Silesia

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geographical region historical region

Silesia is a historical region in Central Europe, largely in present-day Poland, known for its rich industrial resources, complex political history, and mixed Polish, Czech, and German cultural heritage.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Silesia canonical	245
Province of Silesia	5
Schlesien	2
Cieszyn region	1
Czech Silesia (broad region)	1
Historical Silesia	1
History of Silesia	1
Kłodzko Land	1
Medieval Silesia	1
Mysłowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland	1
Poland (Silesia and other areas)	1
Polish Silesia	1
Silesia historical region	1
Silesian-Kraków industrial region	1
Silesian–Kraków industrial area	1
western Silesia	1

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
borderedBy	Bohemia ⓘ Greater Poland ⓘ Lesser Poland ⓘ Lusatia ⓘ Moravia ⓘ
containsMountainRange	Silesian Beskids ⓘ Sudetes ⓘ
culturalHeritage	Czech ⓘ German ⓘ Polish ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Czechs ⓘ Germans ⓘ Poles ⓘ Silesians ⓘ
hasCapital	Wrocław ⓘ
hasPart	Austrian Silesia ⓘ Cieszyn Silesia ⓘ Lower Silesia ⓘ Opole Silesia ⓘ Upper Silesia ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica ⓘ Historic Centre of Wrocław ⓘ Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine ⓘ
historicalEvent	First Silesian War ⓘ Second Silesian War ⓘ Silesian Uprisings ⓘ Silesian Wars ⓘ Third Silesian War ⓘ Upper Silesia plebiscite ⓘ
historicallyRuledBy	Czech Republic ⓘ Czechoslovakia ⓘ German Empire ⓘ Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ Kingdom of Poland ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Nazi Germany ⓘ Piast dynasty ⓘ Polish People’s Republic ⓘ Second Polish Republic ⓘ Weimar Republic ⓘ
historicalProvinceOf	Prussia ⓘ
knownFor	chemical industry ⓘ coal mining ⓘ heavy industry ⓘ steel production ⓘ
languageUsed	Czech ⓘ German ⓘ Polish ⓘ Silesian language ⓘ
largestCity	Wrocław ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Europe ⓘ
majorCity	Bytom ⓘ Gliwice ⓘ Katowice ⓘ Opole ⓘ
majorRiver	Oder River ⓘ surface form: Oder Vistula River ⓘ surface form: Vistula
modernAdministrativeRegion	Lower Silesian Voivodeship ⓘ Lubusz Voivodeship ⓘ Moravian-Silesian Region ⓘ Opole Voivodeship ⓘ Saxony ⓘ Silesian Voivodeship ⓘ
partOf	Czech Republic ⓘ Germany ⓘ Poland ⓘ
post1945Status	mostly incorporated into Poland ⓘ partly incorporated into Czechoslovakia ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ

Referenced by (265)

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

Vistula–Oder Offensive → location → Silesia ⓘ

West Slavs → historicalRegion → Silesia ⓘ

Prussia → territoryIncludes → Silesia ⓘ

Frederick II of Prussia → territorialAcquisition → Silesia ⓘ

Mongol invasions of Europe → location → Silesia ⓘ

Battle of Leuthen → location → Silesia ⓘ

Austrian Habsburg Monarchy → ruledTerritory → Silesia ⓘ

Wrocław → partOf → Silesia ⓘ

Gresham, Oregon → hasSisterCity → Silesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mysłowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Glogów → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Silesia ⓘ

subject surface form: Głogów

Christian Wolff → birthPlace → Silesia ⓘ

Lesser Poland → borders → Silesia ⓘ

Chrzanów → region → Silesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Silesian–Kraków industrial area

Trzebinia → partOf → Silesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Silesian-Kraków industrial region

Oder River → passesThrough → Silesia ⓘ

Opole → partOf → Silesia ⓘ

Austrian Silesia → partOf → Silesia ⓘ

Upper Silesia plebiscite → category → Silesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: History of Silesia

Lower Silesia → partOf → Silesia ⓘ

Lower Silesia → hasCulturalRegion → Silesia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kłodzko Land

Cieszyn Silesia → partOf → Silesia ⓘ

Treaty of Berlin (1742) → regionAffected → Silesia ⓘ

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher → placeOfDeath → Silesia ⓘ