G?ogów : Poland
History
G?ogw is one of the oldest towns in Poland. It was founded as a grd by a slavic tribe called the Dziadoszans. The first known historic record of G?ogw was in 1010 in Thietmar’s chronicles, when it was invaded by Germans under the rule of Holy Roman Emperor Henry II, and was once again besieged by German armies on August 9, 1017. On August 14, 1109 the battle of G?ogw is held, against the army of emperor Henry V. In 1157 the town was taken by Frederick I Barbarossa, who burnt down its citizens.
In 1180, under the rule of Konrad I, the son of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland, the rebuilt G?ogw became a capital of the principality, and in 1253 it was given Magdeburg city rights.
