Wroclaw History - A Brief Retrospective

Hello. I am tracing my family heritage that came out of Breslau in 1912. Two Families of not are the Scholz family ( Herman and Gertrude Scholz) and Poikhurt (not sure about the spelling) . My grandmother (Anne-liese Scholz) and her younger sister Heartha Louisa Clara Scholz both left Breslau for Brisbane Australia in 1912. Anne was about 11 years old at the time. There is a connection with the Sanatorium Friedrichshohe (Bad Obernigk) . I have found pictures and letters from this era. And my father says that the family owned the Sanatorium before leaving for Australia, but they may have worked there as management.

Yes that is what my mother and uncle mentioned about what happened to Breslau/Wroclaw also our ancestors to Saint Hedwig and her husband Henry I the Bearded. Thank you for the information about Wroclaw history.

Also my Ancestors to Saint Hedwig and her husband is Henry I the Bearded. I learned that the Statue of Saint Hedwig there. Wow! I feel so proud!

I saw a comment about the Geister family forma wroclaw, but couldnt find it any more. Please contact me al jvasquezgeister@gmail.com , we are forma Chile.

My grandmother was from Breslau and came to America after WW1 as did some others in her family. She lived on Bahnhofstr. Her mother ran a stall in the market . Their name is Krause. After WW2 they were forced to leave. Most of her family was lost in the war.

I've been to wroclaw. As a an english guest of a polish lady. An I loved the place and the people. I was taught many things by my friends father but I was accommodated warmly and taken in asa friend of the family. I'll never forget it......and it was only round 2009. Beautiful people and hospitality and history and..........memories

Wrocław to historyczne miasto trzech narodów zamieszkiwanych przez Czechów , Polaków i Niemców. Pierwsze wzmianki historyczne dotyczące terenów obecnego Śląska mówią o plemionach germańskich , ale samo miasto czy osada łączy się historycznie z pierwszymi Piastami. Mieszkam we Wrocławiu od 60 lat i jestem szczęśliwy że jest takie piękne. Czas II wojny pozostawił wiele zniszczeń i śladów po dzień dzisiejszy.

Information on the name Heimann

Seeking information about the Polte family who lived in Waldchen, about 40 miles south of Wroclaw. Had the privilege of visiting the city two years ago. Hated to leave - the city and country side are beautiful. Looking forward to my next visit. dcpolte@yahoo.com

I learned the Wall downed in between Berlin and Poland in 198- and my Oma her sister was so excited to see her face for first time in more than 60 years and my Oma was lay in the bed and few days later she dead. Praise the Lord that both of them kissed and hugs each other. Then I started to wonder where are my great mother and father? Then few months ago I heard that you are researching and search people their ancestors.i It brings me to my attention! Now here I ask you would you find my Great Grandfather name and where he was, his name is Volkmar Krause he was Mayor for that Town Winzig-Breleau his wife is Helen Anders Krause. I love to know more about him. He was MAYOR there for 14 years and I keep ask my mother and Volkmar his daughter my(Oma) her full name is Cecilie Whilhemine, Elisabeth,, Heinrett, Luis,Sara Krause married add Weidner to name. I would like to know what happened to her parent there? Thank you. I am looking forward answer and I can E-Mail to my mother is old and might not live longer. Please help me to answer my ask you. Hope in the future I came to Wroclaw to honour my great-grandfather in buried somewhere. He was once important man in Winzig- Wroclaw.

An interesting read of all the well intended comments, of the ones I had time to read anyway. My grandfathers line of ancestors goes back to Barthold of Thueringen who in 1240 followed the call of Duke Henry II for German farmers to settle the immense forests of western Poland and transform them into agricultural profitable land. In the 1241 battle of Wahlstatt against the 10000 strong Hun army of Baidar Khan he was one of the many German knights and simple farmers who fought for and under their Polish liege the Duke and died with the Duke. Berthold survived and his ancestors farmed the land almost steadily, close to Breslau, in the same area until 1945. I know all the terrible war horror stories of that time that had to be endured by the Polish, Czech, Russian and yes, also German population. Visiting Breslau with my family from Canada in 1998, I saw only friendly people and wish them only the best. I took pictures of our former homes in Bernstadt, Wilkau and Lauben, (Bierutow, Wilkow and Luban) interesting for my wife and son, but a memory sad occasion for me.

