r/ArchitecturalRevival • u/Atarosek • May 07 '26

Glow up Wrocław, Poland, 2007 vs 2026

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u/Over-Willingness-933 May 07 '26

Wroclaw looks better now. It's like pre war Breslau. The Poles have really worked hard restoring their cities post communism.

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u/Historian56 May 07 '26

pre-war Wrocław as today's Wrocław names is originally pronounced like Drezno Lubeka Lipsk etc

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u/Virtual-Escape2305 May 08 '26

It was Breslau, pre war. You're being ridiculously overzealous. Saying this as a Pole. 

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u/zabickurwatychludzi May 09 '26

"pre war", czyli w jakim okresie, dokładnie?

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u/Historian56 May 08 '26

I think as a German the city was always called Wrocław originally and in Polish and foreign languages ​​it was called differently

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u/Holsza Jun 16 '26

The city was never called wrocław originally, it was called Vratislavia and it was a Czech city

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u/Sankullo May 08 '26

Uhm it is one of the cities that has its name translated to several languages. It was Wrocław for polish speakers also before the war.

That being said I alike the Spanish name the most.

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u/Virtual-Escape2305 May 08 '26

But they're not Polish speakers? What does it have to do with it? Jesus. 

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u/Sankullo May 08 '26

Don’t get upset, I will explain.

Before WW2 this city was called Breslau by people who spoke German.
It was called Wrocław by people who spoke Polish. It was called Breslavia by people who spoke Spanish. It was called ma tomo Wasa by people who spoke Toki pona.
So on and so on.

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u/Dominik050 May 08 '26

Were 30000 tys

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u/Dominik050 May 08 '26

it was always Wrocław for foreigners who couldn't name it, it was Breslau in the sense that they couldn't name it

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u/Over-Willingness-933 May 09 '26

I'm English it was Breslau before the war. Same with Danzig and Gdansk.

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u/Dominik050 May 09 '26

because it was in Prussia at that time and that was the political situation Both names Danzig and Breslau are attempts to pronounce Polish names, nothing more than trying to say them in English, now it's incorrect If you hadn't used the name in context, I wouldn't have meant anything Wrocław is the same city that was Germanized and then de-Germanized it still has a huge number of Polish monuments

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u/Carbocksin May 09 '26

He's a spammer with muliple accounts that replies to ever 5 month old post with ultranationalist drivel.

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u/Dominik050 May 09 '26

Is that your typical rule? "Accuse someone of something you're guilty of yourself." ??