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Opole (Oppeln; Ôpole) is a city located in southern Poland on the Oder River and the historical capital of Upper Silesia. [1]

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  1. 258 relations: Adalbert of Prague, Aldi, Allies of World War II, Alytus, American football, Andrzej Jerzy Lech, Anna Brzezińska (writer), Anti-Polish sentiment, Art Nouveau, Austria, Świerkle, Żerkowice, Opole Voivodeship, Baby food, Bank Pekao, Battle of Mohács, Biedronka, Bolesław III Wrymouth, Bolesław Polnar, Bolko I of Opole, Borki, Opole Voivodeship, Bronisław Koraszewski, Bronisław Trentowski, Bruntál, Brzeg, Brzezie, Opole Voivodeship, Buchenwald concentration camp, Canal, Carrara, Casimir I of Opole, Castellan, Cement, Central European Summer Time, Central European Time, Chester Marcol, Chmielowice, Opole Voivodeship, Christian cross, Civic Platform, Columbia Encyclopedia, Columbia University Press, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Czarnowąsy, Czech language, Damian Grabowski, Danone, Danuta Jazłowiecka, Defensive wall, Deichmann SE, Deluge (history), Democratic Left Alliance (Poland), Deutsche Bank, ... Expand index (208 more) »

  2. Cities and towns in Opole Voivodeship
  3. Province of Upper Silesia

Adalbert of Prague

Adalbert of Prague (Sanctus Adalbertus, svatý Vojtěch, svätý Vojtech, święty Wojciech, Szent Adalbert (Béla); 95623 April 997), known in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia by his birth name Vojtěch (Voitecus), was a Czech missionary and Christian saint.

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Aldi

Aldi (stylised as ALDI) is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 12,000 stores in 18 countries.

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Allies of World War II

The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.

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Alytus

Alytus is a city with municipal rights in southern Lithuania.

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American football

American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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Andrzej Jerzy Lech

Andrzej Jerzy Lech (born January 22, 1955, in Wrocław, Poland), is a Polish artist and photographer.

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Anna Brzezińska (writer)

Anna Brzezińska (born 1971) is a Polish writer.

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Anti-Polish sentiment

Polonophobia, also referred to as anti-Polonism (Antypolonizm) or anti-Polish sentiment are terms for negative attitudes, prejudices, and actions against Poles as an ethnic group, Poland as their country, and their culture.

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Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts.

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Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Świerkle

Świerkle is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzeń Wielki, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

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Żerkowice, Opole Voivodeship

Żerkowice (German Zirkowitz) is a part of city of Opole (before 2017 a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komprachcice, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland).

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Baby food

Baby food is any soft, easily consumed food other than breastmilk or infant formula that is made specifically for human babies between six months and two years old.

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Bank Pekao

Bank Polska Kasa Opieki Spółka Akcyjna, commonly using the shorter name Bank Pekao S.A., is a universal bank and currently the second largest bank in Poland with its headquarters in Warsaw.

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Battle of Mohács

The Battle of Mohács (mohácsi csata, Mohaç Muharebesi or Mohaç Savaşı) was fought on 29 August 1526 near Mohács, Kingdom of Hungary, between the forces of the Kingdom of Hungary and its allies, led by Louis II, and those of the Ottoman Empire, led by Suleiman the Magnificent.

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Biedronka

Biedronka (lit: Ladybird) is a chain of supermarkets.

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Bolesław III Wrymouth

Bolesław III Wrymouth (Bolesław III Krzywousty; 20 August 1086 – 28 October 1138), also known as Boleslaus the Wry-mouthed, was the duke of Lesser Poland, Silesia and Sandomierz between 1102 and 1107 and over the whole of Poland between 1107 and 1138.

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Bolesław Polnar

Bolesław Polnar (1952 – 10 February 2014) was a Polish visual artist, painter and teacher from Opole.

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Bolko I of Opole

Bolko I of Opole (Bolko I opolski; before 21 October 1258 – 14 May 1313), was a Duke of Opole from 1282 (until 1284 with his brother as co-ruler), Niemodlin and Strzelce Opolskie until his death.

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Borki, Opole Voivodeship

Borki (German Borrek) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzeń Wielki, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

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Bronisław Koraszewski

Bronisław Koraszewski (1863–1924) – Polish reporter and social activist in Upper Silesia.

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Bronisław Trentowski

Bronisław Ferdynand Trentowski (21 January 1808 in Opole – 16 June 1869) was a Polish "Messianist" philosopher, pedagogist, journalist and Freemason, and the chief representative of the Polish Messianist "national philosophy.""Trentowski, Bronisław Ferdynand," Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN, vol.