My Grandma came over to the US in the War she married a US Soldier. Her name was Elfrieda Neisler she was from Breslau. She never spoke about her life before she came. The only things we know(possibilities) are that she possibly had a sister Sarah, Her mother had died and her father was a German Pilot. She may have lived with her Grandparents, possibly went to Munich to work at a soup kitchen. These might be true and might not. She never had contact with her German family again. She leaves a great legacy of 15 children and dozens of grandchildren. Anyone know any Nieslers in or from Breslau?

In my research of my Wegehaupt family, I have read that a Christian Wegehaupt, who I think was my great grandfather, founded the Math Department at the University of Breslau, now Wroclaw. I have looked in some places, but have not seen anything further. If anyone knows anything about that, I would appreciate hearing from you. SiegL index Wegehaupt Paulsen, at dicksieg@aol.com. Thank you in advance for your help

wroclaw is oldest and richest region in poland country and it has good econommic and nice cultural and accademic center. i love wrc0l;aw town. . wroclaw has the best education systems in the world.

PS- (Alan Kousen). My mother said she was from Breslau and spoke German - not Polish and the one photograph I saw of her as a child was standing in front of a nice house in the suburbs, she was well dressed. The photo is lost. In the US, she was using the name "Jean Newman" but no 1930 census records can confirm this. Ive pieced together everything in the US since she was married in 1937. Any information would be huge help in assembling her early childhood and her family.

In 1922 my mother, age 7, "Regina Heckel" taken to NYC to live with a US family in NYC. She never discussed her childhood. Her US family changed her name but no record of adoption exists. I am searching for any European roots or records. Everyone is deceased, I am remaining son from a painful marriage trying to put the pieces of her life together.

My maternal grandfather was Michel breslau.

I am an American of partial German descent whose paternal German grandfather was born in Breslau as Wilhelm Heimann. He was a businessman who eventually moved from Berlin to New York in 1935 with his wife Charlotte and his only child, my father, who rarely mentioned this part of his past. I rediscovered the Breslau connection after reading Microcosm by Prof. Norman Davies of Oxford Univ. For those who wish to know more about the history of Breslau, please read this marvelous book. In it I discovered via footnotes reference to Bankhaus E. Heimann, perhaps a connection, perhaps not. I will probably never know. My grandfather was an only child and never mentioned his family or happened to them. Much digging ahead to unearth this past. Perhaps there are people out there reading this with the same family name. Prof. Davies does make reference to a family named Arndt one of whose descendants was or still is a professor at Dartmouth Univ. in New Hampshire. He had a brother who ended up an academic in Austrialia. So many scattered to the wind......

I'm sorry I also forgot to mention, Clara Simon/Simmon's father, Albert Simon, was a surveyor for the French government. If anyone knows any more about the Simon/Simmon's (spelled differently on different pictures) or the Schlicht family I would love to learn more. Txs.

