 zÄbkowice ÅlÄskie  () is a town in lower silesian voivodeship in south-western poland. it is the seat of zÄbkowice ÅlÄskie county, and of the smaller administrative district (gmina) called gmina zÄbkowice ÅlÄskie. the town lies approximately  south of the regional capital wrocÅaw. as of 2011, it had a population of 16,086. ==history== thumb|left|150px|main post office the town was established by duke of silesia henry iv probus as frankenstein in the early 13th century, following the mongol invasion. it was sited on a piece of land that belonged partly to the episcopal lands of procan (german protzan, modern zwrÃ³cona) and partly to the monastery at trzebnica (german trebnitz). the town was located exactly halfways between the sites of two previously existing towns that had failed to attract enough settlers: frankenberg and lÃ¶wenstein, and inherited its german name from both. its positioning on the so-called kÃ¶nigstraÃe (king's road) between prague and breslau, not too far from the commercially important city of glatz would favour the development of the town. the town received municipal rights around 1280, the first mention of civitas frankenstein is dated january 10, 1287. as from 1335 it belonged to bohemia, and from 1742 to prussia. in the early 17th century the plague killed about one third of the population, and it has been speculated that eve
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