Görlitz

G?rlitz ( , Lusatian: Zhorjelc, Czech Zhorelec) is a town in Germany on the river Nei?e, in the Bundesland (Federal State) of Saxony, opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, with which it was until 1945 united. Historically it has belonged at times to the regions of Lusatia and Silesia. Population: 58,920 (June 2003).

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The date of the town's foundation is unknown. It was first mentioned in 1071. At that time G?rlitz was a small village named Gorelic in the region of Lusatia, that soon after became a part of Bohemia. In the 13th century the village gradually became a city. In the following centuries it was a wealthy member of the Six Towns' Alliance, consisting of the six Lusatian cities G?rlitz, Bautzen, Lauban, L?bau, Kamenz and Zittau.

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Zgorzelec: Zgorzelec (-Polish, Lusatian: Zhorjelc, Czech: Zho?elec) is a town in southwestern Poland with 36,800 inhabitants (1995). Situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodship since 1999, Zgorzelec was previously in the Jelenia G?ra Voivodship from 1975-1998. The city is located on the Lusatian Neisse river, th...

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