Province of Silesia

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former administrative division province of Prussia

The Province of Silesia was a Prussian administrative region in Central Europe that encompassed much of historic Silesia, with its capital at Breslau (now Wrocław), and played a key role in the kingdom’s industrial and cultural development.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Province of Silesia canonical	26
Province of Lower Silesia	2
Province of Silesia (Lower Silesia region)	1
Province of Silesia (Upper Silesia region)	1
Province of Silesia (historical)	1
Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former administrative division ⓘ province of Prussia ⓘ
abolished	1941 ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Breslau Regierungsbezirk NERFINISHED ⓘ Liegnitz Regierungsbezirk NERFINISHED ⓘ Oppeln Regierungsbezirk NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	Austrian Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Bohemia (within Austrian Empire) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Brandenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Posen NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Breslau NERFINISHED ⓘ Wrocław NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOf	Regierungsbezirk Breslau NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Görlitz region NERFINISHED ⓘ Katowice region NERFINISHED ⓘ Legnica region NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Opole region NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Wałbrzych region NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
endTime	1919 ⓘ
followedBy	Province of Lower Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Silesia (Nazi Germany, 1938–1941) NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Upper Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent	Silesian uprisings NERFINISHED ⓘ industrialization of Prussia ⓘ
knownFor	coal mining ⓘ cultural diversity ⓘ heavy industry ⓘ steel production ⓘ textile industry ⓘ
languageUsed	Czech ⓘ German ⓘ Polish ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Europe ⓘ historic region of Silesia ⓘ
majorRiver	Neisse River NERFINISHED ⓘ Oder River NERFINISHED ⓘ
nowMostlyIn	Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
nowPartlyIn	Czech Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Free State of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ Weimar Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Silesian Province (Kingdom of Prussia, pre-1815) NERFINISHED ⓘ
reestablished	1938 ⓘ
religion	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startTime	1815 ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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

Province of Posen → borderedBy → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Strehlen, Prussian Silesia → locatedIn → Province of Silesia ⓘ

First Silesian Uprising → location → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Otto Lasch → placeOfBirth → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Third Silesian Uprising → location → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Second Silesian Uprising → location → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Krieblowitz → historicalRegion → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Heinz Hopf → placeOfBirth → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Karl Hanke → placeOfBirth → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Maximilian von Prittwitz → birthPlace → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Kattowitz → partOf → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Oppeln → locatedInThePastIn → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Bernhard Grzimek → birthPlace → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Province of Posen-West Prussia → borderedBy → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Province of Posen-West Prussia → followedBy → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Lublinitz → associatedWith → Province of Silesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of Silesia (historical)

Breslau, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Breslau, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire → capitalOf → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Lothar von Richthofen → birthPlace → Province of Silesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia

Otto Sackur → placeOfBirth → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Province of Brandenburg → borderedBy → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Faculty of Philosophy → locatedIn → Province of Silesia ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Philosophy (University of Breslau)

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences → location → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Arnold Zweig → placeOfBirth → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Dobromierz, Poland → usedToBePartOf → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Camenz, Silesia → partOf → Province of Silesia ⓘ

Walther von Lüttwitz → placeOfDeath → Province of Silesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of Lower Silesia

Prussian Eastern Provinces → hasPart → Province of Silesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of Silesia (Upper Silesia region)

Prussian Eastern Provinces → hasPart → Province of Silesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of Silesia (Lower Silesia region)

Prussian provinces → hasPart → Province of Silesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of Lower Silesia