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Bruntál

Bruntál (Freudenthal) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Brzeg

Brzeg (Latin: Alta Ripa, German: Brieg, Silesian German: Brigg) is a town in southwestern Poland with 34,778 inhabitants (December 2021) and the capital of Brzeg County. Opole and Brzeg are Cities and towns in Opole Voivodeship, Cities in Silesia and Holocaust locations in Poland.

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Brzezie, Opole Voivodeship

Brzezie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzeń Wielki, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

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Buchenwald concentration camp

Buchenwald (literally 'beech forest') was a Nazi concentration camp established on Ettersberg hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937.

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Canal

Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi).

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Carrara

Carrara is a town and comune in Tuscany, in central Italy, of the province of Massa and Carrara, and notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there.

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Casimir I of Opole

Casimir I of Opole (Kazimierz I opolski; – 13 May 1230), a member of the Piast dynasty, was a Silesian duke of Opole and Racibórz from 1211 until his death.

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Castellan

A castellan, or constable, was the governor of a castle in medieval Europe.

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Cement

A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together.

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Central European Summer Time

Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year.

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Central European Time

Central European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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Chester Marcol

Czesław Bolesław "Chester" Marcol (born October 24, 1949) is a Polish American former professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL), primarily for the Green Bay Packers from 1972 to 1980.

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Chmielowice, Opole Voivodeship

Chmielowice is a part of city of Opole (before 2017 a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komprachcice, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland).

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Christian cross

The Christian cross, seen as a representation of the crucifixion of Jesus on a large wooden cross, is a symbol of Christianity.

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Civic Platform

The Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska, PO)The party is officially the Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland (Platforma Obywatelska Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej).

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Columbia Encyclopedia

The Columbia Encyclopedia is a one-volume encyclopedia produced by Columbia University Press and, in the last edition, sold by the Gale Group.

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Columbia University Press

Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University.

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Crown of the Kingdom of Poland

The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (Korona Królestwa Polskiego; Corona Regni Poloniae) was a political and legal idea formed in the 14th century, assuming unity, indivisibility and continuity of the state.

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Czarnowąsy

Czarnowąsy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzeń Wielki, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

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Czech language

Czech (čeština), historically also known as Bohemian (lingua Bohemica), is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script.

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Damian Grabowski

Damian Grabowski (born May 12, 1980) is a Polish professional mixed martial artist who last competed in 2019.

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Danone

Danone S.A. is a French multinational food-products corporation based in Paris.

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Danuta Jazłowiecka

Danuta Jazłowiecka (born 19 May 1957 in Opole) is a Polish politician.

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Defensive wall

A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors.

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Deichmann SE

Deichmann SE is one of Europe's largest footwear retailers and is headquartered in Essen, Germany.

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Deluge (history)

The Deluge (potop szwedzki; švedų tvanas) was a series of mid-17th-century military campaigns in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)

The Democratic Left Alliance was a social-democratic political party in Poland.

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Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank AG is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.

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Dobrzeń Mały

Dobrzeń Mały is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzeń Wielki, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

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Duchy of Opole

Duchy of Opole (Księstwo opolskie; Opolské knížectví; Herzogtum Oppeln) was one of the duchies of Silesia ruled by the branch of Polish Piast dynasty, formed during the medieval fragmentation of Poland into provincial duchies.

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Duchy of Racibórz

Duchy of Racibórz (Księstwo raciborskie, Ratibořské knížectví, Herzogtum Ratibor) was one of the duchies of Silesia, formed during the medieval fragmentation of Poland into provincial duchies.

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Duke of Opole

The following is a list of monarchs who used the title Duke of Opole and controlled the city and the surrounding area either directly or indirectly (see also Duchy of Opole).

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Eastern Bloc

The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc (Combloc), the Socialist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc, was the unofficial coalition of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America that were aligned with the Soviet Union and existed during the Cold War (1947–1991).

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Economy of France

The economy of France is a highly developed social market economy with notable state participation in strategic sectors.

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Economy of Germany

The economy of Germany is a highly developed social market economy.

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Economy of the Netherlands

The economy of the Netherlands is a highly developed market economy focused on trade and logistics, manufacturing, services, innovation and technology and sustainable and renewable energy.

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Economy of the United States

The United States is a highly developed/advanced mixed economy.

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Edmund Osmańczyk

Edmund Jan Osmańczyk (10 August 1913 – 4 October 1989), was a Polish writer, author of Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements.

