Breslau

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Breslau is the historical German name for the city now known as Wrocław in southwestern Poland, a major cultural and academic center in Central Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German exonym
exonym
historical city name
appliesTo Wrocław
associatedInstitution University of Wrocław
surface form: University of Breslau (historical name of University of Wrocław)
country German Empire
surface form: Germany (historical)
currentStatusOfName no longer official
used in German-language discourse about Wrocław
used in historical context
historicalPeriodOfCommonUse 19th century
Early modern period
Middle Ages
first half of 20th century
historicalSignificance important German-speaking urban center in Silesia
languageOfName German
locatedIn Central Europe
Lower Silesia
surface form: Lower Silesia (historical region)

Silesia
locatedOnRiver Oder River
modernName Wrocław
post1945CountryOfCity Poland
post1945OfficialNameOfCity Wrocław
regionNow Lower Silesian Voivodeship (via Wrocław)
role major academic center in Central Europe (historically)
major cultural center in Central Europe (historically)
usedBy German-speaking population
usedIn German historical documents
German maps
usedUntilApprox 1945
wasPartOf German Empire when name was in use
Habsburg Monarchy when name was in use
Kingdom of Bohemia
surface form: Kingdom of Bohemia (historical) when name was in use

Kingdom of Prussia when name was in use
Nazi Germany when name was in use
Weimar Republic when name was in use

Referenced by (66)

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Ernst Cassirer placeOfBirth Breslau
Treaty of Breslau signedIn Breslau
Prussian Silesia capital Breslau
Paul Gordan placeOfBirth Breslau
Paul Gordan residence Breslau
Hanseatic League (historical) hasMember Breslau
subject surface form: Hanseatic League
Józef Lipski placeOfBirth Breslau
Zacharias Ursinus birthPlace Breslau
Proteus placeOfBirth Breslau
subject surface form: Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Fritz London placeOfBirth Breslau
this entity surface form: Breslau, German Empire
Alois Alzheimer placeOfDeath Breslau
Alois Alzheimer workLocation Breslau
Johann Galle residence Breslau
subject surface form: Johann Gottfried Galle
Otto Klemperer placeOfBirth Breslau
Felix Hausdorff placeOfBirth Breslau
Breslau, Ontario namedAfter Breslau
this entity surface form: Breslau (Wrocław), Poland
Strehlen, Prussian Silesia locatedSouthOf Breslau
this entity surface form: Breslau (Wrocław)
Klaus Roth placeOfBirth Breslau
August Borsig placeOfBirth Breslau
August Borsig residence Breslau
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau burialPlace Breslau
this entity surface form: Breslau (Wrocław)
Ismar David birthPlace Breslau
this entity surface form: Breslau, Germany
Eduard Buchner workLocation Breslau
Bernhard Heisig placeOfBirth Breslau
Michael Rabin birthPlace Breslau
subject surface form: Michael O. Rabin
Fritz Haber placeOfBirth Breslau
Breslau, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire alsoKnownAs Breslau
this entity surface form: Breslau in Schlesien
Günther Stern placeOfBirth Breslau
Lothar von Richthofen birthPlace Breslau
this entity surface form: Breslau, German Empire
Otto Sackur placeOfBirth Breslau
Zacharias Baer placeOfBirth Breslau
subject surface form: Zacharias Ursinus
Zrsinus birthPlace Breslau
Helene Bresslau familyName Breslau
this entity surface form: Bresslau
Zacharias Frankel deathPlace Breslau