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 ...

Lower Silesia is located mostly in the basin of the middle Oder River with its historic capital in Wrocław.. The southern border of Lower Silesia is mapped by the mountain ridge of the Western and Central Sudetes, which since the High Middle Ages formed the border between Polish Silesia and the historic Bohemian region of the present-day Czech Republic. . The Bóbr and Kwisa …