Sagan
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Sagan is a town in present-day Żagań, Poland, historically known as a center where the astronomer Johannes Kepler conducted part of his scientific work.
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | town ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Johannes Kepler ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| currentOfficialName | Żagań ⓘ |
| formerCountry |
German Empire
ⓘ
Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
Nazi Germany ⓘ Weimar Republic ⓘ |
| germanName | Sagan ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Cistercian Abbey complex in Żagań
ⓘ
Ducal Castle of Żagań ⓘ Parish Church of the Assumption in Żagań ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | Kepler’s work on astronomy and mathematics in the early 17th century ⓘ |
| historicalLanguageName | Sagan (German) ⓘ |
| historicalNameOf | Żagań ⓘ |
| historicalStatus |
Silesian town
ⓘ
ducal seat ⓘ |
| knownFor | being a place where Johannes Kepler conducted part of his scientific work ⓘ |
| languageHistoricallySpoken |
German
ⓘ
Polish language ⓘ
surface form:
Polish
|
| locatedIn |
Lubusz Voivodeship
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Poland ⓘ Żagań County ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Bóbr River ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Legnica
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zielona Góra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableNearbySite |
Stalags
ⓘ
surface form:
Stalag Luft III (World War II POW camp) near Żagań
|
| notableResident | Johannes Kepler ⓘ |
| partOf |
Lower Silesia
ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Silesia (historical region)
|
| polishName | Żagań ⓘ |
| postWorldWarIIChange | transferred from Germany to Poland after 1945 ⓘ |
| region | Silesia ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Early Modern period
ⓘ
surface form:
Early modern period
|
| transport | served by regional rail connections ⓘ |
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