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Einsatzgruppen

Einsatzgruppen (also 'task forces') were Schutzstaffel (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe.

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Emigration from Poland to Germany after World War II

As a result of World War II, Poland's borders were shifted west.

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Emin Pasha

Mehmed Emin Pasha (born Isaak Eduard Schnitzer, baptized Eduard Carl Oscar Theodor Schnitzer; March 28, 1840 – October 23, 1892) was an Ottoman physician of German Jewish origin, naturalist, and governor of the Egyptian province of Equatoria on the upper Nile.

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Expulsion of Poles by Germany

The expulsion of Poles by Germany was a prolonged anti-Polish campaign of ethnic cleansing by violent and terror-inspiring means lasting nearly half a century.

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Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction involving magical elements, as well as a work in this genre.

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Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Ferdinand I (10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1526, and Archduke of Austria from 1521 until his death in 1564.

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Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950)

During the later stages of World War II and the post-war period, Germans and fled and were expelled from various Eastern and Central European countries, including Czechoslovakia, and from the former German provinces of Lower and Upper Silesia, East Prussia, and the eastern parts of Brandenburg (Neumark) and Pomerania (Hinterpommern), which were annexed by Poland and the Soviet Union.

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Flight and expulsion of Germans from Poland during and after World War II

The flight and expulsion of Germans from Poland was the largest of a series of flights and expulsions of Germans in Europe during and after World War II.

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Food industry

The food industry is a complex, global network of diverse businesses that supplies most of the food consumed by the world's population.

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Forced labour under German rule during World War II

The use of slave and forced labour in Nazi Germany (Zwangsarbeit) and throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II took place on an unprecedented scale.

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Franciscans

The Franciscans are a group of related mendicant religious orders of the Catholic Church.

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Frederick the Great

Frederick II (Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786.

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German Empire

The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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German minority in Poland

The registered German minority in Poland (Niemcy w Polsce) at the Polish census of 2021 were 144,177.

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German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II

Nazi Germany operated around 1,000 prisoner-of-war camps (Kriegsgefangenenlager) during World War II (1939-1945).

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German town law

The German town law (Deutsches Stadtrecht) or German municipal concerns (Deutsches Städtewesen) was a set of early town privileges based on the Magdeburg rights developed by Otto I. The Magdeburg law became the inspiration for regional town charters not only in Germany, but also in Central and Eastern Europe who modified it during the Middle Ages.

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Germanisation

Germanisation, or Germanization, is the spread of the German language, people, and culture.

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Germans

Germans are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Germany national football team

The Germany national football team (Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft) represents Germany in men's international football and played its first match in 1908.

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Gestapo

The Geheime Staatspolizei, abbreviated Gestapo, was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe.

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Gord (archaeology)

A gord is a medieval Slavonic fortified settlement, usually built on strategic sites such as hilltops, riverbanks, lake islets or peninsulas between the 6th and 12th centuries in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas.

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Graphic designer

A graphic designer is a professional who practices the discipline of graphic design, either within companies or organizations or independently.

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Grasse

Grasse (Provençal Grassa in classical norm or Grasso in Mistralian norm; traditional Grassa) is the only subprefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region on the French Riviera.

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Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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Gwardia Opole

KPR Gwardia Opole is a professional men's handball team based in Opole in southern Poland, founded in 1945.

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Habsburg monarchy

The Habsburg monarchy, also known as Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm, was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities that were ruled by the House of Habsburg.

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Halka

Halka is an opera by Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko to a libretto written by Włodzimierz Wolski, a young Warsaw poet with radical social views.

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Henryk Kroll

Henryk Kroll also known as Heinrich Kroll (born 20 January 1949 in Gogolin) is a Polish politician, and the former leader of German minority in Poland.

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Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.

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Humid continental climate

A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold (sometimes severely cold in the northern areas) and snowy winters.

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I liga

I liga (Pierwsza liga), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/relegation systems.

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Ice hockey

Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport.

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Indigenous language

An indigenous language, or autochthonous language, is a language that is native to a region and spoken by its indigenous peoples.

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Ingolstadt

Ingolstadt (Austro-Bavarian) is an independent city on the Danube, in Upper Bavaria, with 142.308 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2023).

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Institute of National Remembrance

The Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej – Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, abbreviated IPN) is a Polish state research institute in charge of education and archives which also includes two public prosecution service components exercising investigative, prosecution and lustration powers.

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Invasion of Poland

The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, War of Poland of 1939, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II.

