Strzelin
A settlement in Poland.
English name
Strzelin — Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is needed.
Other forms in use:
- Strehlen — Historical German name used in English accounts of the town before its transfer to Poland in 1945.
- Střelín — Czech name quoted in English accounts of the Silesian border region.
- Strelin — Diacritic-free typing or indexing variant of Střelín for English retrieval; not a distinct official name. Textual frequency is unverified.
French name
Strzelin — Same form as in English; retained in the French reference entry, without a separate French exonym.
Other forms in use:
- Strehlen — German name used in French histories of Silesia and the fighting of 1945.
About
Strzelin is a town on the Oława south of Wrocław in Lower Silesia. Granite quarrying is a defining local industry, while surviving churches recall the town's medieval origins.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q719954 · JSON
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