Hirschberg

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Hirschberg is the former German name for the city now known as Jelenia Góra in southwestern Poland, a historic town in the Lower Silesia region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hirschberg canonical 2
Count of Hirschberg 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former city name
historic city
country Germany
currentAdministrativeRole seat of Jelenia Góra city county
currentCountry Poland
currentNameLanguage Polish
currentOfficialName Jelenia Góra
currentVoivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship
economicRole gateway to Karkonosze tourism region
etymology German for “deer mountain”
formerNameOf Jelenia Góra
function regional trade center
spa and tourist town
hasLandmark Basilica of St. Erasmus and St. Pancras
Church of the Holy Cross
Cieplice spa district
Town Hall of Jelenia Góra
historic Old Town
hasTransport railway connections to Szklarska Poręba
railway connections to Wrocław
heritage Silesian
historicalEvent transferred from Germany to Poland after World War II
historicalNameUntil 1945
historicalRegion Lower Silesia
historicStatus royal city in Silesia
languageOfName German
locatedIn Lower Silesia
Silesia
historical region of Bohemian Crown (periodically)
southwestern Poland
locatedOnRiver Bóbr River
nearBorder Czech Republic
nearMountainRange Karkonosze Mountains
linked to: Karkonosze
nearProtectedArea Karkonosze National Park
notableIndustry glassmaking
textile industry
partOf Habsburg Monarchy (historically)
Kingdom of Bohemia (historically)
linked to: Kingdom of Bohemia

Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

Nazi Germany
Province of Silesia
Weimar Republic
post1945PopulationChange expulsion of German population
resettlement by Poles
presentDayName Jelenia Góra
receivedTownRights 13th century
region Sudetes

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jelenia Góra hasGermanName Hirschberg
Pope Victor II heldTitle Count of Hirschberg
linked to: Hirschberg
Hirsch hasCognate Hirschberg