English adjective: Silesian, Polish adjective: śląski, śląska, śląskie, Czech adjective: slezský, slezská, slezské, German adjective: schlesischer, schlesische
![Love Wroclaw and pronounce the city's name correctly: Wrocław Polish pronunciation: Vrotswaf [ˈvrɔt͡swaf] Polish Silesia, Śląsk Polski, Polske Slezsko, Polnisch Schlesien silesian.eu](love_Wroclaw_pronounce_vrtotswaf_Slask_Polski_Polish_Silesian_Polske_Slezsko_Polnisch_Schlesien_silesian.eu.jpg)
In the year 1000, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III (980-1002) visited Poland to renew the Holy Roman Empire based on a federal concept he called "Renovatio Imperii Romanorum". Among other gifts the Polish ruler presented to Otto III were 300 armored knights, while the Emperor responded with a gift of a copy of the lance of Saint Maurice. Evidently Otto III was impressed with what he saw and he decided that Poland should be treated as a kingdom on par with Germany and Italy, not merely as a tributary duchy like Bohemia. The Emperor placed his Imperial crown on Bolesław I's brow and invested him with the titles frater et cooperator Imperii ("Brother and Partner of the Empire") and populi Romani amicus et socius. He also raised Bolesław I to the dignity of patricius or "elder of the Roman nation". Afterwards Bolesław I traveled with the Emperor to Aix-la-Chapelle where Otto III had the tomb of Charlemagne opened. From there Otto III is reputed to have removed the Imperial throne itself and presented it to the Polish Duke.
The Tower of the st Elisabeth and st Laurentius Roman Catholic Church, basilica minor Garrison Church of the Polish Army
![The Wroclaw Market Square: the late Gothic Town Hall and the early Nazi skyscraper of 1931. Only one year later, 44% the German inhabitants of the pre-war Breslau voted for Hitler - the third-highest total in all of Germany].](late_Gothic_Town_Hall_and_early_Nazi_skyscraper_1931_one_year_later_44_percent_of_German_inhabitants_of_the_pre_war_Breslau_voted_for_Hitler.jpg)
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![Count Alexander Fredro and Marianna, 24, maiden both from Rudki, Lvov / Lviv area, Ukraine. She represents the Eastern Polish /Western Ukrainian canon of facial and spiritual beauty. Fine art photography by Zbigniew Halat. Count Aleksander Fredro [Alexander hr. Fredro], Boncza coat of arms ("on a blue field is a white Unicorn, like a horse, its forelegs raised as if it has been driven toward the right side of the shield, and on its head is a tapering horn: on the helm and the crown is half of a unicorn like the one on the shield" 'Herbarz Polski' by Kasper Niesiecki, heraldic motto 'Friede Herr', i.e. 'Peace, O Lord', (1793 – 1876) was the greatest Polish comedy writer. His tomb is part of the Fredro family mausoleum in the Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Most Holy Virgin Mary in Rudki / Rudky. Aleksander Fredro monument, was moved from Lviv (Ukraine) to Wroclaw (Poland) after World War II. Fredro statue designed by Leonard Marconi located in front of the entrance to the Town Hall has been the most popular place to have a first date for multiple generations of post-war inhabitants of Polish Wroclaw (as well as that of visitors).](Alexander_Fredro_Marianna_24_both_from_Rudki_Lwow_Lviv_area_she_represents_eastern_Polish_western_Ukrainian_canon_of_facial_spiritual_beauty_Fine_art_photography_by_Zbigniew_Halat.jpg)
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On
the territory of the oldest Europe's civilization to the east of what
was later named by the Germans 'limes Sorabicus', over thousands of
years emerged autochthonic nations of West Slavs. Only Poles and Czechs
created their own states and survived the Drang nach Osten
extermination.
All began ca 5 000 BC as documented by archaeological evidence linked to Goseck, Aythra, Nickern, Sleza and numerous other discoveries of the following cultures 4 000 - 1 800: Linear Pottery culture, 3 500: Lengyel culture, 3 500 - 3000: Funnelbeaker culture, 2 500: Globular Amphora culture, 2 000: Corded Ware culture (Indo-European invasion), 1900: Bell-Beaker culture, 1 800: Marszowice (Marschwitz) group of the Corded Ware culture (Protoslavic), 1 800 - 1 500: Unetice Culture, 1 500 - 1 300: pre-Lusatian Culture, 1 300 – 500: Lusatian Culture (pre-Slavic), 400 – 0 The Hallstatt and La Tène Cultures of the Celts influences, 400 BC – 500 AD Przeworsk culture (early Slavic) of Slavic Lugii or Veneds, ca 400 AD occasionally invaded by roaming Germanic hordes. After 500 AD, an ethnic and linguistic group the West Slavic culture – the Lechites who inherited areas of compact settlement east of Elbe (Laba) still homologous but facing the threat of extermination by the Germans, created separate unions, or nations like the Polish nation of Polans, Slezans, Pomeranians, Vistulans, Mazovians and other minor tribes under rule of the clan of Piasts. The fertile area that stretches from Mt Sleza (of what all Silesia took its name) to to the large Odra River Valley was a cradle of evolution for the West Slavic Slezans tribe. At the crossroads of north-south (via ambra, Amber Road) and west-east (via regia, High Road) trade routes, the Slezans' prince Wrocisław (Vratislav) established fortified settlements on Odra river islets, named after him Wroclaw (Vratislavia, Wratislavia). By the end of the first millennium after Christ, Wroclaw was enough important to be declared one of metropolises of the mediaeval Europe, as thanks to