I have just begun the search for more knowledge of my ancestors on my father's side. I know his mother's family lived in Breslau in 1907, because we have a photo album of my Grandmother, Elsa King Fair and her mother Agnes Schlicht's trip there. Agnes was born there (or nearby?) and she immigrated to England as a young woman, than to Canada and then to the US in the mid'1800's. Agnes and Elsa came home to stay for about 2 years in Breslau, after the great San Francisco earthquake in 1906. Agnes's father's name was Albert Schlicht. He married Clara Sim(m)on of Trier, France. I'm learning the names of these towns have changed over the years. Albert Schlicht was a station master, but his passion was music. He was supposed to be able to play virtually any instrument. He also wrote band music. My Grandmother, Elsa, wrote that he died at age 42 (struck by lightening). Albert and Clara had 6 daughters and one son. I have their names. Also Clara Simmon's father's name was also Albert. Albert Simon (it is spelled two ways on different pictures) was born in "freimel"-spelling may be wrong-having trouble reading the name. I don't have Clara's mother's name yet. But Clara Simmon's parents had 13 children. Would love to learn more. I do know that at least one of my great-grandmother's (Agnes Schlicht) sisters was still in the area during WWII and at that time, the return address on those letters say Poland as the place of origin. I'll will be getting them out again. I would love to learn more! About the area and about family. Someday I hope to also visit. If anyone has any ideas as to how to learn more. I would be very grateful. I have recently joined Ancestory.com as well.

After I reread my comments I realised I forgot to write down the full name of my grandfathers. Carl Emil Wegehaupt and Friedrich Schwarz. Both my parents had awesome step mothers of which I new very little. So much of th

My parents and grandparents were born in Breslau. My father, Gerhard Wegehaupt in 1908, my mother Martha Frieda Schwarz in 1910. My grandfather Wegehaupt worked for the Postal Service and was born in 1872. When he retired he moved to Karlsruhe. He an my grandmother were shot to death by the Russian Army in 1945 when they decided not to flee. I was born in Namslau,in 1938 and lived in Wilkau, were my parents had a grocery store and small bank. My mother and I fled the Russian Army in Jan 1945. Several days later our house/store was blown up. Walked most of the time, like most refugees, thru Breslau, the Czeck, Republic to Bavaria. After my father escape Russian prison camp, we immegrated to the US were we have relatives. My son and I went back to Wilkau after the wall came down.We took the train from Breslau to Wilkau. There was very little I remembered from Breslau, even though I visited often with my mother on buying trips for the store, and also visiting relatives. On one of those trips went through a night long airraid. The ground were our house stood is an empty lot. But there was a mother & daughter selling sundries in a kiosk. They were supper friendly and invited us to their home for lunch. Had a great time. Hope to go back once more to Silesia especially to go to Karlsruhe and visit my grandparents grave. They buried in a mass grave in the church cemetery. If anyone reading this has heard of the Wegehaupt or Schwarz families, I would like to hear from you. I can be reached at dicksieg@aol.com

After some digging i have found out that my Great Grandfather changed his last name. it was Rheinhardt (Reinhold) Winzig. He married Ida Hauski (Hansekke). they had family and friends in Breslau. they had 4 children Arthur, Ida, Alfred, and Rheinhardt (Reinhold) Jr. Does anyone have any information on this family?

Interesting as others have commented. Like many others my family were born in Breslau but we cannot find any birth or marriage certificates for them. For instance my Great Grandfather, Hermann Frederick Jung was a businessman who lived in 28 Hermannstrasse in 1880s. I cannot find his birth anywhere. He was born 1851 or 1852. I also do not have his parents names or birth dates. Nor can I find the birth certificate for my grandmother Marie Elfriede Helena Elsie Jung who was born in Breslau in 1881 or 1882! I found the birth certificate of her brother Georg but not hers. Can anyone help? It would be lovely to know where they lived in Breslau and any information about them. They eventually lived in the UK and died here too.

Interesting info on Breslau, Wroclaw. I wonder if anyone knows anything about a young German soldier, HANS LIESS, from there in 1945 who was captured in Ireland (no idea why he was there) and while he was being held at the police station he drew a very good portrait of my uncle who was in charge of guarding him, Would love to know more about him.

My grandfather was born in Breslau-Wroclaw in 03-09-1897(Mr. Leopold Lazarus Brieger) and left to Brazil in 1940. He left his mother and father ancles and cousins. Is there any way I can find out more about him?

This is an interesting historicl review of my birth- city.

