Milicz

Milicz lies on the Barycz in Lower Silesia. Its castle is mentioned in 1136, and the inhabitants received town privileges in 1245. The district belonged to the duchy of Oleśnica from 1313; in 1358 the bishops of Wrocław sold their Milicz estates to Duke Konrad, whose successors built a Gothic castle. Hussite forces attacked the town in 1432.

In 1494 King Vladislas granted Milicz to Sigismund Kurzbach, and the Maltzan family acquired the Milicz lordship in 1590. A Protestant Church of Grace was completed in 1714 following permission granted under the Convention of Altranstädt. Prussia conquered the town during the First Silesian War in 1742.