Sorau

E463783

Sorau is a historic town in present-day Żary, western Poland, that was formerly part of Prussia and is known for its shifting political affiliations in Central European history.

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Label Occurrences
Sorau canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former Prussian town ⓘ
historic town ⓘ
administrativeRole seat of Żary County ⓘ
countryAfter1945 Poland ⓘ
countryBefore1945 Germany ⓘ
currentOfficialLanguage Polish ⓘ
formerlyPartOf Bohemia ⓘ
Duchy of Silesia ⓘ
Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Province of Brandenburg ⓘ
Province of Silesia ⓘ
hasCurrentName Żary ⓘ
hasFeature castle complex ⓘ
historic churches ⓘ
medieval town center ⓘ
hasGermanName Sorau ⓘ
hasHeritage Lusatian cultural traditions ⓘ
Prussian urban architecture ⓘ
hasHistoricalPopulationGroup Germans ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
Sorbs ⓘ
hasPolishName Żary ⓘ
hasSorbianName Žarow ⓘ
historicalLanguage German ⓘ
Sorbian ⓘ
linked to: Sorbian languages
knownFor multi-ethnic heritage ⓘ
shifting political affiliations in Central European history ⓘ
locatedIn Lubusz Voivodeship ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
western Poland ⓘ
Żary County ⓘ
locatedInFormerState Nazi Germany ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
locatedInHistoricRegion Lower Lusatia ⓘ
linked to: Lusatia
locatedOnRiver River Czerna ⓘ
partOfHistoricalArea Lusatia ⓘ
postWarEvent expulsion of German population ⓘ
resettlement by Poles ⓘ
regionBefore1945 Lower Lusatia in Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Lusatia
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
transferredTo Poland ⓘ
transferredToByTreaty Potsdam Agreement ⓘ
linked to: Potsdam Conference
transferredToYear 1945 ⓘ
wasAffectedBy World War II ⓘ

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