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Wrocław was the host of EuroBasket 1963, FIBA EuroBasket 2009, UEFA Euro 2012 and will host 2014 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship and has been selected as a European Capital of Culture for 2016.
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Wrocław and was
According to legend, she went barefoot even in winter, and when she was urged by the Bishop of Wrocław to wear shoes, she carried them in her hands.
The congress was organized by Polish king Bolesław Chrobry and Holy Roman Emperor Otto III, and also led to the establishment of bishoprics in Kraków and Wrocław, connecting the territories of the Polish state.
Orange Alternative ( Pomarańczowa Alternatywa ) is a name for an underground protest movement which was started in Wrocław, a town in south-west Poland and led by Waldemar Fydrych ( sometimes misspelled as Frydrych ), commonly known as Major ( Commander of Festung Breslau ) in the 1980s.
The first graffiti was painted by Major Waldemar Fydrych and Wiesław Cupała on the night from the 30 to 31 August 1982 on one of the residences in the Wrocław district of Biscupin and Sępolno.
The first modest happening called the " Burning of Tubes " was organized as early as 1985 in Wrocław by Major Waldemar Fydrych accompanied by a small group of artists to which belonged: Krzysztof Skarbek, Piotr Petyszkowski, Andrzej Głuszek and Sławomir Monkiewicz.
The Orange Alternative was created in 1981 by Waldemar Fydrych ( alias ' Major '), a graduate of history and art history at the University of Wrocław.
One of the most important events in those times was the foundation of the Diocese of Wrocław by the Polish Duke ( from 1025 king ) Bolesław the Brave in 1000, which, together with the Bishoprics of Kraków and Kołobrzeg, was placed under the Archbishopric of Gniezno in Greater Poland, founded by Otto III in 1000.
The Protestant Viadrina University of Frankfurt ( Oder ) was relocated to Breslau in 1811, and united with the local Jesuit University to create the new Silesian Frederick-William University ( Schlesische Friedrich-Wilhelm-Universität, now University of Wrocław ).
The Polish name of Wrocław was declared official.
The highest temperature in Wrocław was recorded on 31 July 1994 (+ 39. 0 ° C ), and the lowest was recorded on 8 January 1985 (− 30. 0 ° C ).
It was previously the seat of Wrocław Voivodeship.
Wrocław was previously subdivided into five boroughs ( dzielnicas ):
He was Duke of Silesia at Wrocław from 1266, and from also 1288 High Duke of the Polish Seniorate Province of Kraków until his death in 1290.
While Henry himself did not take part in the Battle on the Marchfeld, he had sent reinforcements to King Ottokar II, whose death was a serious blow to the Wrocław duke.
The first attempt of Henry IV to take the Seniorate Province at Kraków was during 1280 – 1281, as a response to the invasion which the Polish High Duke Leszek II the Black had made against Wrocław before.
Following the version of Ottokar of Styria, should be sought among the Wrocław townspeople ( just like Henry IV's father ) two brothers, one of them was lawyer and the other doctor.
Henry IV was buried in the Kolegiata of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomeus in Wrocław, which he founded.
1196 / 1207 – 9 April 1241 ), of the Silesian line of the Piast dynasty was Duke of Silesia at Wrocław and Duke of Kraków and thus High Duke of all Poland as well as Duke of Southern Greater Poland from 1238 until his death.
He was a member of the Congress of Intellectuals for Peace in Wrocław in 1948, which he persuaded Pablo Picasso to participate in.
He was born in Prague and died in Breslau ( modern day Wrocław ).
In the late 15th century the Lubin parish church was rebuilt in its present-day Gothic style, its high altar was moved to Wrocław Cathedral in 1951.
Wrocław and host
In 2017, Wrocław will host the World Games, a competition in 37 non-olympic sport disciplines.
Wrocław will host the World Games 2017.
Other Polish cities which host pride parades are Kraków, Łódź, Poznań and Wrocław.
There are four Polish host cities ( Warsaw, Gdańsk, Poznań, Wrocław ) involved in hosting the tournament.
The club's home is Stadion Miejski, a 42, 771 capacity stadium in Wrocław which was one of the host venues during UEFA Euro 2012.
Wrocław and EuroBasket
Matches of EuroBasket 1963 and EuroBasket 2009 to in Wrocław.
Matches of EuroBasket 1999 Women, 2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship and 2016 European Men's Handball Championship to in Wrocław.
Wrocław and 1963
Bogdan Golik ( born on 19 March 1963 in Wrocław )
Wrocław and 2009
* Śląsk Wrocław — men's football team ( Polish Championship in Football 1977, 2012 ; Polish Cup winner 1976, 1987 ; Polish SuperCup winner 1987, 2012 ; Polish League Cup winner 2009 ) ( Now in Ekstraklasa ( Polish Premier League ).
* Devils Wrocław American Football — American Football Club, played in EFAF Challenge Cup in 2009, Champion of Polish American Football League 2010.
First concerts are scheduled for mid and late February 2009 in Toruń and Wrocław, with the lineup Staszewski ( voc ), Burzyński ( g ), Kwiatkowski ( bg ), Friedrich ( g ) and Goehs ( dr ).
In spite of this, Odra did manage to reach the final of the Ekstraklasa Cup in 2009, losing to regional rivals Śląsk Wrocław.
* Best Polish MEP during the sixth parliamentary term, according to the 2009 rankings compiled by the Kościuszko Institute and the Institute for Public Affairs and the Institute of Political Science at Wrocław University.
On 11 February 2009, Fojut signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Śląsk Wrocław in the Polish Ekstraklasa.
Wrocław and UEFA
Three first-round matches of UEFA Euro 2012's Group A were held at Wrocław at the Municipal Stadium ; coincidentally, the Czech Republic played in all three games held there.
The Municipal Stadium in Wrocław, Poland, is the highest fourth category football ( soccer ) stadium built for the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship.
GAIS remained in Allsvenskan during 1966 – 1975, except for a year in the second division in 1971, and in 1975 the club made its first appearance in the UEFA cup playing Śląsk Wrocław in the first leg.
Wrocław and 2012
By the end of 2012, 8 of the 10 largest Polish cities ( Gdańsk, Poznań, Wrocław, Łódź, Warsaw, Kraków, Katowice, Szczecin ) will have a motorway connecting them with the motorway network of Europe.
Wrocław and will
However, the Duke of Wrocław refused to subject to the Bishop's will and in the same year appealed to Pope Martin IV.
Under this will, he bequeathed the Duchy of Wrocław to Duke Henry III of Głogów, and Kraków-with the title of High Duke-to Przemysł II.
PKP's current plans to develop high speed rail in Poland call for a " Y " line that will connect Warsaw – Łódź – Kalisz, and then split into two branches, one to Wrocław and another to Poznań.
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