OPOLE

ôpôˈlĕ, Ger. Oppeln, city (1992 est. pop. 129,000), capital of Opolskie prov., S Poland, on the Oder River. A river port and rail junction, it is also an important trade center, with manufactures of cement, metals, and furniture. Originally a Slavic settlement, it was the seat (1163–1532) of the dukes of Opole of the Piast dynasty. The duchy passed (1532) to the house of Hapsburg and (1742) to Prussia and was incorporated into Poland in 1945. It was the capital (1919–45) of the Prussian province of Upper Silesia. In the city are the churches of St. Adalbert (10th cent.) and of the Holy Cross (14th cent.).

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books on: Opole  - 148 results

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1.
Economy, Society, and Lordship in Medieval Poland, 1100-1250
Book by Piotr Górecki; Holmes & Meier, 1992
Subjects: Feudal Law--Poland--History--To 1500, Feudalism--Poland--History--To 1500, Land Tenure--Law And Legislation--Poland--History--To 1500, Peasantry--Poland--History--To 1500, Poland--Economic Conditions, Poland--Politics And Government--To 1572, Poland--Social Conditions
...Neisse Odra river : Oder Opole: Oppeln Otmuchow: Ottmachau...1226 on request of Duke Casimir of Opole. 77 Finally, there is considerable...decades, Henry and his relative Casimir of Opole issued detailed charters specifying the...
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Democracy in a Communist Party: Poland's Experience since 1980
Book by Werner G. Hahn; Columbia University Press, 1987
Subjects: Poland--Politics And Government--1980-1989, Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza
...party and its ability to act. 78 Some other leaders expressed their opposition after the plenum. At a May meeting in Opole, Katowice First Secretary Andrzej Zabinski flatly stated that "ComradeAndrzej Werblan headed and supported this movement...
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Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945
Book by George J. Lerski; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Poland--History--Dictionaries
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Germany's Eastern Neighbours: Problems Relating to the Oder-Neisse Line and the Czech Frontier Regions
Book by Elizabeth Wiskemann; Oxford University Press, 1956
Subjects: Germans--Czechoslovakia, Refugees--Germany, Western And Northern Territories (Poland)
...three-class franchise ____________________ 1 Oppeln or Opole, according to Dr. Paul Langhans maps in his review Deutsche...had already spoken publicly of support for our brothers of Opole, 2 the Polish name for Oppeln and a symbol for unredeemed...
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The Politics of Ethnicity in Central Europe
Book by Karl Cordell; St. Martins Press, 2000
Subjects: Europe, Central--Ethnic Relations--Political Aspects, Europe, Central--Politics And Government, Silesia--Ethnic Relations--Political Aspects, Silesia--Politics And Government
...Lesna, Lessa, Marglissa; n. Marklissa Lesnica Opole n.d. Lesniscie; n. Leschnitz; n.n. Bergstadt...Opawa n.d. Opavia; n. Troppau; cz. Opava Opole n.d. Opol, Opole; n. Oppeln Orlowa n. Orlau; cz. Orlova Ostrawa...
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journal articles on: Opole  - 20 results

