Swiebodzice
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Świebodzice (German Freiburg in Schlesien) is a town in south-western Poland with 24,700 inhabitants (as of 1994).
Situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Walbrzych Voivodship (1975–1998).
The city is situated next to "Książ Castle" which during the World War II, together with the underground cave complex, was expanded to create Adolf Hitler's private quarters there.
Old fortifications from around 1279, the year the city was founded, still remain.