My great grandfather Reinhardt Wenzig Sr. was born in or near Breslau-Wroclaw about 1850. As a young man he and his brother worked in a tannery. Reinhardt had to leave around 1890 and came to the US. He left his wife, Ida (Eda?) and 5 children behind. Is there any way I can find out more about him?

I agree with you. They organised fantastic tour for me. In Canada prices for such services are definitely much higher, that’s why my friend from Poland recommended it to me. And I wasn‘t disappointed.

The best travel agency which organises tours around Wroclaw and from Wroclaw to other cities is Wratislavia tour. It is my tested company from Poland.

I have a beautiful, carved arts and crafts cabinet made by Koch und Wallfisch, Breslau. I am very interested in finding its origins

Thank you, Trying to find my German roots. Wondering if there are any Geisters there still. My grandfather's name was Rudolph Geister and his family also lived in Lichtenthal, Poland. Information that the family name came from Breslau, led me here.

My mother was born 14/12/1924 Her name is Katherin Hedwig Agnus Knorr Her mother was surname Bleil born 1889 Breslau now Wroclaw Has any one any info if there may be family memebers with the name Bleil still there My E Mail is topshamman@hotmail.com

Breslau has been rebuilt (what was destroyed) beautifully, love the city of my birth, visited it the first time in 1991 and again in 1999 have done lots of family research and not finished yet so another visit might be possible.

A very nice short history of beautiful piekna Wroclaw. I worked in nearby Dzierzoniow for around 2 years and totally loved my time in Wroclaw and Dolno Slaskie. This was mainly due to the many lovely kind people I meet. . . .many thanks. I hope very much that I can continue 'trying' to learn terrible lovely Polish and would love to return there to live one day. Wroclaw is now a really great City to visit and spend time in. When I read how it was 70% destroyed after WW2 and how it is now, the people of Wroclaw must be very proud and rightly so. Additionally, I am very aware how things have also moved on since the early 1990's. I am sure that this dynamic city can move forward in the same way during the next 25 years. Best Wishes to Wroclaw, Najlepsze zyczenia dla Wroclaw i twoje ludzi (przepraszam bardzo za moj jezyk ;-P)

I have just returned from Wroclaw (November 2012), and it is a wonderful city! So much so, that I plan to move there when I retire. It the university center of all of Poland, a modern city of 500,000 with a new airport and train station (thanks to this year's Euro Cup which Wroclaw helped to host), yet still filled with historic buildings that go back nearly a thousand years. The Centrum Miasto (center square) is one of the loveliest in Europe, and the 13th Century Town Hall is an architectural masterpriece. The city is well landscaped, and instead of being dominated by oppressive Soviet era apartment buildings, there are many simple yet lovely private homes in the unique Polish style. The people struck me as upbeat, friendly, and the populations is young. By the way, to English speakers not yet aware: somehow those letters in Polish are pronounced something like "Vrats-waff," so don't make the same mistake I made the first time I was in Poland (2001) and ask where "Row-claw" is! :-)

My great grandparents, Samuel Black, a tailor, born 1841 and Rosalie Frankel Newman, born1840, immigrated to U.S. in 1876 from Breslau to California. Rosalie's brother, Edward Newman, born 1843, immigrated to San Francisco about 1860. I am looking for information about their families of origin.

My family names were Berman and Galewski - my grandfather owned a department store with the name Berman on the building - We are Jewish - those of us whom could fled Breslau pre WW2 - does anyone have any recollection of this family ?

This page is so interesting. I am searching (with my 2 sisters and 1 brother) for more info on my great great grandparents who emigrated from Breslau in 1884 to Sheboygan, WI, USA. August Zimbal was born 3/31/1816 and married Ernestina Kuhnert in Brelau in 1844. Does anyone have more information on Zimbals (Zimble) or Kuhnerts in Breslau? Would these be German names? not Polish. And would they be Catholic or perhaps Jewish?

