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Klodzko

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Kłodzko (klôts`kô), Ger. Glatz, town (1994 est. pop. 30,600), Dolnośląskie prov., SW Poland. It is a commercial center with lumber and textile mills, metalworks, and sugar refineries. Founded in the 10th cent., it was capital of a county created in 1462. It was seized by Frederick II of Prussia in the War of the Austrian Succession and was formally ceded to Prussia in 1745. It was returned to Poland in 1945.
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Two separate railway lines in the south west, onnecting Wroclaw with Opole and another to Klodzko, were paralysed by the theft of around 400 metres of electric cable powering the trains, Siemieniec said.
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Two separate railway lines in the south west, connecting Wroclaw with Opole and another to Klodzko, were paralysed by the theft of around 400 meters (437 yards) of electric cable powering the trains, Siemieniec said.
Cable theft brings trains to grinding halt in Poland by AFP / AFP Global Edition
While not just Klodzko but the whole of Silesia still belonged to the Bohemian Crown (until 1742), this region was the "centre of the kingdom" and a cultural crossroads between Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia.
Frantisek Ignac Tuma: 2nd October 1704-30th January 1774 by Slavicky, Tomas / Czech Music
 
 
 
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