Editing Świdnica (section)

===Medieval period===
[[File:Świdnica - Cathedral.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[St. Stanislaus and St. Wenceslaus Cathedral, Świdnica|St. Stanislaus and St. Wenceslaus Cathedral]], listed as a [[List of Historic Monuments (Poland)|Historic Monument of Poland]]]]
The city's name was first recorded as ''Svidnica'' in 1070, when it was part of [[Piast dynasty|Piast]]-ruled [[Kingdom of Poland|Poland]]. Świdnica became a town in 1250, although no founding document has survived that would confirm this fact. The town belonged at the time to the [[Duchy of Silesia|Duchy of Wrocław]], a province of [[Kingdom of Poland|Poland]]. By 1290, Świdnica had city walls and six gates, crafts and trade were blossoming. At the end of the 13th century, there were guilds of bakers, weavers, potters, shoemakers, furriers and tailors in Świdnica.<ref name=UM>{{cite web|url=http://um.swidnica.pl/pages/pl/turystyka/historia-swidnicy.php|title=Historia Świdnicy|website=UM Świdnica|access-date=25 November 2019|language=pl}}</ref> The city was famous for its beer production. In the late 15th century, almost three hundred houses had the right to brew beer.<ref name=UM/> In various cities of the region ([[Wrocław]], [[Oleśnica]], [[Brzeg]]) and [[Europe]] ([[Kraków]], [[Toruń]], [[Prague]], [[Pisa]]) there were so-called "Świdnica Cellars" – restaurants serving beer from Świdnica.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Czerwiński|first1=Janusz|last2=Chanas|first2=Ryszard|title=Dolny Śląsk – przewodnik|year=1977|publisher=Sport i Turystyka|location=Warszawa|language=pl|pages=178–186}}</ref> Wrocław's ''[[Piwnica Świdnicka]]'' exists to this day as the oldest restaurant in Poland and one of the oldest in Europe. There was also a mint in Świdnica.<ref name=PWN/> The [[Franciscans]] and [[Dominican Order|Dominicans]] settled in the city in 1287 and 1291, respectively.<ref name=PWN>{{cite web|url=https://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo/Swidnica;3984475.html|title=Świdnica|website=Encyklopedia PWN|access-date=25 November 2019|language=pl}}</ref>

In 1291–1392 Świdnica was the capital of the [[Piast]]-ruled Duchy of Świdnica and Jawor. The last Polish Piast duke was [[Bolko II of Świdnica]], and after his death in 1368 the duchy was held by his wife until 1392; after her death it was incorporated into the [[Kingdom of Bohemia]] by [[Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia]]. By the end of the 14th century, Świdnica was already one of the largest cities in Silesia, with about 6,000 inhabitants.<ref name=UM/>

In 1429 the city successfully defended itself against a [[Hussites|Hussite]] attack.<ref name=UM/> From about 1469 to 1490 it was under the rule of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] and after that it was part of [[Jagiellonian dynasty|Jagiellonian]]-ruled [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]]. In the 15th century, several mills operated in the city.<ref name=UM/> Large [[cattle]] and [[hops|hop]] markets took place there.<ref name=UM/> In 1493, the town is recorded by [[Hartmann Schedel]] in his [[Nuremberg Chronicle]] as ''Schwednitz''.<ref>See [[:de:s:Die Schedelsche Weltchronik (deutsch):001|Die Schedelsche Weltchronik]] on [[:de:s:|German Wikisource]].</ref>