Last modified: 2002-09-21 by jarig bakker
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On this
webspage is the flag of Oborniki Slaskie commune, Trzebnica county,
Dolnoslaskie vojvodship, Poland. Formerly Obernigk in the Prussian province
of Silesia.
Jarig Bakker, 13 Sep 2002
Żmigród is in Trzebnica county, c. 40 km north of Wrocław. German name:
Trachenberg/Schmiegrode. Flag adopted: 1996.
Gunnar Staack, 17 Oct 2000.
Legend has it that Żmigród derives its name from basilisk or a cruel
dragon that tormented residents of the town. The beast was believed to
have lived in the vicinity of a local parish church, where a water tower
is located today.
Gunnar Staack, 17 Oct 2000.
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