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Słupiec - before 1973 independent city, today a district of Nowa Ruda.

History
The village first appeared in documents from 1327 as "Slegelonis Villa". In 1607, mining of gold and hard coal in the surrounding mines began, but the development of mining was hindered by the Thirty Years' War, and then an epidemic in 1680. In 1708 the village was bought by the Italian Pilati family, thanks to which the village finally began to develop in the field of mining (coal and refractory shale) but also in weaving. In 1840 the village had a church, a school, a hospital, a distillery, a brewery, four water mills and quarries where sandstone was mined, and in 1902 a railway was brought to the village, which additionally contributed to the development of tourism. Until 1945, the town was called Schlegel, after Poland took over the area, the name was changed to Słupiec this year, mining was further developed, and new Polish settlers came to the village, which led to the construction of new settlements. Słupiec developed so quickly that in 1959 it obtained the status of a town, and in 1967 it became a city. Independence did not last long, however, as six years later, in 1973, Słupiec, with a population of 7,700, became part of the neighboring and larger city of Nowa Ruda. In today's district there are numerous factories, quarries and an economic zone.

Joseph Wittig, a well-known theolophon and historian of the Catholic Church, was born in Słupiec in 1879.