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# Oleśnica

A settlement in Poland.

## English name

**Oleśnica** — Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.

Other forms in use:

- **Olesnica** — Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling.
- **Oels** — Historical German name, used in English accounts of the town before 1945 and in historical or family records; not the current official name.
- **Öls** — German orthographic variant of the historical name.

## French name

**Oleśnica** — Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.

Other forms in use:

- **Olesnica** — Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French.
- **Oels** — German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources.
- **Öls** — German historical spelling with an umlaut, also encountered in French references to Silesian history.

## About

Oleśnica is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship northeast of Wrocław. Its ducal castle and churches reflect its history as a Silesian princely seat.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q138229](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138229) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/olesnica/?format=json)


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