Wyspa Piasek (, ''Sand Island'') in
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 ...
, is one of several islands in the
Odra river within old town and Śródmiejski Węzeł Wodny (Downtown Water Junction). With the left bank of Oder river and old town of Wrocław Wyspa Piasek is connected by a Piaskowy Bridge, and with
Ostrów Tumski by
Tumski Bridge.
The island has an area of about 5 hectares. Only one street runs across the island (St. Jadwiga street, between Piaskowy Bridge and Młyńskie Bridges). On the island is one of several Biblioteka Uniwersytecka (University Library) building (former Augustinian monastery), an old gothic Church of Saint Anna (in 1810 rebuilt to hospital and next to residential building), a baroque Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius (in 1810 here was transferred the church of Saint Anna) and the watermill ''Maria''. In the old days Wyspa Piasek was densely built-up, however during the last month of the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
many of these buildings were destroyed.
See also
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Church of St Mary on the Sand
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St. Cyril and Methodius Church (Wrocław)
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Districts of Wrocław
River islands of Europe
Islands of Poland
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