Polish community in the Ruhr area in the 19th and 20th centuries
Old inscription for the Polish workers bank in Bochum, Bank Robotników e.G.m.b.H.
Ruhrpolen (German:[ˈʁuːɐ̯ˌpoːlən], “Ruhr Poles”) is a German umbrella term for the Polish migrants and their descendants who lived in the Ruhr area in western Germany since the 19th century. The Poles (including Masurians,[1][2][3] Kashubians,[4] Silesians, and other groups) migrated to the rapidly industrializing region from Polish-speaking areas of the German Empire.
Ruhrpolen (German: [ˈʁuːɐ̯ˌpoːlən], “Ruhr Poles”) is a German umbrella term for the Polish migrants and their descendants who lived in the Ruhr area in...
Germany abound as a result of over 100,000 people (including 130,000 "Ruhrpolen") immigrating westward from the Polish-speaking areas of the German Empire...
Silesia, Pomerania, East Prussia and Posen to the Ruhr, who were known as Ruhrpolen since. The Poles were treated as second class citizens. In 1899 this led...
but many migrants to the Ruhr were of Polish ethnicity, later known as Ruhrpolen. The United States, which had been the major destination of emigrants...
of thousands of Upper Silesian migrant workers from western Germany (Ruhrpolen). Hugo Service regards the transport of these eligible voters to Silesia...
"Głos Pogranicza i Kaszub", "Dziennik Raciborski", "Ogniwio" and other. Ruhrpolen History of Poles in Konigsberg T. Kaczmarek "Polen und Deutschland. Von...
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