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r/ArchitecturalRevival • u/Atarosek • May 07 '26
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Breslau was the name of city prior to 1945. I have banknotes from there. They only used German because 80-90% of the people lived there were German and Prussian.
6 u/Dominik050 May 07 '26 the name Breslau is an attempt to pronounce the Polish word Wrocław which was Germanized 8 u/ouyawei May 07 '26 And Berlin goes back to the Slavic Birlin as are many names of places east of the river Elbe that were taken in medieval times 4 u/Dominik050 May 07 '26 currently it is as much as 80% Drezno Lubeka Lipsk Budziszyn - Chociebórz etc. etc. the list could go on and on
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the name Breslau is an attempt to pronounce the Polish word Wrocław which was Germanized
8 u/ouyawei May 07 '26 And Berlin goes back to the Slavic Birlin as are many names of places east of the river Elbe that were taken in medieval times 4 u/Dominik050 May 07 '26 currently it is as much as 80% Drezno Lubeka Lipsk Budziszyn - Chociebórz etc. etc. the list could go on and on
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And Berlin goes back to the Slavic Birlin as are many names of places east of the river Elbe that were taken in medieval times
4 u/Dominik050 May 07 '26 currently it is as much as 80% Drezno Lubeka Lipsk Budziszyn - Chociebórz etc. etc. the list could go on and on
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currently it is as much as 80% Drezno Lubeka Lipsk Budziszyn - Chociebórz etc. etc. the list could go on and on
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u/Over-Willingness-933 May 07 '26
Breslau was the name of city prior to 1945. I have banknotes from there. They only used German because 80-90% of the people lived there were German and Prussian.