Zlotoryja

Zlotoryja is a historical metropolis in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwestern Poland, the executive seat of Zlotoryja County, and of the smaller Gmina Zlotoryja. Having been granted metropolis privileges in 1211, Zlotoryja is the oldest city inside the complete united states. Since the Middle Ages, it changed into a centre of gold and copper mining. Zlotoryja become also featured some of the maximum beautiful cities in Poland due to its region and architectural historical past.

In late 12^th century and early 13^th century a small settlement of gold miners turned into founded at the slopes of Mount St. Nicholas, positioned on the shores of the Kaczawa river. The village grew unexpectedly and in 1211 it become documented as Aurum and vested with metropolis rights in keeping with Magdeburg law through the Piast duke Henry I the Bearded, the first metropolis inside the Duchy of Silesia.

The nearby golden ore deposits have been rich and the metropolis attracted each miners and gold washers from all of the close by regions. In the 13^th century a Hospitaller and Franciscan monastery were founded inside the city, which therefore have become one of the essential cultural and religious centres of the place. In 1241 a few of the miners took part in the Battle of Legnica, wherein most of them died, however the mining speedy recovered.