Search results
Upper Silesia is situated on the upper Oder River, north of the Eastern Sudetes mountain range and the Moravian Gate, which form the southern border with the historic Moravia region. Within the adjacent Silesian Beskids to the east, the Vistula River rises and turns eastwards, the Biała and Przemsza tributaries mark the eastern border with ...
May 3, 2024 · Silesia consists largely of the basin of the upper and middle Oder River, which flows from southeast to northwest. The region is bounded by the Sudeten mountains to the southwest, by the Beskid range to the south, and by the Kraków-Wieluń plateau to the northeast.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Upper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located today mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic.
The largest city and Lower Silesia's capital is Wrocław; the historic capital of Upper Silesia is Opole. The biggest metropolitan area is the Katowice metropolitan area, the centre of which is Katowice. Parts of the Czech city of Ostrava and the German city of Görlitz are within Silesia's borders.
Silesia is the region along the upper part of the Odra River, bordered by the Sudetes in the west and the Carpathians in the south, but with no clear natural boundary with Greater Poland in the north or with Lesser Poland in the east.
People also ask
Where is Upper Silesia located?
What is the history of Upper Silesia?
Is Upper Silesia part of the Free State of Prussia?
What is the capital of Upper Silesia?
The Province of Upper Silesia ( German: Provinz Oberschlesien; Silesian German: Provinz Oberschläsing; Silesian: Prowincyjŏ Gōrny Ślōnsk; Polish: Prowincja Górny Śląsk) was a province of the Free State of Prussia from 1919 to 1945.
In Opolskie: History. …the duchy of Opole-Racibórz (Upper Silesia). During the rule of the “Silesian Henries” (1202–41), a number of Germans settled in the duchy of Opole-Racibórz. It was a time of economic prosperity, and Opole, Nysa, and Brzeg developed as trade centres.
![Physical map of Upper Silesia [1446x1358] : MapPorn](https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=where+is+upper+silesia+located+today+map&ei=UTF-8&age=1m&th=119.9&tw=128&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fexternal-preview.redd.it%2F5uvZj7UCU_P2pldHSsyEGdKJAG3KvCp1gbmwZL8BkHA.png%3Fwidth%3D960%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D2389a3e60f72b774474ca1d094341c74486f83f0&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FMapPorn%2Fcomments%2F62sonk%2Fphysical_map_of_upper_silesia_1446x1358%2F&size=109KB&name=Physical+map+of+Upper+Silesia+%5B1446x1358%5D+%3A+MapPorn&oid=3&h=901&w=960&turl=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.DIunmINe94bYNpmJs0AzsQHaG8%26pid%3DApi%26rs%3D1%26c%3D1%26qlt%3D95%26w%3D128%26h%3D119&tt=Physical+map+of+Upper+Silesia+%5B1446x1358%5D+%3A+MapPorn&sigr=3rhhsQFVYhVR&sigit=UyHUlkEFYAAA&sigi=Mwgu.rrRwqUK&sign=57hXuPxDa6iI&sigt=57hXuPxDa6iI "Physical map of Upper Silesia [1446x1358] : MapPorn")