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Ivano-Frankivsk

Ivano-Frankivsk (Івано-Франківськ), formerly Stanyslaviv, Stanislav and Stanisławów, is a city in western Ukraine.

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Jacek Morajko

Jacek Tadeusz Morajko (born 26 April 1981) is a Polish former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2018 for the,,,, (two spells) and teams.

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Jakub Kania

Jakub Kania (July 11, 1872 in Stare Siołkowice near Opole – December 3, 1957 in Stare Siołkowice) was a Polish poet, folk writer and national activist.

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Jan Fethke

Jan Fethke (26 February 1903 – 16 December 1980) was a German-Polish film director and, under the pen name Jean Forge, a successful author.

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Jan II the Good

Jan II of Opole (Jan II Dobry) (– 27 March 1532) was a Duke of Opole-Brzeg (until 1481)-Strzelce-Niemodlin in 1476 (with his brothers as co-rulers during 1476), ruler over Gliwice (in 1494), Toszek (in 1495), Niemodlin (again, in 1497), Bytom (in 1498), Koźle (in 1509), and Racibórz (in 1521).

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Jan Kasprowicz

Jan Kasprowicz (12 December 1860 – 1 August 1926) was a poet, playwright, critic and translator; a foremost representative of Young Poland.

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Józef Stępkowski

Józef Stępkowski (born 13 April 1970 in Ząbkowice Śląskie) is a Polish politician.

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Jerzy Buzek

Jerzy Karol Buzek (born 3 July 1940) is a Polish politician and former Member of the European Parliament from Poland.

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Jerzy Grotowski

Jerzy Marian Grotowski (11 August 1933 – 14 January 1999) was a Polish theatre director and theorist whose innovative approaches to acting, training and theatrical production have significantly influenced theatre today.

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Jesuits

The Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits (Iesuitae), is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome.

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Joachim Prinz

Joachim Prinz (May 10, 1902 – September 30, 1988) was a German-American rabbi who was an outspoken activist against Nazism in Germany in the 1930s and later became a leader in the civil rights movement in the United States in the 1960s.

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John II Casimir Vasa

John II Casimir Vasa (Jan II Kazimierz Waza; Jonas Kazimieras Vaza; 22 March 1609 – 16 December 1672) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1648 to his abdication in 1668 as well as a claimant to the throne of Sweden from 1648 to 1660.

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Karczów, Opole Voivodeship

Karczów (German Schönwitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dąbrowa in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship in southwestern Poland.

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Karolina Wydra

Karolina Wydra (born March 5, 1981) is a Polish-American actress and model.

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Katowice

Katowice is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. Katowice is a central part of the Metropolis GZM, with a population of 2.3 million, and a part of a larger Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area that extends into the Czech Republic and has a population of around 5 million people, making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the European Union. Opole and Katowice are Cities in Silesia, city counties of Poland and province of Upper Silesia.

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Katowice Voivodeship

Katowice Voivodeship can refer to one of two political entities in Poland: Katowice Voivodeship (1), initially "Silesian-Dabrowa Voivodeship" (województwo śląsko-dąbrowskie), was a unit of administrative division and local government in the years 1946–1975.

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Kingdom of Bohemia

The Kingdom of Bohemia (České království), sometimes referenced in English literature as the Czech Kingdom, was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Central Europe.

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Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.

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Kolejarz Opole

Kolejarz Opole (Railwayman Opole) is a motorcycle speedway team based in Opole, Poland.

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Kresy

Eastern Borderlands (Kresy Wschodnie) or simply Borderlands (Kresy) was a term coined for the eastern part of the Second Polish Republic during the interwar period (1918–1939).

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Kristallnacht

Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom(s) (Novemberpogrome), was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's nocat.

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Krzanowice, Opole Voivodeship

Krzanowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzeń Wielki, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

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Krzysztof Szramiak

Krzysztof Szramiak (born 9 July 1984 in Opole) is a Polish weightlifter.

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Kuopio

Kuopio is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Savo.

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Lafarge (company)

Lafarge is a French industrial company specialising in cement, construction aggregates, and concrete.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Law and Justice

Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland.

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League of Polish Families

The League of Polish Families (Polish: Liga Polskich Rodzin, LPR) is a social conservative political party in Poland, with many far-right elements in the past.

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Lechites

Lechites (Lechiten), also known as the Lechitic tribes (Lechitische Stämme), is a name given to certain West Slavic tribes who inhabited modern-day Poland and eastern Germany, and were speakers of the Lechitic languages.

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Leo Baeck

Leo Baeck (23 May 1873 – 2 November 1956) was a 20th-century German rabbi, scholar, and theologian.

