Nysa, Poland

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Nysa
Image:Nysa Rynek.jpg Main Square
Image:Nysa flag.svg Flag Image:POL Nysa COA.svg Coat of arms
Nickname: Śląski Rzym Silesian Rome
Image:Mapa lokalizacyjna v6.svg Image:Red pog2.svg Nysa
Coordinates: 50°28′N 17°20′E / 50.467, 17.333
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
Powiat	Nysa County
Gmina	Nysa
Established	10th century
City Rights	1223
Government
- Mayor	Jolanta Barska
Area
- Total	27.5 km² (10.6 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	46,841
- Density	1,703.3/km² (4,411.5/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	48-300
Area code(s)	+48 77
Car Plates	ONY
Website: www.nysa.eu

Nysa (until 1946: German Neisse or Neiße); is a town in southwestern Poland on the Nysa Kłodzka river with 47,545 inhabitants (2006 official estimate), situated in the Opole Voivodeship. It is the capital of Nysa County. It comprises the urban portion of the surrounding Nysa Commune (gmina), a mixed urban-rural commune with a total population of 60,123 inhabitants. It is the largest city in Poland that is not located in a strictly "urban" commune.

Contents 1 History 2 Sports 3 People 3.1 Other residents 4 References 5 Twin towns 6 See also

[edit] History

Nysa is one of the oldest towns in Silesia. It was probably founded in the 10th century and afterwards became the capital of a principality of its name, which around 1200 became part of the Bishopric of Wrocław as a Duchy of Nysa. The town's fortifications from 1350 served to defend against the Hussites in 1424. During the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) it was besieged three times. The first Silesian War (1740/1741, War of the Austrian Succession) ended Austrian sovereignty over Silesia and left the town in the hands of King Frederick II of Prussia, who laid the foundations of its modern fortifications. On 25 August 1769 Nysa was the site of a meeting between Frederick II and Emperor Joseph II, co-regent in the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria. During the Napoleonic Wars Nysa was taken by the French in 1807. Nysa retained its mostly Catholic character within the predominantly Protestant province of Upper Silesia in the Kingdom of Prussia. Because of its many churches from the Gothic and Baroque periods the town was nicknamed "the Silesian Rome".

[edit] Sports

• NKS Nysa - men's volleyball team playing in Polish Volleyball League (Polska Liga Siatkówki, PLS), 7th place in 2003/04 season.

[edit] People

• Konrad Emil Bloch
• Bernhard Grzimek
• Emanuel Oscar Menahem Deutsch
• Emin Pasha (Eduard Schnitzer)
• Andreas Hadik
• Ewald Christian von Kleist
• Solomon Schindler
• Hans Guido Mutke
• Maria Merkert
• Roman Wójcicki
• Marta Klubowicz
• Paweł Dytko
• Piotr Gacek

[edit] Other residents

• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Christoph Scheiner
• Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff
• Karl Rudolph Friedenthal
• Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
• Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg
• Wacker von Wackenfels
• Eduard von Grützner

[edit] References

"NEISSE BUCH DER ERINNERUNG", Dr. Max Warmbrunn & Alfred Jahn, Gedruckt bei Druckhaus Nürnberg GmbH, 1966

[edit] Twin towns

• Image:Flag of Germany.svg Lüdinghausen, Germany
• Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jeseník, Czech Republic
• Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Šumperk, Czech Republic
• Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Kolomyia Ukraine
• Image:Flag of Germany.svg Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany
• Image:Flag of Russia.svg Baltiysk, Russia
• Image:Flag of France.svg Taverny, France

[edit] See also

• Map c1600 Neis(s)e in Silesia, Germany
• Archdiocese of Wrocław
• Dukes of Silesia

Coordinates: 50°28′N, 17°20′Ede:Nysa eo:Nysa fr:Nysa jv:Nysa nl:Nysa (Polen) pl:Nysa ro:Nysa, Polonia ru:Ныса zh:尼斯 (波兰)