I have questions of anyone who is interested in the history of the area around Wroclaw. I am in the early stages of writing a book about my father's life. He was born in 1902 in Schmiegel, half-way between Wroclaw (then Breslau) and Posen. I am interested in information about the region from the end of WWI through the years of the Weimar Republic. My grandfather, Heinrich Zimmermann, owned a ziegleri around the Schmiegel area, possibly in Czacz. If anyone knows anything, can point me in a promising direction, or knows of someone who can, please let me know. I'd ask my father, but he passed in 1987 ... before I came to my senses and realized how important this is to me. Thank you.

Is there any special in Wroclaw to remember Edith Stein, the Jewish/Catholic convert philosopher and Carmelite who died in Auschwitz? I should like to visit any places associated with her. Any help appreciated.

Hi, It's beautiful city living in peace. Wonderful to see. Pictures of what this city looked like after the 82-day siege are shocking. As an aside, while visiting in Russia, I became friends with a man who was born in Wroclaw. I was born there in 1937 because my father was stationed there with the German army. 10 years later my friend was born there because his Dad was stationed there with the Russian army. That terrible war and that terrible time. Glad to see that the terrible animosities of that time have passed. I visited another section of Poland where I had lived near Gdansk and found that citizens of Poland were very kind to German visitors and American visitors. Hope to see this city some day again. It looks beautiful. The people who rebuilt this city must be very proud.

My family's estate was in Kleinoels, Olesnica Mala. That is south of Brelau, Wroclaw. I have been very fortunate to visit it twice. I hope to go there again.

Hi, I'm Sharon and my greatgrandfather Ehrenfried Reinholdt WARTHOLD - was born on the 27th May 1884 at Breslau, Silesia. Warthold emigrated out of the Deutsch Reich by way of the life of the sea, and found interim refuge in teh U.S.A. for four years and then in Great Britain for two years, from which country he embarked at the Port of London with passage on the Australian-route vessel 'WILCANIA" to arrive in Australia at the Port of Adelaide on the 11th November 1911. We still dont know who my grandfathers mother was; I believe she was Polish Jewish and I am struggling to find any information of either of their pasts.Can you offer any suggestions? I'm in Australia

my name is Alan, trying to contact more family i have in poland, im from winnipg MB and know very little of my family, anyone can help i would greatly be thankfull...nazywam się Alan, próbując skontaktować się z większą rodzinę mam w Polsce, im z winnipg MB i niewiele wiem o mojej rodzinie, ktoś może pomóc to ja bardzo się thankfull

History! We all know what we read. somethings appear to be true or resemble fractions of true. This article is a very simple and brief review of a city. Its quite nice to see the polish people smiling as they go about there work here. They are polite and gentle people. lacking in anger and supremacy. Thank God is Polish. From An Englishman.

"20,000 Poles still living there (along with the Jews) were politely asked to leave". hahaha you must be joking! surely! My grandfather, who was a Jewish Dr. of law, was taken to a concentration camp and when released (after 6 months and a heavy fine was paid) suffered a permanent disability due to the beatings by the Nazis in the camp, was given 48 hours to leave Germany! with nothing but a couple of suitcases! The big villa in Karlowiz the office in the main square...all taken over by the poles, with not a penny paid in reparations!

Hi, Yasha, if you look under: """http://wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/test.php?ulica=MDEyNjY=&start=120&tend=128""" you may find what you are looking for. There are many photos. Otherwise try a Google Search for "podwale wroclaw". Good luck!

