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Głogówek is a town in Poland located in the Prudnik district and the seat of the Głogówek urban-rural municipality. The town lies in historical Upper Silesia, on the border of the Racibórz Basin and the Głubczyce Plateau, which are part of the Silesian Lowland. The Osobłoga river flows through the town, which is inhabited by nearly 5.3 thousand residents.
The first mention of the settlement of Głogówek dates back to the second half of the 11th century. In 1264, Duke Władysław of Opole funded a Franciscan monastery in the town and brought in German colonists. Głogówek received town rights in 1275. At the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, the town became the seat of Bolko I of Opole and, along with the entire Opole Duchy, began to be subject to the Kingdom of Bohemia. Duke Henry I of Niemodlin founded the collegiate church of St. Bartholomew in 1379. Slightly later, Władysław Opolczyk built a Pauline monastery near the town. The Głogówek-Prudnik Duchy was reincorporated into the Opole Duchy on the initiative of Nicholas I of Opole. During the Swedish invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1655, King John Casimir Vasa stayed in exile in Głogówek for two months starting in October 1655, along with his wife Marie Louise and a court of 1,800 people. As a result of the First Silesian War between Prussia and Austria, the town, along with most of historical Silesia, became part of Prussia. On March 18, 1945, Głogówek was bombed by a Soviet plane. Tenement houses on the market square, the town hall, the flax retting plant, and warehouses on Fabryczna Street were destroyed. With the end of World War II, the town became part of the Polish state.
