Original: Historically, Görlitz was in the region of Upper Lusatia, however in 1815, some parts of Lusatia were integrated into the Province of Silesia, and later into the Province of Lower Silesia.
Simplified: The redrawing of boundaries in 1945 & ndash; in particular the relocation of the German-Polish border to the Oder-Neisse line & ndash; divided the town, the right bank becoming part of Poland, and named Zgorzelec in 1948, while the main portion became part of the German state of Saxony.