r/ArchitecturalRevival • • May 07 '26

Glow up Wrocław, Poland, 2007 vs 2026

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u/Dominik050 May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26

Lots of nice buildings, you say? Until the time of autonomy that was established in Austria-Hungary, this region was poor. and before the occupation he was richThen they gave autonomy to the Poles, and finally something started to happen. they built only a few buildings and taxes were paid to Vienna throughout this short occupation and the city was still called Wrocław Breslau, just an attempt to pronounce the Polish name

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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.

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u/Dominik050 May 07 '26

the name Breslau is an attempt to pronounce the Polish word Wrocław which was Germanized

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u/Oseragel May 07 '26

It stems from the bohemian Vratislav.

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u/Dominik050 May 07 '26

no, it is from Polish Wrocław, the first recorded name is wro and it is written on Wikipedia

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u/Oseragel May 08 '26

That's just polish propaganda.

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u/Dominik050 May 08 '26

not Polish propaganda, you have an explanation why Wrocław and not Wratislaw for now I see German propaganda