08/06/2004 · The city of Breslau had a population of about 600,000 people in 1939. Following the expulsion of the original German inhabitants in 1945/46 and the resettling of these territories with Poles, all the cities and villages were of course given new Polish names: Silesia's capital, Breslau, is now known by the Polish name WROCLAW.

06/07/2001 · Wroclaw, Poland Welcome to PolandGenWeb Wroclaw Province #47 Breslau, Prussia. Breslau is the name of an area that belonged to them empire of Prussia until WWII. Today Breslau is called Wroclaw and is included in Polish territories. I am hosting this page, on behalf of Poland Gen Web,

The Breslau and Liegnitz regions made up Niederschlesien or Lower Silesia. It was pre-dominantly Catholic and most records were written in Polish. County (Kreis) Map of Silesia. Administrative regions: Oppeln (Violet), Breslau (Gold), Liegnitz (Green) For a larger map, click here.

BRESLAU (Polish Wroclaw), city in Silesia, Poland (in Germany until 1945). The ownership by Jews of villages in the vicinity of Breslau (Klein-Tinz and Falkendorf) is recorded (1180–1208). The earliest evidence of Jews in Breslau is a tombstone of 1203.

From different sources we tried to make a comprehensive overview of old German street names in Breslau/Wroclaw. We hope that this list is a good addition to our post about Genealogy in Wroclaw and Lower Silesia and could help you to find some traces of your family history!. Of course we cannot guarantee that these are the latest street names, as in the last decades …

Breslau was home to another short-lived Jewish community between 1350 and 1360, and yet another from the late 1300s to 1453, when 41 local Jews were burned at the stake and the others expelled. The 17th and 18th Centuries Jewish merchants, who played a significant role in import trade, traveled to Breslau for its fairs and holiday markets.