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Ujazd is a town located on the Gliwice Canal and the Kłodnica river. It is the seat of the Ujazd urban-rural municipality, located in historical Upper Silesia, in the Strzelce district. The town is inhabited by 1.6 thousand people. The name of the town is a reference to a term for an isolated estate belonging to a duke or a canon. The settlement was mentioned for the first time in 1155, and it has had town rights since May 25, 1223. Until 1525, the town was the property of the bishops of Wrocław. Ujazd had self-government and developed as a local craft center and a commercial transit point until the 17th century, when the town declined as a result of war. In the first half of the 19th century, a faster development of the town took place due to the opening of the Kłodnica Canal. On January 21, 1945, members of the SS and the Wehrmacht murdered about 90 men near the town, on the road to Jaryszów, who were prisoners evacuated from the KL Auschwitz camp. In the course of hostilities in 1945, Ujazd was destroyed in almost 70%. The town found itself within the borders of the Polish state after World War II.