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Klodzko county (Poland)

Dolnoslaskie vojvodship

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K³odzko county flag

[Klodzko county flag] by Jens Pattke, 23 Oct 2001

This is the K³odzko County Flag for civil usage. Flag adopted 28 Mar 2000
Source: FLAGA - Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Weksylologicznego Nr.13/14 (2001)
Jens Pattke, 23 Oct 2001

Kladsko / Klodzko/Glatz/ Glacium, Glazensis
Historical territory in southern Poland, on a Czech boundaries (between  Bohemia, partially Moravia and Czech Silezia). Area ca. 1600 square kilometres.
From 10. Century part of Czech State of the Premyslides (Duke Boleslav II Pobozný/The Pious). In 11. Cent. was this area an administrative borough of the Kladsko Castle ("hradský správní obvod" - perhaps Royal Borough?). In 1093 given as a fief to Piast Family, then for certain period of time ruled by Dukes of Opole. During rule of the King Premysl Otakar II. (of Bohemia) western part of Kladsko Territory joined Bohemia (today northern part of Náchod district with Broumov Town*-) and the rest was colonised by German settlers. Kladsko had special statute - its nobility wasn't part of Bohemian noble community, but it was subject to Kladsko Castle (to local burgrave / in Czech purkrabí, in German Burggraf). From 1278 ruled by Dukes of Wróclaw (Vratislav/Breslau), 1290 by Dukes of Swidnica (Svídnice/Schweidnitz), 1301 by Dukes of Minstrberk (Münsterberg, today Ziebice, Poland). Duke Boleslav II of Minst