Śródmieście (meaning "city centre") is one of the five administrative boroughs (

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s) of

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

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. Its functions were largely taken over on 8 March 1990 by the Municipal Office of the newly established Wrocław Municipality. The name, though, remained in use, mainly for statistical and administrative purposes. The Nadodrze, Ołbin, Zacisze, Zalesie, Sępolno, Dąbie, Biskupin and Bartoszowice ''

osiedle Osiedle (Polish plural: ''osiedla'', from German ''Ansiedlung'' meaning ''settlement'') is a term used in Poland to denote a designated subdivision or neighbourhood of a city or its dzielnica, or of a town, with its own council and executive. Lik ...

s'' are part of Śródmieście. The other boroughs are Fabryczna, Stare Miasto,

Krzyki Krzyki (, , ) is a former borough of Wrocław located in the southern part of the city. On March 21, 1991, the newly created City Office of Wrocław assumed many of the functions previously carried out within the borough. The name, though, remai ...

and

Psie Pole Psie Pole () (polish: ''Dog Field'') is one of the five administrative districts of Wrocław, Poland. Before 1928, it was an independent city. Its functions were largely taken over on 8 March 1990 by the Municipal Office of the newly established ...

Parks

Śródmieście has a lot of parks with in its boundaries including ''Park Staszica'', ''Park Słowiański'', '' Park Szczytnicki'' or the Park of St. Edith Stein.

Landmarks

Śródmieście is home to many landmarks including the Ostrów Tumski where the Cathedral is located, the Church of St. Micheal the Archangel with its distinctive black spire, the

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and nearby

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, as well the famous

Wrocław Zoo The Wrocław Zoological Garden, known simply as the Wrocław Zoo ( pl, Ogród Zoologiczny we Wrocławiu), is a zoo on Wróblewskiego Street in Wrocław, Poland. It is the oldest zoo in Poland, having been opened in 1865 as the Breslau Zoological G ...

. The borough is also where the shopping mall ''Pasaż Grunwaldzki'' is located. Wrocław's Botanical garden is also located within Śródmieście.

Transport

Śródmieście is bordered by a

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to the

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, with the Nadodrze

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

. Within the borough there is a major public transport hub in the Plac Grunwaldzki, located inside of the Ronald Reagan

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References

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Parks

Landmarks

Transport

See also

References