Hirschberg

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Hirschberg is the former German name for the city now known as Jelenia Góra in southwestern Poland, a historic town in the Lower Silesia region.

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Surface form Occurrences
Count of Hirschberg 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former city name
historic city
country Germany NERFINISHED
currentAdministrativeRole seat of Jelenia Góra city county
currentCountry Poland NERFINISHED
currentNameLanguage Polish
currentOfficialName Jelenia Góra NERFINISHED
currentVoivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship NERFINISHED
economicRole gateway to Karkonosze tourism region
etymology German for “deer mountain”
formerNameOf Jelenia Góra NERFINISHED
function regional trade center
spa and tourist town
hasLandmark Basilica of St. Erasmus and St. Pancras NERFINISHED
Church of the Holy Cross NERFINISHED
Cieplice spa district NERFINISHED
Town Hall of Jelenia Góra NERFINISHED
historic Old Town
hasTransport railway connections to Szklarska Poręba
railway connections to Wrocław
heritage Silesian
historicalEvent transferred from Germany to Poland after World War II
historicalNameUntil 1945
historicalRegion Lower Silesia NERFINISHED
historicStatus royal city in Silesia
languageOfName German
locatedIn Lower Silesia NERFINISHED
Silesia NERFINISHED
historical region of Bohemian Crown (periodically)
southwestern Poland
locatedOnRiver Bóbr River NERFINISHED
nearBorder Czech Republic NERFINISHED
nearMountainRange Karkonosze Mountains NERFINISHED
nearProtectedArea Karkonosze National Park NERFINISHED
notableIndustry glassmaking
textile industry
partOf Habsburg Monarchy (historically) NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Bohemia (historically) NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
Province of Silesia NERFINISHED
Weimar Republic NERFINISHED
post1945PopulationChange expulsion of German population
resettlement by Poles
presentDayName Jelenia Góra NERFINISHED
receivedTownRights 13th century
region Sudetes NERFINISHED

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Jelenia Góra hasGermanName Hirschberg
Pope Victor II heldTitle Hirschberg
this entity surface form: Count of Hirschberg