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Max Herrmann-Neisse

Max Herrmann-Neisse was born in Nysa on May 23, 1886. German writer, poet and journalist. He was the son of the innkeeper. He studied German philology in Munich and Wrocław. In 1906 he published his debut volume of poems "Ein kleines Leben". From 1909 he worked in the Nysa newspaper "Neisser...

Jerzy Kozarzewski

Jerzy Kozarzewski - poet, soldier of the National Armed Forces, prisoner of Mauthausen, social activist, founder of the Music Center in Nysa. He was born on October 21, 1913 in Trawniki Lubelskie. On the distaff side, he was the great-grandson of Cyprian Norwid's brother - Ksawery. He spent his...

Bernhard Grzimek

Bernhard Grzimek was born in Nysa in 1909. German veterinarian, zoologist, founder of the Serengeti National Park, awarded an Oscar in 1960 for the documentary about the Serengeti. He graduated from high school in Nysa in 1928, after which he started his veterinary studies in Leipzig, continuing...

Prince Nicholas II Niemodliński

Prince Nicholas II Niemodliński - in 1476, after the death of his father Nicholas I, together with his older brother Jan II called Dobre, he took over the reign of his estates in Opole. Together, the brothers made the most important decisions about their principality. In 1497, the governor of...

Christoph Scheiner

Christoph Scheiner - der erste Obere - Rektor des Jesuitengymnasiums in Nysa. Hervorragender Wissenschaftler, Astronom, Entdecker der schwarzen Flecken in der Sonne. Er schuf das Helioskop zur Beobachtung der Sonne und ist auch der Schöpfer des Stromabnehmers, der noch heute verwendet...

Charles I Habsburg

Charles I Habsburg - son of Charles of Styria, Archduke of Austria and Maria Anna of Bavaria. Brother of the Polish queen Anna, wife of Sigismund III. As the youngest of his siblings, the family gave him up to the Jesuits for upbringing, and assigned him to the clergy. In 1608 he was elected...

Biskup Franciszek Ludwik von Neuburg

Bishop Franciszek Ludwik von Neuburg - he came from a famous princely family, his sister Eleonora was the wife of the Austrian Emperor Leopold I. He was a great lover and patron of the arts, he took a liking to Nysa and Wrocław, where he left his wonderful works of life. He was the longest...

Konrad Emil Bloch

Konrad Emil Bloch - a biochemist born in Nysa, who, due to his origin, left for the United States in 1936. He received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his research into the essence of cholesterol, which allowed him to effectively prevent arteriosclerosis, which is the cause of heart attacks.

György Klapka

György Klapka - (1812-1892) - Hungarian general who supported the Polish January Uprising. In 1864, he signed a secret treaty on Polish-Hungarian cooperation with the Polish National Government. During the Prussian-Austrian war in 1866, he led the Hungarian Legion formed in Nysa, which...

Joseph von Eichendorff

Joseph von Eichendorff - this outstanding poet of the Romantic era was born on March 10, 1788 in Łubowice near Racibórz. He graduated from the gymnasium of St. Maciej in Wrocław, together with his brother he studied, among others in Halle and Heidelberg. He took part in the war...

Recommended places

District Public Prosecutor’s Office in Nysa

The District Public Prosecutor’s Office in Nysa is seated at ul. Bohaterów Warszawy 32

Western Tortilla

Western Tortilla is a Western-inspired restaurant. In our restaurant you can eat delicious tortillas in various flavors. The base of the dish is a crispy breaded chicken fillet with fresh vegetables,...

MUSTANG horse stud

Western style off-road driving. The stud does not teach driving.

Higher School of Theology and Humanities, consultative point in Nysa

The school is the higher church university of 1 st degree. We may graduate from it with the bachelor’s degree. The school offers the full-time, part-time and interdisciplinary courses of study. At...

Recommended trips

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Trail of Eichendorff

Joseph von Eichendorff, the great German poet of the age of Romanticism, spent the last years of his life in Nysa and was buried here. The trail leads along the path, which, according to the...