Breslau (Pol .: Wrocław; Silesian: Brasselsberg) is a city on the Oder River. With navigation use about 630,000 inhabitants, it is the fourth largest & ouml; & szlig te city in Poland, capital of Lower Silesia, county-level city and the administrative center of the district of the same name. It forms as a seat of an r & ouml; mixed Catholic Archbishop, an evangelical Di & ouml; zesanbischofs, numerous universities and research institutes as well as theaters and museums, cultural and scientific center of the Silesian region. The place is surrounded by has always been important agricultural and mining region and is also as a location for navigation use. R important mechanical engineering and the metal industry

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