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Leszek Korzeniowski

Leszek Korzeniowski (born 1 January 1955, in Warsaw) is a Polish politician.

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Lidl

Lidl is a German international discount retailer chain that operates over 12,000 stores, present in every member state of the European Union, Serbia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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List of Polish monarchs

Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes and princes (10th to 14th centuries) or by kings (11th to 18th centuries).

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A logo (abbreviation of logotype) is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition.

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Louis II of Hungary

Louis II (II.; Ludvík Jagellonský; Ludovik II.; Ľudovít II.; 1 July 1506 – 29 August 1526) was King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia from 1516 to 1526.

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Lower Silesia

Lower Silesia (Dolny Śląsk; Dolní Slezsko; Niederschlesien; Dolny Ślōnsk; Delnja Šleska; Dolna Šlazyńska; Niederschläsing; Silesia Inferior) is a historical and geographical region mostly located in Poland with small portions in the Czech Republic and Germany.

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Lviv

Lviv (Львів; see below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the sixth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine.

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Marcin Ociepa

Marcin Michał Ociepa (born 21 October 1984 in Opole) is a Polish politician.

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Marek Kawa

Marek Kawa (born 22 July 1975 in Opole) is a Polish politician.

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Marian Spychała Speedway Stadium

The Marian Spychała Speedway Stadium (Stadion im.) formerly the Stadion Kolejarz, is an 8,000-capacity motorcycle speedway stadium in Opole, Poland.

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Mausoleum

A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people.

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Mülheim

Mülheim, officially Mülheim an der Ruhr (Mölm; Müllem) and also described as "City on the River", is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.

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MediaMarkt

MediaMarkt is a German multinational chain of stores selling consumer electronics with over 1000 stores in ten countries in Europe.

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Mein Real

Mein Real (stylized mein real; real until 2022 and real,- until 2017) was a chain of hypermarkets in Germany owned by Metro AG until 2020 when it was sold to The SCP Group.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district.

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Metro AG

Metro AG is a German multinational company based in Düsseldorf which operates business membership-only cash and carry stores primarily under the Metro brand.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Mieczysław Walkiewicz

Mieczysław Walkiewicz (born 5 November 1949 in Nowa Wólka) is a Polish politician.

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Mieszko I

Mieszko I (– 25 May 992) was Duke of Poland from 960 until his death in 992 and the founder of the first unified Polish state, the Civitas Schinesghe.

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Miroslav Klose

Miroslav Josef Klose (Mirosław Józef Klose; born Mirosław Marian Klose; 9 June 1978) is a German professional football manager and former player who currently serves as head coach of 1. FC Nürnberg.

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Motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit.

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National Festival of Polish Song in Opole

The National Festival of Polish Song in Opole (Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej w Opolu, KFPP), commonly known as the Opole Festival (Festiwal w Opolu) is an annual music festival in Opole, Poland.

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Nazi concentration camps

From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany operated more than a thousand concentration camps (Konzentrationslager), including subcamps on its own territory and in parts of German-occupied Europe.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Nazi war crimes in occupied Poland during World War II

Crimes against the Polish nation committed by Nazi Germany and Axis collaborationist forces during the invasion of Poland, along with auxiliary battalions during the subsequent occupation of Poland in World War II, included the genocide of millions of Polish people, especially the systematic extermination of Jewish Poles.

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Netto (store)

Netto is a Danish discount supermarket operating in Denmark, Germany and Poland.

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Nicholas II of Niemodlin

Nicholas II of Niemodlin (Mikołaj II Niemodliński; – 27 June 1497), was a Duke of Opole-Brzeg-Strzelce-Niemodlin in 1476 (as co-ruler of his father) and sole Duke of Niemodlin from 1476 until his death.

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Nutricia

Nutricia is a Danone brand that specialises in therapeutic food and infant formula, including medical nutrition for babies with specific needs.

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Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)

The occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II (1939–1945) began with the Invasion of Poland in September 1939, and it was formally concluded with the defeat of Germany by the Allies in May 1945.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.

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Oder

The Oder (Czech, Lower Sorbian and) is a river in Central Europe.

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Odra Opole

OKS Odra Opole Spółka Akcyjna is a football club based in Opole, Poland, currently playing in the I liga.

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Opolans

Opolans (Opolanie; Opolané; Opolanen; Opolini) were the West Slavic tribe that lived in the region of upper Odra.

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Opole (administrative)

The opole (vicinia) is a historical unit of administration in Poland.