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Polish Culture as the Nation's Own Culture and as a Foreign Culture
Journal article by Janusz Mucha; East European Quarterly, Vol. 34, 2000
Subjects: Culture--Poland, Minorities--Social aspects, Poland--Social aspects
...of three ethnic minorities: Silesians (Opole Silesians and Upper Silesians from Katowice...that in small towns and villages of the Opole Silesia the significance of the German...Silesia and of towns and villages of the Opole region consider this culture as a full...
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The Upper Silesians' Stereotypical Perception of the Poles and the Germans
Journal article by Tomasz Kamusella; East European Quarterly, Vol. 33, 1999
Subjects: Ethnic relations--Evaluation, Nationalism--Evaluation, Silesia--History
...Silesia: Germany its truncated Oppeln (Opole) Regency (which, since 1919, constituted...with which I am best acquainted, this is, Opole (Oppeln) Silesia and the Katowice (Kattowitz...said that, at present, Upper Silesians of Opole (Oppeln) Silesia emphasize their links...
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Upper Silesia 1870-1920: Between Region, Religion, Nation and Ethnicity
Journal article by Tomasz Kamusella; East European Quarterly, Vol. 38, 2004
Subjects: Politics--Analysis, Silesia--History
...administrative reform shaped it into the Oppeln (Opole) (9) Regency. (10) From the ecclesiastical...1816 and 14.3 percent in 1849 the Oppeln (Opole) Regency was the least urbanized part of...the southeastern quarter of the Oppeln (Opole) Regency. The very kernel of these processes...
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Civil Society and Social Capital in Upper Silesia, a Region on Its Way to the European Union (1)
Journal article by Robert Geisler; East European Quarterly, Vol. 39, 2005
Subjects: Citizenship--Analysis, Civil society--Analysis, Poland--Social aspects
...level of education. In the case of the Opole Voivodship, which is the leader in Poland...embrace the Katowice, Czestochowa, and Opole areas of Upper Silesia, Cieszyn Silesia...established back in 1989 in Gogolin (the Opole province). Another association was registered...
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The Gendered Nature of Biodiversity Conservation
Journal article by Helen Zweifel; NWSA Journal, Vol. 9, 1997
Subjects: Feminism, Women's Studies
...Bunning and Hill 1996; Gata 1995; Opole 1993; Rocheleau 1991, 1995; Shiva...home garden, largely managed by women ( Opole 1993 , 157; Scoones et al. 1992...Sperling and Loevinsohn . 1996 . 35-52. Opole, Monica. 1993. "Revalidating Womens Knowledge...
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Cross-Border Theatre in a Globalized World: Can the Stage Be a Bridge between the Cosmos and the Polis
Magazine article by Michael Kustow; American Theatre, Vol. 19, May 2002
Subjects: Internationalism--Social aspects, Theater and society--Analysis, Theatrical producers and directors--Personal narratives, World politics--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...monastic cavern in the industrial town of Opole. His forbiddingly beautiful version of...am glad to have made the long journey to Opole for my first encounter with Grotowski...seated. All those conditions were met in Opole, and the result was unforgettable. Seven...
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New York Notes: You Need to Go Off-Off Broadway to Find a Reflection of Today's America
Magazine article by Robert Hewison; New Statesman, Vol. 134, October 24, 2005
Subjects: American artists--Services, Entertainment industry--Management
...which Elizabeth LeComptes production descends, as the cast simulate themselves on a research trip to Grotowskis theatre lab in Opole, and then try to match word and image with a video recording of his epic Akropolis. In part two, Scott Shepherd becomes Forsythe...
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September on Stage
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 21, September 2004
Subjects: Theater--Calendars, Theater--Forecasts and trends
...Series Festival: Transposition, Ishara Puppet Theatre; dir: Dadi Pudumjeebased. Sep 16-19. And I Have Uncurtained the Night, Opole Puppet Theatre; dir: Krystian Kobylka. Sep 16-19. The 47th Street Hotel, dir: Rick Ebihara. Sep 16-19. Legend of the Forest...
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Master of the Apocalyptic Stage - Josef Szajna at 80
Magazine article by John Elsom; World and I, Vol. 18, July 2003
Subjects: Dramatists--Biography, Playwrights--Biography, Szajna, Josef--Biography
...their inspiration in the later 1960s and 70s. In 1962, he joined forces with Jerzy Grotowski, whose Thirteen-Rows Theatre in Opole was emerging as another small light in the semidarkness of Cold War Europe. As Szajna was dedicated to environmental sets with...
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U.S. Artists Partner with Eastern Europe
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 21, April 2004
Subjects: Theater companies--Finance, Theater companies--International aspects, Theatre Communications Group--Donations
...Yorkers and Their Friends, a festival exploring the bond between the U.S. and Poland. Stewart will also travel to Wroclaw and Opole to meet with puppet theatres participating in the upcoming La Mama Puppet Series Festival. New York City-based theatre artist...


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Football: UNITED; International Action Comes to Town GRASSROOTS SPORT
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), August 25, 2007
...town in Germany, and its twin towns of Opole, in Poland and Kuusankosi, in Finland...competition was won by Polish side Odra Opole who were undefeated in all their six games...wins; SIX OUT OF SIX: The Polish team Odra Opole and their skipper being awarded their trophy...
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Why We're Here and Don't Want to Go Home
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 21, 2006
...KELLY and DANIELLE GUSMAROLI asked them... Aleksandra Thomalla, 25, sales assistant for Habitat Aleksandra left her home in Opole, South West Poland, in 2001 to study English here. She planned to stay just a year but decided to make the move permanent after...
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Dole Handouts for Jobless Poles Who Go Back Home
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 5, 2008
...countries who flocked here after joining the EU in 2004 are believed to have now left. Renata Cygan, of the regional job office in Opole, Poland, said: We work on the assumption that if someone worked abroad, they should claim benefits there. Why should we pay...
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Doling out Our Money; Going Home: Many Eastern Europeans Are Leaving Britain Because of the Economic Downturn
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 5, 2008
Subjects: Europeans--Economic aspects, Unemployment
...who flocked to Britain after joining the EU in 2004 are believed to have now left. Renata Cygan, of the regional job office in Opole, south-west Poland, said: We work on the assumption that if someone worked abroad, they should claim benefits there. Why should...
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The Slippery Slope of Anti-Semitism
Newspaper article by Suzanne Fields; The Washington Times, April 17, 2000
...include David Irvings Holocaust revisionism in her history seminar. A Polish professor of history at the state-run University of Opole taught that death camps were built only to kill lice on prisoners. (He was fired.) Mr. Irving claims to have raised a half-million...
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encyclopedia articles on: Opole  - 3 results

 
 
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Opole
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OPOLE opo le, Ger. Oppeln, city (1992 est. pop. 129,000), capital of Opolskie prov., S Poland, on the Oder River. A river...manufactures of cement, metals, and furniture. Originally a Slavic settlement, it was the seat (1163 1532) of the dukes of Opole of the Piast dynasty. The duchy passed (1532) to the house of Hapsburg and (1742) to Prussia and was incorporated into...
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Oppeln
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OPPELN see Opole , Poland. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Silesia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...centers as Bytom , Gliwice , Zabrze , and Czestochowa , and has iron and steel mills, coke ovens, and chemical plants. Opole , the former capital of Upper Silesia, is an important trade center. History Early History Some historians maintain...


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