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1 day ago · Base map shows modern national borders. / 51.6; 17.2. 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
6 days ago · Map of Poland. This is a list of cities and towns in Poland, consisting of four sections: the full list of all 107 cities in Poland by size, followed by a description of the principal metropolitan areas of the country, the table of the most populated cities and towns in Poland, and finally, the full alphabetical list of all 107 Polish cities and 861 towns combined.
1 day ago · The Katowice metropolitan area consists of about 40 adjacent cities and towns, the whole Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area (mostly within the Upper Silesian Coal Basin) over 50 cities or towns and a population of 5,008,000.
23 hours ago · The Germans had a majority, by 228,246 votes. In late April 1921, rumours flew that Upper Silesia would stay in Germany. This led to the Third Polish Uprising in May–July 1921. The question of the Upper Silesia problem was turned over to a council of the League of Nations. The commission, consisting of four representatives—one each from ...
2 days ago · Częstochowa is located in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. It is the largest economic, cultural and administrative hub in the northern part of the Silesian Voivodeship . The city is known for the famous Pauline monastery of Jasna Góra, which is the home of the Black Madonna painting, a shrine to the Virgin Mary.
May 20, 2024 · This dissertation, set in a different national context, argues that the Upper Silesian Plebiscite and its preceding two-year propaganda campaign gave nationalists the space in which to define and refine what it meant to be German or Polish.
1 day ago · Bielsko-Biała is the administrative, economic, academic and cultural centre for the Silesian-Lesser Polish border region, sometimes colloquially referred to as Podbeskidzie. [notes 1] It is also an important commercial and industrial hub, as well as a road and railway junction.
