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The Polish community in Germany is the second biggest Polonia in the world and biggest in Europe, numbers around 2 million people.^[1] The main Polonia organization is the Congress of Polonia in Germany. Polonia is the Latin name for Poland. ... The Congress of Polonia in Germany (Polish: Kongres Polonii Niemieckiej, German: ) is a national umbrella organisation, representing Polish Germans in Germany. ...

Famous Polish-Germans

• Nicolaus Copernicus, Astronomer
• Jan Matejko, Painter
• Daria Bijak, Gymnast.
• Miroslav Klose, football player.
• Dariusz Michalczewski, former boxer
• Lukas Podolski, football player.
• Ernst Pohl, former football player
• Marcel Reich-Ranicki, former literary critic
• Dariusz Wosz, football player.

Nicolaus Copernicus (February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543) was the astronomer who formulated the first modern heliocentric theory of the solar system. ... Jan Matejko , self-portrait. ... Daria Eva Bijak (born November 12, 1985 in Racibórz, Poland), is an German Gymnast from Koeln. ... Miroslav Klose (born Mirosław Kloze, June 9, 1978 in Opole (Oppeln), Silesia, Poland) is a German footballer who plays as a striker. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Dariusz Michalczewski pseudonym: Tiger (born May 5, 1968 in Gdańsk, Poland) is one of the most successful, if somewhat controversial boxing champion of recent years. ... Lukas Podolski (IPA—German: ) (born as Łukasz Podolski on June 4, 1985 in Gliwice, Silesia, Poland), nicknamed (Prinz) Poldi, is a German football player. ... Ernst Pohl (born November 11, 1932 in Ruda, Silesia (now Ruda Śląska), died September 12, 1995 in Hausach in Germany) - was an outstanding Polish player (of German ethnicity) scored 39 goals in 46 international matches for Poland. ... Marcel Reich-Ranicki (born 2 June 1920, at Włocławek, Poland) is a famous German literary critic, and a member of the literary group Gruppe 47. ... Dariusuz Wosz (born June 8, 1969 in Katowice, Poland) is a German professional footballer. ...

See also

• Union of Poles in Germany
• Masurians
• Ruhrpolen
• Silesians

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mazurs are Polish ethnic group from Mazovia (Catholics) or East Prussia (Protestant), the latter often called Masurians in English. ... The Ruhrpolen is a German term for Poles who immigrated to the rapidly-industrializing areas of the Ruhr Valley, mainly from historical eastern Germany, that is the Prussian provinces of Posen, (Upper) Silesia, and East and West Prussia, in a migration wave known as the Ostflucht. ... Girl in Upper Silesian dress 2006, Morgi (Mysłowice) 2006 Woman in Silesian dress from Cieszyn 1914 Silesians ( pol Ślązacy, ger Schlesier, śl. ...

References

External links

• Polonia in Germany