Wrocław (Polish: [ˈvrɔt͡swaf] (); Lower Silesian: Brassel; German: Breslau) is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia.. Wrocław is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia.Today, it is the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship.The history of the city dates back over a thousand years; at various times, it has been part of the ...

Nicolaus Copernicus was born on 19 February 1473 in the city of Toruń (Thorn), in the province of Royal Prussia, in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.. His father was a merchant from Kraków and his mother was the daughter of a wealthy Toruń merchant. Nicolaus was the youngest of four children. His brother Andreas (Andrew) became an Augustinian canon at Frombork (Frauenburg).

Poland is a country in Central Europe. Its official name is Republic of Poland.It is on the east of Germany (along Oder and Lusatian Neisse).The Czech Republic and Slovakia are to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania, and the Russian exclave Kaliningrad to the north. The total land area of Poland is about 312,679 km 2 (120,728 mi 2), slightly larger …