Wo?w (German: Wohlau) is a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodship of southern Poland. Founded in 1288, the town’s name is probably derived from the Polish: word w?, which means “bull.” The oldest known seal of the town dates from 1473 and already shows a bull, as do all later seals. Until 1675 Wo?w was a residence of the Silesian Piast dukes of Legnica-Brzeg-Wo?w (Liegnitz-Brieg-Wohlau). For centuries the nearby Cistercian abbey of Lubi?? (Leubus) was a cultural centre of Lower Silesia.
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