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Encyclopedia entry: Wrocław
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Wrocław
(formerly Breslau) Industrial city and port on the River Oder,
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Poland; capital of lower Silesia and Poland's fourth-largest city. Originally a Slavic settlement, it was destroyed by the
Mongols
in 1241, rebuilt by the Austrians from 1526 and ceded to Prussia in 1741. ...
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Encyclopedia entry: Szczecin
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... ... Szczecin ( Stettin ) City in nw Poland near the mouth of the River Oder, only 10km (6mi) from the German border. From 1720 ... main port for Berlin . The city returned to Poland by the Potsdam Conference in 1945. Industries: shipbuilding, ironworks, chemicals ...
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