Germans in Poland

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German migration into the area of modern Poland occurred since the medieval Ostsiedlung (see also:Walddeutsche). The historical regions of Lower Silesia, East Brandenburg, Pomerania and East Prussia were nearly completely German-settled by the High Middle Ages, while in the other areas there were substantial German populations, most notably in the historical regions of Pomerelia, Upper Silesia, and Posen or Greater Poland. During the 19th century, Germans were actively involved in developing the cloth making industry in what is now central Poland. Over 3000 villages / towns within Russian Poland are noted to have had German residents. Many of these Germans remained east of the Curzon line after World War I, including a significant number in Volhynia. In the late 19th century, some Germans moved westward during the Ostflucht, while others were settled in Central Poland by a Prussian Settlement Commission. After the creation of the Second Polish Republic, large numbers of Germans were forced to leave, especially in the Polish Corridor area. During the Nazi occupation of Poland during World War II, Germans from other areas of Eastern Europe were settled in Poland by the Nazis, who at the same time expelled, enslaved and killed Poles and Jews. With the Nazis' defeat and Poland recreated shifted west between the Oder Neisse and Curzon lines, the Germans who had not fled were expelled. Of those who remained, many chose to emigrate to post-war Germany. With the downfall of the Communist regime, the German minorities' political situation improved. Germans are allowed to acquire land and property in the areas where they, or their ancestors, used to live, and move there.

There is no clear-cut border between the German and some other minorities, who in some aspects have a similar heritage due to centuries of assimilation, Germanisation and intermarriage, but in other aspects have a different heritage due to either ancient regional West Slavic roots or Polonisation. Examples for these minorities ar the so-called Slovincians (Lebakashuben), the Masurians or the Silesians of Upper Silesia. While in the past these people have been claimed for both the Polish and the German ethnicity, it depends on their self-perception to which group(s) they belong.

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[strzaloslaw]

Zeigt bitte eine andere "Kulturerbe" der Deutschen in Polen: Auschwitz, Majdanek usw.

[MrThorn88]

It's a Lieeee!!!! St,marry basliica was financed by Krakovian citizens including Poles,Germans and other people of Kraków but mostly Poles.Through the ages basilica was beeing rebuilded and it had many funders and architects.basilica as you see it now has nothing to do with germans.That fucckin Urban lieeeesss!!! Well....nothing strange,germans are just that.

[livigreg]

Germans build up cracow, but later were slowly polonised....thats why we have such a nice city now-because it was build up by creative germans, thanks to them

[CountGrishnaak]

@pederman15 Well that's fine & dandy...I don't make "house calls"...You didn't answer the original question, despite your "Polish friends"... P.S. give them my regards, fine people they are, your not taking anything away from them. But the 'struggle" in Europe has been way more difficult for some. How much Polish history do you know? To recall a popular Americanism; "Go ahead, make my day" ...Another question, how do you conclude that the "other" person is an "ass"?

[pederman15]

@CountGrishnaak just replying to an ass and now i`ll reply to you. not taking anything away from the polish but my guess life has been a struggle throughout europe the last 700 years. i have a couple polish friends.. do you want to contact them or do it yourself

[CountGrishnaak]

@pederman15 What's so "funny" about a people who have had to fight against implacable enemies that wanted to destroy them for the last 700 years? Yet, despite those travails, they still managed to help others with their support & the motto "For your freedom & ours"? Post Scriptum: They know how to take a joke, but don't push it too far I don't think you are impervious to one of their left hooks & a quick right upper cut.

[pederman15]

@gorges1970 funny thing is my back yard is probably bigger than your country. lol

[gorges1970]

@pederman15 r u from canada the funniest part of the states?

[pederman15]

@1000razyja what you just said is dumb. not sure what that makes you. try reading previous post

[1000razyja]

@pederman15

its not your fault. You are from USA so its mean you are dumb :)

[MrThorn88]

@pederman15 And u must be one of those we in europe call American idiot.