Görlitz

American  

[gœr-lits] / ˈgœr lɪts /

noun

1. a city in E Germany, on the Neisse River, at the Polish boundary.

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Görlitz British  

/ ˈɡœrlɪts /

noun

1. a city in E Germany, in Saxony on the Neisse River: divided in 1945, the area on the E bank of the river becoming the Polish town of Zgorzelec . Pop: 58 518 (2003 est)

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Görlitz

At the bridge linking the Polish town of Zgorzelec to its German sister city of Görlitz, wires erected for electrifying the railway line abruptly stop where Germany begins.

From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2022

Ian Bateson in Görlitz and Florian Neuhof and Rick Noack in Berlin contributed to this report.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2021

The picturesque German city Görlitz, which borders Poland, is offering free lodging and studio space in exchange for feedback on what potential residents would like from a city.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2019

Dehmelt was born in Görlitz, Germany, in 1922, to a couple that struggled for economic survival in the post-war years of turmoil and hyper-inflation.

From Nature ● May 16, 2017

One of these fell into the hands of the Lutheran Clergyman of Görlitz, Pastor Primarius Gregorius Richter, who thenceforth became a bitter opponent of Behmen.

From Dialogues on the Supersensual Life by Jakob Böhme

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