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Wrocław Market Square (German: Großer Ring in Breslau) is a medieval market square in

Wrocław, currently the central part of the pedestrian zone. It is one of the largest old town
squares in Europe, with the largest town halls in Poland.

The Wrocław market, according to Olgierd Czerner, encompasses the entire area of the
square along with all architectural elements located in its area and the buildings surrounding
the square from all four sides. Due to the difficulty of determining the boundaries of individual
properties in subsequent historical periods, the concept of the Wrocław market includes
buildings in the area bounded by the streets Ofiar Oświęcimskich, Szewska, Igielna, and
Kiełbaśnicza. The market creates an urban layout together with the diagonally adjacent
Solny Square and the square around the church of St. Elizabeth. Ten streets lead to the
Market Square - two in each corner: to the southeast corner Świdnicka and Oławska, to the
northeast Wita Stwosza and Kuźnicza, to the northwest Odrzańska and św. Mikołaja, and to
the southwest corner, Solny Square adjoins with Ruska and Gepperta streets. On the
eastern frontage there is Kurzy Targ Street, and on the northern narrow Więzienna Street.
On the southern frontage is the St. Dorothy Passage, which turns into the Jerzy Grotowski
Alley (former St. Dorothy Street).

The central part of the Market Square is occupied by a block twisted by 7° in the direction
consistent with the movement of the clock hands, consisting of the Old Town Hall, New Town
Hall, and townhouses. Inside this block, there are three streets: Przejście Garncarskie,
Przejście Żelaźnicze, and Sukiennice Street, as well as Jerzy Grotowski Alley.

According to the TERYT database, the proper name of Wrocław's market square is "Rynek".

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