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Wrocław (Polish: [ˈvrɔt͡swaf] ⓘ; [a] German: Breslau [ˈbʁɛslaʊ] ⓘ; also known by other names) is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia.
Breslau (polnisch Wrocław [ˈvrɔtswaf]; anhören ⓘ /?, schlesisch Brassel,[3] lateinisch Vratislavia oder Wratislavia) ist eine Großstadt in der polnischen Woiwodschaft Niederschlesien und deren Hauptstadt. Sie ist gleichzeitig Verwaltungssitz des Powiat Wrocławski.
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History. Silesia had been part of Bohemian crown lands of the Habsburg monarchy until most of it was ceded to the Kingdom of Prussia in the First Silesian War, codified by the 1742 Treaty of Breslau. In 1813, the administrative Regierungsbezirk was established in Prussian Silesia, with its capital in Breslau (present-day Wrocław).
24 wrz 2024 · 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.
Three things, in my view, are difficult to deny: Wratislavia was originally a Slavic city and part of the first Polish state; Breslau was ethnically a predominantly German city for most of the 700 years until 1945; Wroclaw has been a Polish city since 1945.
29 wrz 2023 · The province of Silesia was removed from Germany and repopulated with Poles who lost their homes due to Russia’s seizure of eastern Poland. Breslau was renamed Wroclaw and is one of the largest cities in Poland. With its 12 islands and 120 bridges, the city on the river Oder is often dubbed the “Venice of Poland.”
