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Zagan (Cancelled)
Zagan (Cancelled)
Due to the situation of the state of Pandemic decreed in 2020 and the confinement the scheduled mobility to Zagan was canceled. These are some of the visits that were scheduled to be made with the mobility students.
Palace of Culture
Palace of Culture
At present called the Palace ot Culture of Zagan (4 Szprotawska street) is situated on the south-east-erly edge ot the city in the place of the medieval castle which was founded about 3 metres below pa³ace. In 1627 the duchy of Zagan was purchased by the commander of the Austnan troops duke Albrecht Wallenstein. About 1630 he initiated the construction of a palace replacing the castle. The palace was designed by Vincentio Boccacci as Renaissance type of a fortified residence.
Museum POW camps
Museum POW camps
For more than two centuries now, the history of Żagań has been bound up with that of the army. All kinds of military formations have been stationed here, and the town has also seen prisoner-of-war camps set up in the area.
During World War I, prisoners-of-war from every country fighting against Germany were held here. Then, in 1919, the captured participants of the Wielkopolska Uprising were imprisoned here. Stalag VIIIC was built in 1939 and it held over 40 000 POWs, many of them died because of hunger, illness and bad treatment.
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