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[Capzilla]

I voted Gdansk because it was the first city I thought of when reading the topic title, even before Warsaw.

Edited by Capzilla, 16 March 2005 - 04:07 AM.

[danteque]

Capzilla, on Mar 16 2005, 04:07 AM, said:

I voted Gdansk because it was the first city I thought of when reading the topic title, even before Warsaw.

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why?

[Miesian Corners]

Warsaw, followd by Krakow.  Both are amazing cities...from what I remember...too much vodka!

[moonshield]

I would have to agree with Miesian minus the vodka part

[ironchapman]

Warsaw, it's the capital. In many countries, the capital is th largest and the most famous city. I'd say that's true here. I hadn't heard of some of those cities until this poll.

[DetroitBazaar]

Well, I know a couple of people and families from Kraków (Cracow).  It has it's own history and sometimes remains untold.

[csmurphy8885]

Warsaw was the only one i could even guess.  I know it from WWII, we study particularly hard in highschool.

[UrbanCharlotte]

Krakow

[Chtimi]

First Warsaw, then Gdansk and Cracow.

[NCB]

Warsaw

[ZachariahDaMan]

I'm going with Warsaw too.

[IgKh]

I think Warsaw, it is the Capital city after all.

But I'm afraid that to many Israelis (myself included), the first thing that comes into mind when hearing "Poland" are the Nazi extermination camps: Auschwitz-Birkenau, Helmno, Sobibor, Treblinka, Belzetz, etc.

[tombarnes]

Warsaw is undoubtedly the best known city in Poland.  Krakow is a good candidate for the most charming city in Poland.  I enjoyed visiting both cities.

[john_denver]

I love Cracow...such a beautiful city.

[Randy@Tacoma]

Chicago... duh! With all of those damn Polish people there... LMAO (Not trying to be offense to the Poles reading this... LMAO)

[dgreco]

from here, warsaw.

[jimthemanincda]

I voted for Warsaw for a couple of reasons:

Warsaw is the capital.  In addition, I'm one of the few that know that Cracow has more people than Warsaw, but I believe that Warsaw is the second largest city in Poland.  I have heard of a couple more Polish cities, but it seems that whenever I or someone I know talks of Poland, Warsaw comes up the most.

I'd love to visit Poland one day because I'm 1/8th Polish.

[Weltenbummler]

I voted for Warschau, which is the capitol.

Did you know, when you drive from Germany to Warschau, there is no Interstate/Freeway
in between, and the whole trip takes hours and hours and hours for that short distance from the German Border to the Capitol of Poland.

The Only "Autobahn" in Poland is from "Frost" (German Border) to Breslau, and was built in the
1930'th

Some of the mentioned Names are wrong, because a lot of the cities are german cities, and some Territories of the "Poland" are just under Polish government, such as "Schlesien", "Pommern" and "Ostpreussen".

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Gdańsk (Gdansk, Danzig) [ 2 ]   [2.47%]
GERMAN TOWN with the Name Danzig

Gdynia [ 0 ]   [0.00%]
NOT SURE

Katowice [ 0 ]   [0.00%]
GERMAN TOWN with the Name Kattowitz

Kraków (Cracow) [ 10 ]   [12.35%]
GERMAN TOWN with the Name Krakau and the town has a International Airport

Lublin [ 0 ]   [0.00%]
GERMAN TOWN with the Name Lauban

Poznań (Poznan) [ 0 ]   [0.00%]
GERMAN TOWN with the Name Posen

Przemyśl (Przemysl) [ 0 ]   [0.00%]
POLISH TOWN (Bordertown to the Ukraine)

Rzeszów (Rzeszow) [ 1 ]   [1.23%]
UNKNOWN

Warszawa (Warsaw, Warschau) [ 68 ]   [83.95%]
POLISH TOWN and Capitol of Poland

Wrocław (Wroclaw)
GERMAN TOWN with the Name Breslau (only here listed Town which has Interstate/Freeway access)

There are only 2 Airports in "Poland", who has an International Airport, which is Krakau and Warschau.

[jdkacz]

I voted Warsaw, I certainly hope I can make it there and the rest of the country during some point in my life.

[Snowguy716]

Yes.. that is a big issue.  One of my favorite professors wrote his dissertation on the evacuation of Germans from the eastern German territories when modern day Poland was created after WWII.

It's a story that is not often told, but it uprooted a lot of families from areas that they had lived in for generations simply because of politics.  Then the Soviet government bled East Germany dry for 40 years despite being the best performing economy in the eastern bloc.

Edited by Snowguy716, 18 February 2007 - 12:27 PM.