Wrocław (Latin Wratislawia means Vratislavia, Czech. Vratislav, German *, Hungarian Boroszló) - the historical capital city of Silesia, one of the largest in return in the middle of Poland (the fourth to the terms of population, 634 630 inhabitants, well below the fifth terms area, 293 km ²), one of the oldest, located on both sides of the middle Oder River, in the Silesian Lowland. New member of the Hanseatic League.
5 passes through the castle major rivers: Odra, plus 4 of its tributaries, which supply it in the middle of the city limits: Bistrita, Olawa, Sleza addition Widawa. Before World War II in the inside there - counting the current time according to the criteria defining the structures of German road - 303 bridges. Currently, all pre-war bridges, which are subordinate to the destruction during the siege of the interior was rebuilt in 1945, also created quite a few new ones, regardless of this, according to the criteria used today, it is recognized that there are difficult since the 117 (including 27 overpasses) up to 220 Also, the space of the city increased from 175.1 kilometers ² up to 292.8 kilometers ².
Breslau, arrived for the evening - mentioned by 14 January 1945 Ulrich Frodien, one of the city's inhabitants. - In the snow-buried in darkness prevailed. No street lamps were burning, and all the windows were covered with black paper nieprzepuszczającym light. Projectors few cars (petrol was rationed) veiled in black thongs, by which-enter only a narrow streak of light. In fact, in force since the war began because of the strict blackout