Wroclaw's Fact
| Population (2010) | : | 632,996 |
| City's Area | : | 292.82 km² |
| Coordinates | : | 51°6'28"N 17°2'18"E |
| Time Zone | : | CET (UTC+1), CEST (UTC+2) when summer time |
| Motto | : | Wroclaw — Miasto spotkan (Latin: "Wroclaw — the meeting place") |
| City's Stadium | : | Municipal Stadium (42,771 seats) |
| Top Football Club | : | Slask Wroclaw |
| Website | : | www.wroclaw.pl |
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| Coat of Arms |
Wroclaw or in German languange called Breslau, situated on the River Oder (Polish: Odra), is the largest city in southwestern Poland. Wroclaw is known as the city's most often the region many countries, from Poland, Bohemia, Austria, Prussia, and Germany. Since 1945 it has become part of Poland as a result of border changes after World War II. Wroclaw is now a unique European city of mixed heritage, with architecture influenced by Bohemian, Austrian and Prussian traditions, such as Silesian Gothic and its Baroque style of court builders of Habsburg Austria (Fischer von Erlach).
Wroclaw is also known by the Raclawice Panorama. It is a monument that contains the panorama painting. This painting shows the atmosphere of 360 degrees of Raclawice War in 1794 between Russia and Poland. The panorama stands in a circular fashion and, with the viewer in the center, presents different scenes at various viewing angles. A special kind of perspective used in the painting and additional effects (lighting, artificial terrain) create a feeling of reality. Among the many guests who have visited the panorama are Pope John Paul II, Queen Beatrix from Netherlands, and Czeslaw Milosz, winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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| Ostrow Tumski |
One of the famous tourist destination in the Wroclaw is Ostrow Tumski or Cathedral Island in English. Tumski is a collection of islands on the Oder River with beautiful cathedrals and centuries-old buildings. By the light of oil lamps, you can navigate the streets of this old town at dusk. An interesting indication of the special status of the island was a ban on wearing anything on the head.
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| Manfred von Richthofen |
Do you ever heard about the Red Baron? Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron is one of the German fighter pilot in World War I who's respected with a winning record over 80 times the air battle. He was born in 2 May 1892 at Breslau, Wroclaw name when under Prussia authority. Richthofen was a Freiherr (literally "Free Lord"), a title of nobility often translated as Baron. This title, combined with the fact that he had his aircraft painted red, led to Richthofen being called "The Red Baron". He remains quite possibly the most widely-known fighter pilot of all time, and has been the subject of many books and films.
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| Wroclaw's Map |
Distance to other Euro 2012 Venues
| Poznan | : | 175 km |
| Warsaw | : | 350 km |
| Gdansk | : | 480 km |
| Lviv | : | 620 km |
| Kyiv | : | 1,090 km |
| Kharkiv | : | 1,515 km |
| Donetsk | : | 1,750 km |
Source : goal.com, wikipedia, bolaeropa.com
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