Zgorzelec (Lower Sorbian: Zgórjelc, Czech: Zhořelec) is a town in southwestern Poland with 36,800 inhabitants (1995). Situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodship since 1999, Zgorzelec was previously in the Jelenia Góra Voivodship from 1975-1998. The city is located on the Lusatian Neisse river, the Polish-German border close to the German city of Görlitz, of which it was once the eastern part.

In the 1950s a large number of Greek immigrants, mainly communist partisans defeated in the Greek Civil War, were settled there.

Since the fall of communism in 1989, Zgorzelec and the German city of Görlitz have developed a close political relationship.

Sports

• Turów Zgorzelec, men's basketball team promoted to play in Era Basket Liga in the 2004/05 season. Victor P was born there.

For history of the town before 1945 see: Görlitz.

External links

• www.zgorzelec2010.pl Zgorzelec-Goerlitz Kulture Capital 2010 (in Polish)
• Zgorzelec Internet Portal (in Polish)

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