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Walbrzych[vAl´bzhikh] Pronunciation Key, Ger. Waldenburg, city (1992 est. pop. 141,300), Dolnoslaskie prov., SW Poland. Coal mining, chemical production, metallurgy, and textile milling are the chief economic activity. The city's importance dates from the 19th-century industrialization of the Lower Silesian coal basin. Walbrzych sustained great damage during World War II, after which it passed from Germany to Poland.
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