Upper Silesia

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geographical region historical region industrial region

Upper Silesia is a historical and industrial region in Central Europe, spanning parts of modern-day Poland and the Czech Republic, known for its heavy industry and complex wartime history.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Upper Silesia canonical 65
Oberschlesien 1
Polish–Czech borderlands 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
industrial region ⓘ
borderedBy Lesser Poland ⓘ
Lower Silesia ⓘ
Moravia ⓘ
contains Upper Silesia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Upper Silesian Coal Basin
dividedBetween Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
dividedInYear 1922 ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Czechs ⓘ
Germans ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
Silesians ⓘ
hasLanguage Czech ⓘ
German ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Silesian language ⓘ
surface form: Silesian
hasMajorCity Bytom ⓘ
Gliwice ⓘ
Katowice ⓘ
Opole ⓘ
Ostrava ⓘ
Rybnik ⓘ
Zabrze ⓘ
historicalCountry Czechoslovakia ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Second Polish Republic ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
knownFor chemical industry ⓘ
coal mining ⓘ
dense urbanization ⓘ
heavy industry ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
Czech Republic ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
modernAdministrativeRegionIncludes Moravian-Silesian Region ⓘ
Opole Voivodeship ⓘ
Silesian Voivodeship ⓘ
partOf Silesia ⓘ
post1945Country Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
subregionOf Silesian Lowlands ⓘ
wasSceneOf Silesian Uprisings ⓘ
Upper Silesia plebiscite ⓘ
World War I aftermath conflicts ⓘ
World War II military operations in Poland ⓘ
surface form: World War II operations

Referenced by (75)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Auschwitz death marches → location → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Opole → historicalRegion → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Upper Silesia plebiscite → region → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Upper Silesia plebiscite → location → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Lower Silesia → borders → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Cieszyn Silesia → partOf → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Prussian Silesia → successor → Upper Silesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Upper Silesia
Katowice → partOf → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Chorzów Factory case → hasLocationOfFactory → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Gleiwitz radio station → locatedIn → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Gleiwitz radio station → broadcastArea → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Operation Himmler → location → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Upper Silesian Offensive → location → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Silesia → hasPart → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Silesian language → hasCulturalRegion → Upper Silesia ⓘ
southern Poland → containsRegion → Upper Silesia ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Poland
Silesian–Cracow Upland → near → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Buna-Werke → historicalLocation → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Monowitz-Buna → historicalRegion → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Bytom → locatedIn → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Mikolow → locatedInRegion → Upper Silesia ⓘ
subject surface form: Mikołów
Upper Silesia → contains → Upper Silesia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Silesian Coal Basin
Silesian Voivodeship → containsRegion → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Opole Voivodeship (1975–1998) → historicalRegion → Upper Silesia ⓘ
First Silesian Uprising → location → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Silesians → associatedWithRegion → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Silesian Uprisings → location → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Inter-Allied Commission for Upper Silesia → countryAdministered → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Inter-Allied Commission for Upper Silesia → locatedIn → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Third Silesian Uprising → location → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Second Silesian Uprising → location → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Second Silesian Uprising → mainRegion → Upper Silesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberschlesien
Kurt Masur → placeOfBirth → Upper Silesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silesia
Silesian Parliament → historicalRegion → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Metropolis GZM → region → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Nikiszowiec historic workers’ district → locatedInRegion → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Katowice Airport (in Pyrzowice) → servesRegion → Upper Silesia ⓘ
subject surface form: Katowice Airport
Katowice railway station → locatedIn → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Upper Silesian metropolitan area → partOf → Upper Silesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Silesian Industrial Region
Kattowitz → locatedIn → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Kattowitz → partOf → Upper Silesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Silesia industrial region
Kattowitz → culturalRegion → Upper Silesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Silesian cultural area
Rawa River → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Rawa River → associatedWith → Upper Silesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silesian industrial district
Oppeln → historicalRegion → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Duchy of Teschen → historicalRegion → Upper Silesia ⓘ
P.C.I.J. Series A, No. 17 → involves → Upper Silesia ⓘ
League of Nations minority treaties → bindingOn → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Hanna Schygulla → placeOfBirth → Upper Silesia ⓘ
Chorzów → locatedIn → Upper Silesia ⓘ