Editing Zgorzelec (section)

===Recent history===
[[File:Zgorzelec-Wroclawska.jpg|thumb|right|Reconstructed Postal Square, seen from the river]]
Since the [[fall of communism]] in 1989, Zgorzelec and Görlitz have developed a close political relationship. Two of the numerous bridges over the Neisse river that had been blown up by retreating German forces in World War II have been rebuilt, reconnecting the two towns with one bus line. There is also common urban management and annual common sessions of both town councils. In 2006 the towns jointly applied to be the [[European Capital of Culture]] in 2010. It was hoped that the jury would be convinced by the concept of Polish-German cooperation, but the award fell to [[Essen]], with Görlitz/Zgorzelec in second place.