Lower Silesia

Lower Silesia (Polish: Dolny ?l?sk, Latin: Silesia Inferior, German: Niederschlesien) is the northwestern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia in Poland, located along the middle Odra River and organized into Lower Silesian Voivodship, (Polish: województwo dolno?l?skie) with capital Wroc?aw .

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Polish - Latin - German - Silesia - Odra River - Wroc?aw

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It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wroc?aw, Legnica, Wa?brzych and Jelenia Góra voivodships as a result of Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name of Lower Silesia.

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1 January - 1999 - Wroc?aw - Legnica - Wa?brzych - Jelenia Góra

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