiful places. But it is a mistake because Ząbkowice Śląskie is a picturesque area full of beautiful places and friendly people. Become convinced about it, visiting the town.

  10. The Leaning Tower • The Leaning Tower was build in 1413. The height of the tower is 34 m and the current deviation from the vertical 2 , 14 m . It’s worthseeing, becaause it’s only two of them in the worldand one of them is in Poland. In 1863 there was suspended a new clock, made by Hoffman (a clockmaker from Oława) .

  11. INTERESTING PLACES TO VISITThe ruins of the castle

  12. INTERESTING PLACES TO VISITTheLocalMuseum and the Market Square

  13. Town Hall • The Town Hall was build between the 1862- 1864 in Neo-Gothic style , in place of the previous town hall , which burned down in 1858 . In 1992 – 1996 the building was completly renovated . In the Town Hall there is a Library, which is open for everyone.

  14. City walls • The first city walls were built probably in the days when the city was founded. It was probably a small, square ring measuring 200 to 400 m with four gates surrounding the market square. Part of the fortification was in the form of wood – earthen walls. Part of the walls made of broken stone. The oldest part of thewalls, preserved to this day is a wall running form street to street Grunwaldzka Prusa .

  15. Dr Frankenstein Laboratory • The Lab was opened in the Regional Souvenir Chamber in Ząbkowice Śl. on 26.05.2001 in order to enliven the museum exhibition and to stress Ząbkowice's monster tradition. • The museum's founders were: Lower Silesian Tourist Organisation and PZU SA. Regional Branch. The initiator and the executor of all was Krzysztof Andrzejewski - an artist.

  16. Was Frankenstein - the monster 'born' in Ząbkowice ?

  17. The legend of Frankenstein • The fact, that the legend of Frankenstein was still alive even a few hundred years after that terrible incident is proved by an account of Władysław Grabski in his book called "300 towns returned to Poland", published in 1960 where he says quoting the local legend:"There was the monster Frankenstein living in the castle of Ząbkowice, who by his infamous dealings took 2000 lives until the hand of God`s justice tauched him".

  18. WEEKENDS WITH FRANKENSTEIN • 18-20.10.1996 - 1st Weekend with Frankenstein • 10-12.10.1997 - 2nd Weekend with Frankenstein • 26-27.05.2001 - 3rd Weekend with Frankenstein • 08-09.06.2002-4th Weekend with Frankenstein

  19. Thankyou for yourattentionThat’sourschool

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