I benefited immensely (flooded with emotion) reading this ‘blog' -especially the historically sensitive and understandably painful commentary -which prompted this reply. My parents immigrated to Wroclaw /Breslau in the late 1950’s (from Lwow/Lviv)and my childhood recollections are spotty but I remember (as if it was a Parent mantra recited in Polish)living on "Podwale #61". At the time there was a German Family living and sharing the multi-dwelling apartment with us. Eventually, they repatriated to Germany… I recall going on many countryside outings and playing with their children in the large interior courtyard (probably communicating in Russian/Ukrainian –or ‘tiny’ German). If any of you should know this address (across the street was the Odra River –where in winter I ice- skated) or can take few pictures of the locale; I would be forever grateful… Yasha (Jack)

Just wanted to see information about the area my Schoengarth family came from. They left in the 1870's. Don't know who remained, nice to have a little history. Thanks

Interesting site! My dad, Julius Rocks, was born in Breslau 3/1892, & his family moved to Canada in 1897. My great grandparents were left behind, & I know nothing about them. It would be great to find out more.

It's an excellent article and there are many interesting comments on a city that has embodied most of the positive and negative aspects of the human condition. Perhaps when people matter more and are simply measured by the content of their character instead of their ethnic or religious identity, national boarders will mean a great deal less and if we are just a bit lucky, this world will know peace.

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Hi everybody. My Grandfather was called Joseph Deynert or dienert and was born in Breslau in 17-09-1875. He had a sister called Hedwig and a brother that I don't know the name of, but he was a fireman. My Great Grandfather I believe was the head of a fire station and may have been called Joseph also. I believe that his wife or my Great Grand Mother was called Dorothea. The were members of the catholic church but lived in the Jewish quarter. I have found a Joseph Dienert who was a fireman in an old address book who lived at Stockgasse 6 (H11) in 1868. This could possibly be my Great Grandfather. I know that both my Great Grandparents died from cancer and were buried in Breslau. If there are any relations sill living there, or people that can help me trace my ancesters please contact me.

I'm hoping one of your readers can assist. I have a late 17th Century Piano marked Julius Mager, Breslau. It was made prior to the time when serial numbers were entered in piano's or for some other reason the serial number which identifies the maker was left off. It has 6 octives + 5 keys. I'm trying to research who Julius Mager was and any history from this piano. Can anyone assist?

I found this article by accident. I, too, was born in Silesia/Slonsk, though not in Wroclaw. [I don't mind whether it's "Breslau" or "Wroclaw"-- English-speaking countries call "Wien" "Vienna" and "Koeln" "Cologne"--and who cares?) I am now a grateful, proud, and very patriotic Canadian. I found the article interesting, though historically a little murky. Be that as it may, I am appalled at some of the comments. SLAV: the Poles did not just expel Nazi criminals--my grandfather and other family members were among the expelled, but while they were Germans, they were not Nazis. (I know you will say: "They all claim they were not Nazis," but Silesia actually was very Catholic and had relatively few "native" Nazis!) My mother and I escaped from Silesia a month before the Russians arrived.) I bear no grudge--Germany as a whole had been responsible for the war and its terrible crimes! Besides, through those events, I ended up in my wonderful new country, Canada. Last but not least, such are the happenings of history. ANTONIO: Poles did NOT kill millions of Germans from those areas! They expelled them, but there were few killings. Those that occurred were probably the sad results of retaliation or were done by sick minds. MICHAEL AND DANIEL: your way of thinking is exactly what may lead to another terrible war and/or genocide. It is utterly primitve, to put it mildly. Besides, perhaps you both ought to improve your English grammar before exposing your lack of it on public sites again? Daniel: There is no "Forever," except in eternity. But here I am, throwing stones myself--my apologies! Can't we all live together in peace and harmony? That's what I love about Canada. We have our differences, too, but we make it work.

i live in Cape Town South Africa ,was born in Germany and my fathers family came from Breslau/Wroclaw -my grandfather was an architect(trained in Breslau)(he was taken prisoner by the russians) and also my father who trained in Germany(after esacping with my grandmother)-I am a Interior Designer and I very much believe in Genetic Memory and am hoping to visit this very interesting place so I can learn more about where my father grew up and why I am drawn to ancient historical towns

