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 In the early years the rally was called "Munich - Breslau" and was, as the name implies, first launched in 1994 from Munich with 35 cars, 20 motorcycles and 5 trucks at the start.
Due to the long journey from Munich to the first site in Poland, then the rally was started four years later from Berlin. As the rally convoy was now 65 cars, 50 motorcycles and 15 trucks, and various support vehicles went with it, the organizers were in fact very politely asked to move the starting point. because of the resulting traffic chaos at the Alexanderplatz.
Meanwhile the event could now no longer be taken out of motor sport, and so several new terrains were offered to the organization. It was decided to move the start to the vicinity of the lignite mine in Senftenberg. From 2001, this mine was use d to given its proximity to the Polish stages.
For the 10th anniversary the participants piled up, 106 cars, 65 motorcycles and 38 trucks were at the start. Until 2006, the start was in Cottbus near Senftenberg, until the flooding of the lignite mine made changes necessary.
The reputation of the "Breslau" (as the rally is called by the 4x4 fraternity) was now so strong that the city of Dresden undertook that it would become the title sponsor of the rally for the future.
The paddock is now in the middle of Dresden. It starts in front of the Frauenkirche, going onto the start podium on the Augustus Bridge, which since 2006 is now completely closed once a year for the rally. Racing celebrities like Jutta Kleinschmidt and Walter Röhrl enjoyed giving the start on the ramp.
In 2008 simultaneously with the "Breslau" there was an off-road show in Dresden. Thousands of visitors can now watch the first stage on the obstacle course in the Exhibition grounds. Due to the large demand from exhibitors the show is expected again in 2009, in conjunction with the "Breslau".
The 17th edition of the Breslau rally starts for the first time in Breslau.
The President of Breslau, Mr. Rafal Dutkiewicz has personally campaigned for the Breslau rally.
The rally, which has for 16 years, never been to Breslau, although it carries its name, should have ended in Breslau in 2010.
The flood of the century thwarted that plan and so this was not realised. All efforts have paid off and in 2011 after such a long time the start will take place in Breslau.
After 7 tough days the rally ends where it started for the last few years - in Dresden.
Since its founding 17 years ago, the rally has been through many changes - starting from Munich, Berlin, Dresden and even Breslau (Wroclaw). However, there was no bigger change than taking the Breslau to an entirely new terrain, and replacing the sand and the marshes of Poland with the mountains and the coast in Romania and Bulgaria. A new challenge which was taken up by the organisation leaders Alexander Kovatchev and Henrik Strasser, when in 2011, they announced the 18th Breslau.
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