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Sep 29, 2023 · In 1335, Breslau, together with almost all of Silesia, was incorporated into the Kingdom of Bohemia, then a part of the German Holy Roman Empire, and from 1526 to 1742, Silesia was ruled by the Austrian House of Habsburg.
Regierungsbezirk Breslau, known colloquially as Middle Silesia (German: Mittelschlesien, Silesian: Strzodkowy Ślōnsk, Polish: Śląsk Środkowy) was a Regierungsbezirk, or government region, in the Prussian Province of Silesia and later Lower Silesia from 1813 to 1945.
The major part of Silesia remaining in Germany, was reorganised into the two provinces of Upper Silesia and Lower Silesia. After the Nazis' rise to power, the synagogues in modern-day Wrocław (German: Breslau) and in many other cities were destroyed during Kristallnacht of 1938.
Oct 17, 2020 · And yet, just 100 years ago, Breslau formed an intrinsic part of Wilhelmine Germany. Affectionally known as Prussia’s Arcadia, Breslau was one of the three royal or Residenz cities—along with Berlin and Königsberg—and one of the three most populous cities in Prussia and later Germany.
- David Heywood Jones
- 2021
Nov 14, 2014 · Historically the province has been divided into the north-western Lower Silesia and the south-eastern Upper Silesia with the two biggest cities Wrocław (Breslau) on the Oder and Katowice respectively. In the early Middle Ages Silesia was populated by various Slav tribes and was part of Great Moravia and Bohemia.
This book charts the cultural production of Breslau-based artists, architects, art collectors, urban designers, and arts educators, who were especially interesting because they operated in the space between the margins of Weimar-era cultural debates.
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The whole of sparsely populated rural Silesia was covered with German settlements by the 12th century. The capital was Breslau, the largest and most important town which was refounded about 1250 as a German town. By the end of the 13th century, Silesia had virtually become a German land with Breslau, above, growing into a leading center of trade.
