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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.
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.
Upper Silesia was disputed by Poland and Germany for a number of reasons including: As a result of the Paris Peace Settlement, the boundaries of many countries were redrawn. Upper Silesia was on the border of Germany and Poland and both nationalities lived there, which caused conflict.
May 3, 2024 · In Upper (southeastern) Silesia the population was mixed, with Germans concentrated in the towns, Poles in the agricultural areas, and the latter making up a large proportion of the miners and unskilled industrial workers.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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The Opole and Silesian Voivodeships form Upper Silesia. The small portion in the Czech Republic known as Czech Silesia comprises, with the country’s northern part of the Moravia region, the Moravian-Silesian Region, while the remainder makes up a small part of the Olomouc Region.
Silesia has a diverse culture, including architecture, costumes, cuisine, traditions, and the Silesian language (minority in Upper Silesia). The largest city of the region is Wrocław . Silesia is along the Oder River, with the Sudeten Mountains extending across the southern border.
Jan 15, 2020 · Upper Silesia continued to be unique and consequential in interwar Europe, thanks largely to the wide protections given to minorities in the region under the 1922 Geneva Accord, including Jews in the German partition until 1937.