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Wrocław ⓘ Wrocław ( niem. Breslau ⓘ, śl.-niem. Brassel, Gruß-Brassel [5] [6], łac. Vratislavia, cz. Vratislav) – miasto na prawach powiatu w południowo-zachodniej Polsce, siedziba władz województwa dolnośląskiego i powiatu wrocławskiego. Położone w Europie Środkowej, na Nizinie Śląskiej, nad Odrą i czterema jej dopływami.
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Breslau ( polnisch Wrocław [ ˈvrɔtswaf ]; anhören ⓘ /?,...
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Wrocław (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvrɔt͡swaf] ⓘ; UK: / ˈ v r ɒ t s w ɑː f / VROT-swahf, US: / ˈ v r ɔː t s w ɑː f,-s l ɑː f / ⓘ VRAWT-swahf, -slahf. German: Breslau, [ˈbʁɛslaʊ] ⓘ, also known by other names) is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia.
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- Poland
- Origin
- Poland
- Bohemia and Hungary
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Prussia
- German Empire
- Weimar Republic
- Nazi Period and World War II
- Return to Poland
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The city of Wrocław originated as a stronghold situated at the intersection of two long-existing trading routes, the Via Regia and the Amber Road. The city was founded in the 10th century, possibly by a local duke Wrocisław, who may also be the city's namesake. At the time the city was limited to the district of Ostrów Tumski (the Cathedral Island)...
In 985 Duke Mieszko I of Poland of the Piast dynasty conquered Silesia and Wrocław. In 1000 Mieszko's son, Duke and future King Bolesław I of Poland, in the then capital of Poland, Gniezno, established the Bishopric of Wrocław (as one of the oldest bishoprics of Poland and the first bishopric of Silesia) along with the bishoprics of Kraków and Koło...
In 1348, the city was incorporated with almost the entirety of Silesia into the Kingdom of Bohemia, and a Landeshauptmann (Provincial governor) was appointed to administrate the region. Between 1342 and 1344 two fires destroyed large parts of the city. In 1352 Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, visited the town. His successors Wenc...
The ideas of the Protestant Reformation reached Breslau already in 1518, and in 1519 the writings of Luther, Eck and the opening of the Leipzig Disputation by Mosellanus were published by local printer Adam Dyon. In 1523 the town council unanimously, appointed Johann Heßas the new pastor of St. Maria Magdalena and thus introduced the Reformation in...
During the War of the Austrian Succession in the 1740s, most of Silesia was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia's claims were derived from the agreement, rejected by the Habsburgs, between the Silesian Piast rulers of the duchy and the Hohenzollerns who secured the Prussian succession after the extinction of the Piasts. The Protestant citize...
Breslau became part of the German Empire in 1871, which was established at Versailles in defeated France. The early years were characterized by rapid economic growth, the so-called Gründerzeit, although Breslau was hampered by protectionist policies of its natural markets in Austria-Hungary and Russia and had to turn to the German domestic market. ...
The end of the German Empire led to workers' and soldiers' councils taking over civilian and military power across Germany with little or no opposition from the former imperial authorities. In Breslau, too, the authorities were deposed without larger tumults. When Lord Mayor Paul Mattig and Archbishop Bertram, among others, called for a continuance...
The city became one of the largest support bases of the NSDAP movement, and in the 1932 elections the Nazi party received in it 43.5% of votes, achieving the third biggest victory in Weimar GermanyA reason for the strong NSDAP support may have been that Breslau was the city among the eight largest cities of Germany with the highest rate of unemploy...
People's Republic of Poland
Along with almost all of Lower Silesia, post-war Wrocław became part of Poland under the terms of the Potsdam Conference, pending a final peace conference with Germany. The town became the biggest city of the so-called Recovered Territories. On 24 May 1945, the surviving members of the Polish pre-war minority from the Nazi German genocide in Wrocław were met by Polish authorities. Bolesław Drobner, the city's newly appointed mayor, welcomed them in "Free Poland" and urged pre-war Poles from W...
After the fall of communism
In 1994, the Old Town of Wrocław was designated a Historic Monument of Poland. In May 1997 Wrocław was visited by Pope John Paul II. In July 1997, the city was heavily affected by a flood of the Oder River, the worst flooding in post-war Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic. Around one-third of the city's area stood underwater. An earlier equally devastating flood of the river took place in 1903.After the flood big areas of the city were renovated, including Main Market Square with the Tow...
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Breslau (polnisch: Wrocław) ist eine Stadt in Polen in der Woiwodschaft Niederschlesien. Die ehemalige Hauptstadt Schlesiens gilt als eine der schönsten Städte Polens. Sie wurde nach der fast vollständigen Zerstörung im Zweiten Weltkrieg mustergültig wieder aufgebaut.
Wrocław (pronounced VROHTS-wahf; also known as Breslau, its German name, and English name until 1945) is the largest city in Lower Silesia in Poland. It is home to 674,000 people within the city limits (2022) and the metropolitan area has a population of 1.3 million making it the largest city in Western Poland.
Wroclaw, city, capital of Dolnoslaskie province, southwestern Poland. It lies along the Oder River at its confluence with the Olawa, Sleza, Bystrzyca, and Widawa rivers. For part of its history, the city was known by the German name Breslau. Wroclaw is the fourth largest city in Poland.
