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HISTORY Nysa is one of the oldest towns in Silesia . It was probably founded in the 10th Century and afterwards became the capital of a principality of its name, which around 1200 became part of the Bishopric of Wrocław . The town's fortifications from 1350 served to defend against the Hussites in 1424 . During the Thirty Years' War ( 1618 – 1648 ) it was besieged three times. The first Silesian War ( 1740 / 1741 , War Of The Austrian Succession ) ended Austrian sovereignty over Silesia and left the town in the hands of King Frederick II of Prussia , who laid the foundations of its modern fortifications. On 25 August 1769 Nysa was the site of a meeting between Frederick II and Emperor Joseph II , co-regent in the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria . During the Napoleonic Wars Nysa was taken by the French in 1807 . Nysa retained its mostly Catholic character within the predominantly Protestant province of Upper Silesia in the Kingdom Of Prussia . Because of its many churches from the Gothic and Baroque periods the town was nicknamed "the Silesian Rome ". SPORTS
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