Ścinawa

Ścinawa was a Silesian Piast duchy on the middle Oder. Its duke John had paid homage to Bohemia in 1329; in 1337 his brothers bought his indebted lands while leaving him life rule.

In 1343 Polish forces besieged and plundered Ścinawa. John sold half of the town in 1358; after his death around 1365, another part passed to Henry V of Żagań. Emperor Charles IV annexed the Świdnica half after 1368. The remaining Piast lands reverted to the Habsburgs when George William died in 1675, and passed to Prussia in 1742.