Boleslaw I the Brave, the first king (1025) of newly created Christian Polish state (966), at the Congress of Gniezno, 7 to 15 March 1000, Wroclaw became one of four seats of Roman Catholic bishops in Poland, the other three were in Krakow, Poznan and Kolobrzeg, all subordinated to Gniezno Archbishopric. The most famous heir of Slezans tribe was Peter Wlastowic (son of Wlast, Polish: Piotr Wlostowic, 1080-1153, also known as Wlast, Wlost, Wlostowic), the owner of Mt Sleza, and of the Wroclaw islets in the Odra River, including the one called Olbin after his clan's name - Swan (Olbadz in medieval Slavic languages). Peter Wlastowic belongs to the Hall of Fame of the Polish State as a victorious commander defeating enemies of Poland, genial politician, talented governor, the steadfast Pole, always driven by the interests of Poland, ally of Polabian Slavs, incomparable builder of Poland in Silesia, sinful but capable to accept a severe penance, thanks to which Silesia blossomed with magnificent buildings, Christian religion and culture. The most magnificent sacral complex founded by Peter Wlastowic on his Slezan heritage land Olbin, was St Vincent Abbey of 1139. Under false pretences of a fight against Turks, who never entered Silesia, the monastery complex was demolished by Lutherans within one month starting on 14 October 1529. This date is being commemorated from a position of persecuted Catholics in Wroclaw and all Silesia.. Peter Wlastowic was married to Maria, daughter of the Great Prince of Kiev, great-granddaughter of st Vladimir the Great, the Baptiser of Rus, and great-great-granddaughter of the Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Roman II Porphyrogeneta. The most impressive although rather tiny remaining out of numerous sacral buildings founded by Peter Wlast and his wife, one can admire in the Church of the Most Holy Virgin Mary on the Sand Island in Wroclaw. This is a foundation relief tympanum (1150-1160), modelled on Hagia Sofia in Constantinople, depicting Peter's widow Maria and and their son Swetoslaw offering a model church to Enthroned Madonna with the Infant Jesus. Sedes Sapientiae Wratislaviensis (the Wroclaw Throne of Wisdom) is an everlasting source of Roman Catholic faith in Wroclaw, capital of Polish Silesia. The Roman Catholic patron of Wroclaw is blessed Ceslaus OP, born in Polish Silesian town Kamien Slaski, who was a Dominican monk of such a strong faith that during a Mongol invasion of Europe, which was stopped in Battle of Legnica on 9 April 1241, reportedly attempted to convert the invaders to Christian faith, with fervent prayers saved a substantial part of Wroclaw, and in spite of the defeat of Silesians under the command of the Polish prince Henry II the Pious of Silesia, who was killed under Legnica, the Mongols stopped their conquest in Europe. As a result of disastrous fragmentation of Poland and hostile acts against Polish rule in Silesia, the German king of Bohemia, Johann der Blinde von Luxemburg, an ally of Teutonic Order, invaded Silesia in 1327. That time the last independent prince from Polish Piast dynasty was Bolko II - a grandson of King Ladislaus I the Short of Poland and a cousin of Ladislaus's successor, King Casimir III the Great of Poland. Bolko was famous of his pride of being Polish prince who despised the sinful traitors of Poland. Polish Piast Bolko II, the last independent prince of Silesia died on 28 July 1368. The Holy Mass to commemorate the death anniversary of prince Bolko II is celebrated at the Our Lady of Good Counsel and Wisdom of the Heart Slezan Sanctuary in Sulistrowiczki, 42 kms south of Wroclaw, Poland, every year, the first Sunday after 28 July, at high noon. Wroclaw,
Polish Silesia, city centre 1588 - 1597, from Saint John the Baptist
Cathedral to Saint Elisabeth and Saint Laurentius Church,
with
Town Hall, Saint Mary Magdalene, Saint Vincent, Saint Clare, Saint
Matthew, Saint Adalbert among others
 Slask
Polska Silesia Poland Slezsko Polsko Schlesien Polen
Wroclaw, Polish Silesia, city centre 2013  A panoramic view of Wroclaw
city from the tower of Saint John the Baptist Roman Catholic Cathedral
The
Wroclaw skyline towers and some other points of interest
(from
right to left): The Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, behind it is
former orphanage (orphanotropheum) for Catholic orphans of noble origin
(1702-1715), Katedralna street leading to Most Holy Virgin Mary on the
Sand Roman Catholic Church, on the left side of Katedralna
street the closest is Pontifical Faculty of Theology, behind
it
- The Archbishop's of Wroclaw Palace, Jesuit Church of
the
Most Holy Name of Jesus (with white top facade, no tower, in
the
middle far away), Peter Wlastowic boulevard (frontal view)
leading to bridge over The Odra river branch and further to Market Hall
to Saint James and Saint Vincent Greek Catholic Cathedral
(tower)
with Hochberg Chapel in white, behind it is Saint Elisabeth and Saint
Laurentius the highest tower (far away), to the left of it is the Town
Hall tower and Saint Mary Magdalene Polish Catholic Church
(to
the left, far).
 The tomb of bishop Johann V Turso (1466-1520), a member of Thurzó or Turzo family. It was Krakow where the rise of the Thurzó family began. In 1495, they established the Thurzo-Fugger company, which is sometimes regarded as the first capitalist company in Europe. They were one of the most prominent families of Royal Hungary. |
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