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4 days ago · Silesia [a] (see names below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within modern Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately 40,000 km 2 (15,400 sq mi), and the population is estimated at 8,000,000.
3 days ago · Most of the eastern territories with a predominantly or almost exclusively German population (East Brandenburg, East Prussia, Hither and Farther Pomerania, and the bulk of Silesia) remained with Germany.
2 days ago · 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.
2 days ago · The occupation of Silesia added one of the most densely industrialised German regions to Frederick's kingdom and gave it control over the navigable Oder River. It nearly doubled Prussia's population and increased its territory by a third.
3 days ago · University of Wrocław main building (Collegium Maximum) facing the Oder The former University of Breslau was founded by the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I of the House of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia. This building was named the Leopoldina in his honor. As a Catholic institute in Protestant Breslau, the new university was an important instrument of the Counter-Reformation in Silesia ...
2 days ago · West Germany regained sovereignty in 1949 and with its scope greatly reduced, the Constabulary permanently disbanded in 1952. the autobahn in divided post-WWII Germany (Germany permanently lost East Prussia, Pomerania, and Silesia. The rest was divided four ways and Berlin was divided into four sectors.)
4 days ago · In May 1938, Hitler paid his second visit to Italy since becoming Chancellor of Germany in 1933 and the first since the two countries signed the Axis agreement in 1936. Over the course of seven days, Hitler and his extensive entourage were treated to a massive display of fascist spectacle in three cities: Rome, Naples and Florence.
