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3 days ago · Silesia [a] (see names below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately 40,000 km 2 (15,400 sq mi), and the population is estimated at 8,000,000.
- Silesians
Silesians in the Opole and Silesian Voivodeships of Poland...
- Silesian Language
Distribution. Silesian speakers currently live in the region...
- Lower Silesia
Lower Silesia (Polish: Dolny Śląsk [ˈdɔlnɨ ˈɕlɔ̃sk]; Czech:...
- Sudeten Mountains
The Sudetes (/ s uː ˈ d iː t iː z / soo-DEE-teez), also...
- Province of Silesia
The Province of Silesia (German: Provinz Schlesien; Polish:...
- Silesians
2 days ago · Recovered Territories. Map showing Poland's borders pre-1938 and post-1945. The Eastern Borderlands is in gray while the Recovered Territories are in pink. The Recovered Territories or Regained Lands ( Polish: Ziemie Odzyskane ), also known as the Western Borderlands ( Polish: Kresy Zachodnie ), and previously as the Western and Northern ...
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5 days ago · In this podcast, you will hear from Doctor Ctirad Musil, Chairman of a political party called Moravians, which, so far unsuccessfully, strives to achieve an autonomous status for this historic land in the east of the country: "The original Moravian and Silesian lands disappeared and became only regions. Prague centralism came in, and it does ...
5 days ago · The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD, with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polan rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern times Pomerania has been split between Germany and Poland. Its name comes from the Slavic po more, which means "land at the sea".
4 days ago · Mieszko I (ca. 940 – 25 May 992), was the ruler of the Polans from about 960 until his death. A member of the Piast dynasty, he was son of Siemomysł; grandchild of Lestek; father of Bolesław I the Brave, the first crowned King of Poland; likely father of Świętosława (Sigrid), a Nordic Queen; and grandfather of her son, Cnut the Great.
4 days ago · GOJA Music Hall Les Misérables - Bídníci. The longest-running musical in the world, Les Misérables, is returning to the Goja Music Hall in Prague in 2024.
5 days ago · Icelandic ( /aɪsˈlændɪk/ (listen); Icelandic: íslenskapronounced [ˈis.tl̥ɛn.ska] (listen)) is a North Germanic language spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland, where it is the national language. [1] .
