Austrian Silesia

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crown land former administrative territorial entity historical region

Austrian Silesia was a historical crown land of the Austrian Empire located in the eastern part of the Silesian region, now mostly within the Czech Republic and partly in Poland.

Aliases (7)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crown land → former administrative territorial entity → historical region →
alternativeName	Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia → Silesia (Austrian) → Österreichisch Schlesien → Österreichisch-Schlesien →
area	approximately 5,140 square kilometres →
borderedBy	Galicia and Lodomeria → Moravia → Prussian Silesia →
capital	Opava →
continent	Europe →
country	Austria-Hungary → Austrian Empire →
currency	Austrian gulden → Austro-Hungarian krone →
dissolvedFollowing	collapse of Austria-Hungary →
dividedBetween	Czechoslovakia → Poland →
endTime	1918 →
ethnicGroup	Czechs → Germans → Poles → Silesian Lachs →
formedFrom	Bohemian Silesia →
governmentForm	crown land administration within a constitutional monarchy →
historicalCapital	Opava →
languageUsed	Czech → German → Polish →
legalSystem	Austrian civil law →
locatedInPresentDay	Czech Republic → Poland →
majorCity	Bielsko → Cieszyn → Frýdek → Opava → Ostrava →
partOf	Cisleithania → Lands of the Bohemian Crown → Silesia →
population	about 756,000 (1910) →
populationCensusYear	1910 →
religion	Lutheranism → Roman Catholicism →
significantEvent	Austro-Prussian War → First Silesian War → Silesian Wars → World War I →
startTime	1742 →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Czech Republic ("Czech Silesia") → Czechs ("Czech Silesia") → Lachians → Silesian Wars ("Habsburg Silesia") → Sudeten Germans ("Czech Silesia") →	historicalRegion
Austrian Silesia ("Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia") → Austrian Silesia ("Österreichisch-Schlesien") → Austrian Silesia ("Österreichisch Schlesien") → Austrian Silesia ("Silesia (Austrian)") →	alternativeName
Austrian Silesia ("Bohemian Silesia") → Prussian Silesia ("Habsburg Silesia") →	formedFrom
Czech lands ("Czech Silesia") → Silesia →	hasPart
Imperial Council (Reichsrat) →	appliesToJurisdiction
Prussian Silesia →	borderedBy
Silesia →	hasSubregion
Cieszyn Silesia →	historicallyRuledBy
Czech Jews ("Czech Silesia") →	historicalRegionOfOrigin
Sudetenland ("Czech Silesia") →	locatedIn
Sudetenland →	preWWIRegion