Uniwersytety na rubieżach - Konteksty semantyczne, historyczne, naukowe i edukacyjne

The presented text discusses the history of the University of Wroclaw, one of the first higher education institutions established in the western frontier of Poland following conclusion of the Second World War. The paper focuses on the 1945–1952 period, although it also invokes certain pieces of information referring to the previous Prussian and German influence and background. The goal of the undertaken task is to present the University of Wroclaw in the context of the organisational, scientific and social contributions of the academic staff coming from the John Cassimir University and the Lviv Polytechnic National University to the Wroclaw institution in the initial years of University’s operations. The academic traditions of Lviv influenced not only the post-war development of the University of Wroclaw but also the post-German Wroclaw itself. The subject literature concerning the researched issues is extensive. The qualitative analysis of texts was utilised in order to compile these materials in the context of the subject of this paper. Primarily the publications of the distinguished professors from Wroclaw who have bound their organisational and scientific activity to the University of Wroclaw were utilised; these distinguished professors include: Stanisław Kulczyński, Mieczysław Klimowicz, Mieczysław Pater, Wojciech Wrzesiński.