| Postcards of the past |
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| The Cathedral Bridge (Dombruck) and Kreuzkirche. |
| WROCLAW is the capital of southwestern Poland's province of Lower Silesia. The city is located on the Oder approximately 190 miles (310 kilometers) southwest of Warsaw and 125 miles (200 kilometers) east of Dresden, Germany. Wroclaw originated in the 10th century AD at the crossroads of trade routes and was first governed by the Polish Piast kings. In the following centuries it was ruled at various times by the Germans, Bohemians and Prussians. In 1741 Frederick II the Great of Prussia changed its name to Breslau, a name which appears on many of the postcards on this page. |
| The Memorial to Kaiser Wilhelm. |
| The Market Place. |
| The Landing Place at the Sandkirche. |
| Liebichshohe. |
| A view of the Market Place from the east. |
| Schweidnitzer. |
| A great postcard of the Town Hall from the east. |
| The University and Bridge. |
| Another view of the Town Hall. |
| The "Jahrhunderthalle". |
| The Stadttheatre - a 1944 postcard. |
| This poscard of the Sudpark was mailed in 1937. |
| Schweidnitzer Strasse and the Stadttheater. |