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Warsaw (Warszawa) <9> <9> The approximately 1.7 million inhabitants of Warsaw are known for their diligence and sense of humor.. In its history, the city in the heart of the Mazovian region not only experienced heyday, but also some catastrophes.. Almost razed to the ground during the Second World War by German troops, it was to be resurrected in just a few years by a unique show of strength from its inhabitants and the entire Polish people.. <9> <9> History <9> <9> 13th century: next to a ducal masow.. Castle in place of a fishing village originated <9> <9> 1339: Warsaw receives German city law <9> <9> since 1529 : permanent meeting place of the Polish Reichstag (Sejm) <9> <9> 1596: The Polish King Zygmunt III Waza relocates the capital from Krakow to Warsaw <9> <9> 18th century: Warsaw is experiencing a cultural boom <9> <9> 1795: Through the 3rd Poln.. Warsaw falls to Prussia and sinks to a provincial town.. <9> <9> 1807 - 1815: Warsaw is the capital of the Duchy of the same name, then of Congress Poland <9> <9> 1830/31: Since the November Uprising, Warsaw has become the center of the national movement and rapidly becomes a major city ( 1879: 600,000 inhabitants) <9> <9> 1864: incipient Russification of the city <9> <9> 1919: Capital of the rebuilt sovereign Polish state <9> <9> 1939 - 1945: Warsaw is occupied by German troops <9 > <9> 1940: The Germans build the Jewish ghetto of Warsaw.. On 4 square kilometers, 500 000 people are crowded together, of which 100 000 died in one and a half years from hunger, illness or maltreatment by the Germans.. The rest are deported to various extermination camps.. <9> <9> Jan. - May 1943: Survey of about 1100 Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto.. The uprising is stifled by mass shootings and major fires, the bulk of the survivors shot dead or murdered in extermination camps.. <9> <9> Aug. - Oct. 1944: Warsaw Uprising.. Survey of the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) against the German occupying power.. After suppression of the uprising by the Germans, the capitulated insurgents were taken to concentration camps or forced labor in Germany, displaced the civilian population of Warsaw.. By order of Hilter, street by street of the Polish capital is blown up.. <9> <9> After 1945: Reconstruction of Warsaw despite the proposals of some political officials to relocate the seat of the Polish capital.. <9> <9> <9> Sightseeing <9> <9> The picturesque old town and its marketplace with its mansard roof houses attract tourists from Poland and around the world.. Wine cellars and elegant restaurants invite you as well as numerous sights.. <9> <9> Warsaw´s St. John´s Cathedral is Poland´s pantheon.. Not far from the former Royal Castle, it houses the remains of numerous crowned heads, kept by politicians and national poets.. <9> <9> Along the former royal wing, which links the three former royal residences, the Royal Castle and the Åazienki-Królewskie and Wilanów parks and palaces, the Vistula metropolis is at its most elegant.. Among numerous neoclassical buildings in the royal <1001> <1002> Online Information Wikipedia}