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Encyclopedia > Walbrzych

Wałbrzych (pronounce: Image:Ltspkr.png ['vawbʒix], German Waldenburg) is a town in south-western Poland with 139,600 inhabitants (1995). Situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), it was previously the capital of Walbrzych Voivodship (1975-1998).

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AllRefer.com - Walbrzych, Poland (Polish Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (146 words)
Coal mining, chemical production, metallurgy, and textile milling are the chief economic activity.
The city's importance dates from the 19th-century industrialization of the Lower Silesian coal basin.
Walbrzych sustained great damage during World War II, after which it passed from Germany to Poland.
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