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Opole Cathedral

The Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Katedra Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego) also called Opole Cathedral is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church that serves as a parish church and the cathedral city of Opole in Poland.

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Opole County, Opole Voivodeship

Opole County (powiat opolski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland.

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Opole Główne railway station

Opole Główne (Polish for Opole main station) is a major railway station in the southern Polish city of Opole.

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Opole University of Technology

Opole University of Technology (Polish name: Politechnika Opolska; sometimes referred to in English as Technical University of Opole) is a university located in Opole, Poland.

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Opole Voivodeship

Opole Voivodeship (województwo opolskie), is the smallest and least populated voivodeship (province) of Poland.

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Opole Zoo

Zoo Opole (Ogród Zoologiczny w Opolu), is a zoo in the city of Opole, Poland.

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Orlik Opole

MUKS Orlik Opole was an ice hockey team in Opole, Poland.

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Oscar Slater

Oscar Joseph Slater (8 January 1872 – 31 January 1948) was the victim of a notorious miscarriage of justice in Scotland.

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Paul Kleinert

Paul Kleinert (23 September 1837 – 29 July 1920) was a German theologian, born at Vielguth in Prussian Silesia.

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Pharmacy (shop)

A pharmacy (also called drugstore in American English or community pharmacy or chemist in Commonwealth English) is a premises which provides pharmaceutical drugs, among other products.

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Piast dynasty

The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland.

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Piotr Zioła

Piotr Karol Zioła (born 24 November 1995 in Opole) is a Polish rock singer, winner of Fryderyk Award in the category of Debut of the Year (2017).

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PKO Bank Polski

Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Polski Spółka Akcyjna or PKO Bank Polski S.A., in short PKO BP or simply PKO, is a multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Warsaw, Poland.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Polish language

Polish (język polski,, polszczyzna or simply polski) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group within the Indo-European language family written in the Latin script.

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Polish people

Polish people, or Poles, are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Central Europe.

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Polish People's Republic

The Polish People's Republic (1952–1989), formerly the Republic of Poland (1947–1952), was a country in Central Europe that existed as the predecessor of the modern-day democratic Republic of Poland.

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Polish resistance movement in World War II

In Poland, the resistance movement during World War II was led by the Home Army.

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Polish Superliga

The Polish Superliga, also known as the Orlen Superliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's handball league in Poland.

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Polska Hokej Liga

The Polska Hokej Liga (PHL) is the premier ice hockey league in Poland.

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Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II; Jan Paweł II; Giovanni Paolo II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła,; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.

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Potsdam

Potsdam is the capital and largest city of the German state of Brandenburg.

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Potsdam Conference

The Potsdam Conference was held at Potsdam in the Soviet occupation zone from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to allow the three leading Allies to plan the postwar peace, while avoiding the mistakes of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.

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Powiat

A powiat is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture (LAU-1) in other countries.

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President of the European Parliament

The president of the European Parliament presides over the debates and activities of the European Parliament.

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Prime Minister of Poland

The president of the Council of Ministers (Prezes Rady Ministrów), colloquially and commonly referred to as the prime minister, is the head of the cabinet and the head of government of Poland.

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Propaganda in Nazi Germany

The propaganda used by the German Nazi Party in the years leading up to and during Adolf Hitler's dictatorship of Germany from 1933 to 1945 was a crucial instrument for acquiring and maintaining power, and for the implementation of Nazi policies.

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Province of Upper Silesia

The Province of Upper Silesia (Provinz Oberschlesien; Silesian German: Provinz Oberschläsing; Prowincyjŏ Gōrny Ślōnsk; Prowincja Górny Śląsk) was a province of the Free State of Prussia from 1919 to 1945.

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Prudnik

Prudnik (Prudnik, Prōmnik, Neustadt in Oberschlesien, Neustadt an der Prudnik, Prudnicium) is a town in southern Poland, located in the southern part of Opole Voivodeship near the border with the Czech Republic. Opole and Prudnik are Cities and towns in Opole Voivodeship, Cities in Silesia, Holocaust locations in Poland and province of Upper Silesia.

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Public Higher Medical Professional School in Opole

The Opole Medical School (Polish name: PMWSZ - Państwowa Medyczna Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa) is a state-owned medical school in Opole.

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Racibórz

Racibórz (Ratibor, Ratiboř, Racibōrz) is a city in Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland. Opole and Racibórz are Cities in Silesia.

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Raiffeisen Zentralbank

Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich A.G. (RZB) was a significant bank in Austria and the central institution of the Raiffeisen Banking Group (RBG) until its merger into its subsidiary Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) in 2017.

