{"id":5468,"date":"2023-07-17T19:36:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T17:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viafabrilis.zw.pl\/?page_id=5468"},"modified":"2024-02-11T12:09:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T11:09:32","slug":"the-centre-for-culture-sports-and-tourism-in-wlen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/viafabrilis.zw.pl\/en\/the-centre-for-culture-sports-and-tourism-in-wlen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Centre for Culture, Sports and Tourism in Wle\u0144"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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2 Chopina st.<\/span><\/p>

59-610 Wle\u0144<\/span><\/p>

phone\/fax: +48 75 713 62 68<\/span><\/p>

e-mail: oksit@wlen.pl<\/span><\/p>

www.oksit.wlen.pl<\/span><\/p>

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Wle\u0144 is one of the oldest towns in Lower Silesia. It obtained municipal rights in the first half of the 13th century. The settlement developed dynamically until the end of the 16th century, serving as an important trade centre. The town had the right to trade in salt, and from 1501 – the exclusive right to organise pigeon fairs, which became its showcase. In the modern period, as a result of warfare, Wle\u0144 significantly declined. It was not until the 19th century that local economy was rebuilt. At that time, attempts were made to create a spinning industry hub in the town, but the centre was not able to compete with the much stronger Jelenia G\u00f3ra.<\/span><\/p>

The watch factory in Wle\u0144, founded in 1850 by the brothers Eduard, Wilhelm and Albert Eppner, gained an international reputation. In 1856, after an audience with the Prussian King Frederick William IV, Eduard Eppner was awarded the title of the Court Watchmaker and the Royal Purveyor to the Court. The monarch\u2019s protection not only brought great prestige, but also a high monthly subsidy. In the same year, specialists from Switzerland were employed in the factory, which resulted in a significant increase in the quality and accuracy of the mechanisms. In addition to silver and gold pocket watches, the factory in Wle\u0144 produced women’s watches with diamonds, special watches for railway conductors and postal coaches, pendulum clocks and tower clocks. In the early 1860s, the Prussian Navy Ministry commissioned the factory to produce a large number of chronometers for ship equipment. Products from Wle\u0144 were exported, among others, to to Russia, England, Egypt, the USA and Brazil, and in 1862 a two-year vocational school was opened at the plant, educating in the watchmaking profession.<\/span><\/p>

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The end of splendor came with the launch of a competitive factory in Zgorzelec in the late 1860s, which attracted skilled workers from Wle\u0144, offering better wages. In the face of a threatening crash, the plant was moved to Srebrna G\u00f3ra in the years 1868\u20131872. The only testimony to Wle\u0144’s watchmaking golden era is the clock on the town hall tower, made by the 17-year-old Johann Gottlieb Becker, a graduate of the watchmaking school in Wle\u0144, and then an employee of the Eppner factory.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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