Editing Świdnica (section)

===Early modern period===
In 1526 the city came under the rule of the [[Habsburg monarchy]] as part of the surrounding Duchy of Schweidnitz (Świdnica). In the 16th century it was one of the regional centers of [[Anabaptism]].<ref name=PWN/> The city suffered greatly during the [[Thirty Years' War]] (1618–48) as a result of sieges, fires and epidemics.<ref name=UM/> Świdnica, under the Germanized name ''Schweidnitz'', was annexed by the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] during the [[First Silesian War]] (1740–42). The town was turned into a [[fortress]], which it remained until 1866.<ref name=UM/>

[[File:Karte von Schweidnitz (1778).tif|thumb|left|Map of Świdnica (1778)]]
[[File:Wybicki-tablica.JPG|thumb|Plaque to [[Józef Wybicki]], commemorating his stay in 1803]]
It was captured again by Austria in October 1761, during the [[Third Silesian War]], or [[Seven Years' War]], but Prussians [[Siege of Schweidnitz (1762)|retook it one year later]]. In 1803 the city was visited by Polish jurist, poet, political and military activist [[Józef Wybicki]], best known as the author of the lyrics of the [[Poland Is Not Yet Lost|national anthem of Poland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://swidnica24.pl/2017/07/220-lat-mazurka-dabrowskiego-jak-wlasciwie-spiewac-hymn-polski/|title=220 lat Mazurka Dąbrowskiego. Jak właściwie śpiewać Hymn Polski?|website=Swidnica24.pl|date=20 July 2017|access-date=1 November 2020|language=pl}}</ref> In 1807 the city was captured by French troops during the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. It became part of the Prussian-led [[German Empire]] in 1871 during the [[unification of Germany]] and stayed within [[Germany]] until the end of [[World War II]]. According to the Prussian census of 1905, the city of Schweidnitz had a population of 30,540 who were mostly [[Germans]], but also included a Polish minority comprising around 3% of the population.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Belzyt|first=Leszek|url=https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/search?isbn|title=Sprachliche Minderheiten im preussischen Staat: 1815 - 1914; die preußische Sprachenstatistik in Bearbeitung und Kommentar|date=1998|publisher=Herder-Inst.|isbn=978-3-87969-267-5|location=Marburg}}</ref> The [[World War I]] flying ace [[Lothar von Richthofen]] was buried in Schweidnitz, until the city became owned by Poland after [[World War II]] in which the graveyard was leveled. During World War I, the Germans operated a [[German prisoner-of-war camps in World War I|POW camp]] for [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] officers and a forced labour camp for regular POWs in the town.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kujat|first=Janusz Adam|year=2000|title=Pieniądz zastępczy w obozach jenieckich na terenie rejencji wrocławskiej w czasie I i II wojny światowej|journal=Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny|location=Opole|language=pl|volume=23|page=13|issn=0137-5199}}</ref>