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Ravensbrück concentration camp

Ravensbrück was a Nazi concentration camp exclusively for women from 1939 to 1945, located in northern Germany, north of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück (part of Fürstenberg/Havel).

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Recovered Territories

The Recovered Territories or Regained Lands (Ziemie Odzyskane), also known as the Western Borderlands (Kresy Zachodnie), and previously as the Western and Northern Territories (Ziemie Zachodnie i Północne), Postulated Territories (Ziemie Postulowane) and Returning Territories (Ziemie Powracające), are the former eastern territories of Germany and the Free City of Danzig that became part of Poland after World War II, at which time most of their German inhabitants were forcibly deported.

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Regierungsbezirk

A Regierungsbezirk means "governmental district" and is a type of administrative division in Germany.

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Reich Chancellery

The Reich Chancellery (Reichskanzlei) was the traditional name of the office of the Chancellor of Germany (then called Reichskanzler) in the period of the German Reich from 1878 to 1945.

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Remigiusz Mróz

Remigiusz Mróz (Polish pronunciation:; born 15 January 1987, Opole, Poland) is a Polish writer and lawyer.

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Renaissance

The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Roanoke, Virginia

Roanoke is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Rochus Misch

Rochus Misch (29 July 1917 – 5 September 2013) was a German Oberscharführer (sergeant) in the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH).

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Rossmann (company)

Dirk Rossmann GmbH, commonly referred to as Rossmann, is one of the largest drug store chains in Europe with around 56,200 employees and more than 4000 stores.

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Ryszard Galla

Ryszard Jerzy Galla (born 22 July 1956 in Wrocław) is a Polish politician of German heritage.

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Ryszard Knosala

Ryszard Antoni Knosala (born 8 August 1949 in Opole) is a Polish engineer, professor of technical sciences and politician.

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Sandra Lewandowska

Sandra Magdalena Lewandowska (born 8 June 1977) is a Polish parliamentarian who served in the national Parliament (Sejm) of the Republic of Poland of the V Sejm cadency from September 2005 to October 2007.

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Sławice

Sławice (German Slawitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dąbrowa, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

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Sławomir Kłosowski

Sławomir Kłosowski (born 21 February 1964 in Wambierzyce) is a Polish politician.

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Second Polish Republic

The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939.

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Sejm

The Sejm, officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland.

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Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland

The Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland (Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej, SRP) is a nationalist, socialist, populist, and agrarian political party and trade union in Poland.

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Senate

A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature.

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Silesia

Silesia (see names below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within modern Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany.

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Silesian German

Silesian (Silesian: Schläsisch, Schläs’sch, Schlä’sch, Schläsch, Schlesisch), Silesian German or Lower Silesian is a nearly extinct German dialect spoken in Silesia.

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Silesian language

Silesian, occasionally called Upper Silesian, is an ethnolect of the Lechitic group spoken by part of people in Upper Silesia.

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Silesian Uprisings

The Silesian Uprisings (Powstania śląskie; Aufstände in Oberschlesien, Polenaufstände) were a series of three uprisings from August 1919 to July 1921 in Upper Silesia, which was part of the Weimar Republic at the time.

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Silesian Wars

The Silesian Wars (Schlesische Kriege) were three wars fought in the mid-18th century between Prussia (under King Frederick the Great) and Habsburg Austria (under Empress Maria Theresa) for control of the Central European region of Silesia (now in south-western Poland).

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Simon Bar Jona Madelka

Simon Bar Jona Madelka or Šimon Bariona Oppollensis (before 1550 in Opole – c. 1598 in Plzeň) was a Czech composer.

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Sister city

A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.

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Solaris Center

Solaris Center is a commercial and entertainment complex in Opole, Poland, located on the Copernicus Square (pl. Plac Kopernika), next to the University of Opole.

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Stalag VIII-B

Stalag VIII-B was most recently a German Army administered POW camp during World War II, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the village of Lamsdorf (now Łambinowice) in Silesia.

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Stanisław Moniuszko

Stanisław Moniuszko (May 5, 1819 – June 4, 1872) was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher.

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Stream bed

A streambed or stream bed is the bottom of a stream or river (bathymetry) and is confined within a channel, or the banks (bank (geography) of the waterway.

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Székesfehérvár

Székesfehérvár (Stuhlweißenburg; Alba Regia;; Serbian: Стони Београд), known colloquially as Fehérvár, is a city in central Hungary, and the country's ninth-largest city.

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Szymon Koszyk

Szymon Koszyk (3 July 1891, Opole – 11 August 1972, Opole) was a Polish writer, national and social activist.

