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| '''Wahlstatt''', a small village near ] in Lower ] (Poland). Site of decisive battle between ] and a combined Polish-German force led by Duke Henry (]) on April 9, 1241, which marked the westernmost expansion of the Mongols into central Europe. Although the Mongols annihilated their opponents, they turned back to attend to the election of a new Grand Khan. | '''Wahlstatt''', a small village near ] in Lower ] (Poland). Site of decisive battle between ] and a combined Polish-German force led by Duke Henry (]) on April 9, 1241, which marked the westernmost expansion of the Mongols into central Europe. Although the Mongols annihilated their opponents, they turned back to attend to the election of a new Grand Khan. | ||
| A baroque abbey built at the site later became a Prussian training institute for cadets (17??), then a boarding school for boys (1919), and after the transfer of Silesia to Poland a hospital for emotially disturbed patients (1949). | A baroque abbey built at the site later became a Prussian training institute for cadets (17??), then a boarding school for boys (1919), and after the transfer of Silesia to Poland a hospital for emotially disturbed patients (1949). | ||
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Wahlstatt, a small village near Legnica in Lower Silesia (Poland). Site of decisive battle between Mongols and a combined Polish-German force led by Duke Henry (Piast dynasty) on April 9, 1241, which marked the westernmost expansion of the Mongols into central Europe. Although the Mongols annihilated their opponents, they turned back to attend to the election of a new Grand Khan.
A baroque abbey built at the site later became a Prussian training institute for cadets (17??), then a boarding school for boys (1919), and after the transfer of Silesia to Poland a hospital for emotially disturbed patients (1949).