Paul, the Address again: URZAD STANU CYWILNEGO, ul. WLODKOWIKA 20/22, 50-072 WROCLAW; c/o STANOWISKO DO SPRAW OBSLUGI ARCHIWUM NIEMIECKIEGO, II PIETRO, POKOJ 27

Hallo, Paul, you may like to write to the Registry Office in Wroclaw-Breslau as follows:: Urz¹d Stanu Cywilnego, ul. W³odkowica 20/22, 50-072 Wroc³aw, and address your request to:: Stanowisko do spraw Obs³ugi Archiwum Niemieckiego ( = Archiv der deutschen Standesurkunden) II piêtro, pokój 27 tel. (0048 71 777-91-53)Whether they speak English I do not know. Apparently one may be able to deal with them in German. There is also a web site for the Staatsarchiv in Breslau: http://www.ap.wroc.pl/ with the address at ul.Pomorska 2, 50-215 Wroclaw. They appear to have birth, baptismal, marriage and death certificates from 1909 onwards.I have copied these details from the internet site www.breslau-wroclaw.de - If you can read German, that internet address may be of use to you. I hope that all this may be of help to you.

Helloe evryone, Can someone help with access to birth marriage and death records please? Looking for records relating to: DEINERT,Joseph,Feuerwehrmann, Stockgasse 6,H.II I beleive that Stockgasse is now known as Wiezienna. Any help or advice on how to get access to birth marriage and death records for this person would be very helpful. Please can someone help?

Three things, in my view, are difficult to deny: Wratislavia was originally a Slavic city and part of the first Polish state; Breslau was ethnically a predominantly German city for most of the 700 years until 1945; Wroclaw has been a Polish city since 1945. Poles have restored the city admirably. It was a harsh peace for Germany, but Germany had unleashed a harsh war. As an Australian of Silesian descent I regret Silesia's loss to Germany. However, I believe most German Silesians accept its loss and want nothing more from Poles than a just recognition of the area's German history. I believe this is now happening, in contrast to the nationalist myth-making of the Communist era. Personally, I find the reconciliation between Poles and Germans a beautiful thing in a world where there is too much hate and unforgiveness.

"The above article,with reference to the 1930s, suggests that at that time Wroclaw had been known as "BRESLAU" for only 200 years. This is incorrect. The history of the name "BRESLAU" in all its variations over 700 years is recorded in Paul Hefftner's "URSPRUNG UND BEDEUTUNG DER ORTSNAMEN IM STADTKREIS BRESLAU - Breslau 1909" (www.sbc.org.pl) as follows: ""These are the names for Breslau in early GERMAN documents: 1280 "stat Wratislaw", 1295 "Wrezlaw", 1301 "Wraislaw", 1302 "Bretzla", 1314 and 1334 "stat zu Breslau", 1314 and 1357 "Brezlaw", 1324 "Bretzlav" and "Bretzlau", 1327 "stat czu Wretslaw", 1333 until 1370 on a number of occasions "Breczlaw", 1337 "Wratislauia" (Latin), 1339 "Breslou", 1348 and 1351 "Breslaw" and "cives Wraczlauiensis" (Latin), 1350 "Bresslawe" and "stat zu Presslaw". 1359, 1361, 1363, 1367 "Bresslow", 1359 "Bresslaw", 1360 "Breslow", 1367 "Brezslaw", 1371 "Bresslau" and "Bretzlaw", 1452 until 1620 repeatedly "Breßlaw", 1453 until 1800 invariably "Breßlau", 1555 and 1561 "Presslaw", 1713, 1792, 1801 and from then on exclusively "Breslau"" - A correction of the above article and its "historical summary" is long overdue.

Just repeating the correct address:"breslau-wroclaw.de"

Hallo Peter Sauer, if you can communicate in German (and even if you can't), go to www.breslau-wroclaw.de. I think you will get the answers you are looking for. There are extremely helpful Germans and Poles trying to assist with any queries.