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Tadeusz Jarmuziewicz

Tadeusz Jarmuziewicz (born 21 September 1957 in Piława Górna) is a Polish politician.

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Teresa Ceglecka-Zielonka

Teresa Zuzanna Ceglecka-Zielonka (born 8 March 1957 in Namysłów) is a Polish politician.

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Tomasz Garbowski

Tomasz Robert Garbowski (born 7 January 1979 in Kluczbork) is a Polish politician.

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Town hall

In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or municipal building (in the Philippines) is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality.

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Town privileges

Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium.

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Treaty of Breslau

The Treaty of Breslau was a preliminary peace agreement signed on 11 June 1742 following long negotiations at the Silesian capital Wrocław (Breslau) by emissaries of Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria and King Frederick II of Prussia ending the First Silesian War.

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Unification of Germany

The unification of Germany was a process of building the first nation-state for Germans with federal features based on the concept of Lesser Germany (one without Habsburgs' multi-ethnic Austria or its German-speaking part).

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Union of Poles in Germany

Union of Poles in Germany (Związek Polaków w Niemczech, Bund der Polen in Deutschland e.V.) is an organisation of the Polish minority in Germany, founded in 1922.

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Universal (act)

Universal (Uniwersał; Universalas; Універсал) is a historic term that means an official proclamation or legal act.

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University of Opole

The University of Opole (Uniwersytet Opolski) is a public university in the city of Opole.

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Upper Silesia

Upper Silesia (Górny Śląsk; Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; Horní Slezsko;; Silesian German: Oberschläsing; Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located today mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic.

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Valve

A valve is a device or natural object that regulates, directs or controls the flow of a fluid (gases, liquids, fluidized solids, or slurries) by opening, closing, or partially obstructing various passageways.

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Vehicle registration plates of Poland

Vehicle registration plates of Poland indicate the region of registration of the vehicle given the number plate.

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Vladislaus II of Opole

Vladislaus II of Opole (Władysław Opolczyk, Wladislaus von Oppeln, Oppelni László, Владислав Опольчик; ca. 1332 – 18 May 1401), nicknamed Naderspan, was Duke of Opole from 1356, Count palatine of Hungary (1367–1372), Duke of Wieluń (1370–1392), Governor of Ruthenia (1372–1378), Count palatine of Poland (1378) as well as Duke of Dobrzyń, Inowrocław (1378–1392), Krnov and Kuyavia (1385–1392).

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Voivodeships of Poland

A voivodeship (województwo; plural: województwa) is the highest-level administrative division of Poland, corresponding to a province in many other countries.

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Władysław II the Exile

Władysław II the Exile (Władysław II Wygnaniec; 1105 – 30 May 1159) was the high duke of Poland and duke of Silesia from 1138 until his expulsion in 1146.

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Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic, officially known as the German Reich, was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.

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West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.

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Winów

Winów (Winau) is a neighbourhood of Opole in Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, located in the southern part of the city.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Wrocław

Wrocław (Breslau; also known by other names) is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. Opole and Wrocław are Cities in Silesia, city counties of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.

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Wrzoski, Opole Voivodeship

Wrzoski (Wreske, 1936–45: Heidefeld) is a district of Opole, Poland, located in the western part of the city.

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WSB Merito Universities

WSB Merito Universities (Uniwersytety WSB Merito, formerly Wyższe Szkoły Bankowe, Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa) are group of state-recognized private (non-public) universities in Poland.

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Zott

Zott (زط; singular Zottī) is the Arabic term for gypsies, Romani people, and Dom people.

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10th Army (Wehrmacht)

The 10th Army was a World War II field army of the Wehrmacht (Germany).

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14th Army (Wehrmacht)

The 14th Army (14.) was a German field army in World War II.

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1921 Upper Silesia plebiscite

The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty and carried out on 20 March 1921 to determine ownership of the province of Upper Silesia between Weimar Germany and Poland.

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1963–64 Ekstraklasa

Statistics of Ekstraklasa for the 1963–64 season.

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1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

The 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler or SS Division Leibstandarte, abbreviated as LSSAH (1.), began as Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard unit, responsible for guarding the Führer's person, offices, and residences.

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2018–19 Superliga (men's handball)

The 2018–19 Superliga was the 63rd season of the Polish Superliga, the top men's handball league in Poland.

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See also

Cities and towns in Opole Voivodeship

Province of Upper Silesia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opole

Also known as History of Opole, Opole Ghetto, Opole, Poland, Uopole.

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