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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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Province of Silesia 5
History of Silesia 1
Kłodzko Land 1

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy Bohemia ⓘ
Greater Poland ⓘ
Lesser Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
majorCity Bytom ⓘ
Gliwice ⓘ
Katowice NERFINISHED ⓘ
Opole NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorRiver Oder River ⓘ
surface form: Oder

Vistula River ⓘ
surface form: Vistula
modernAdministrativeRegion Lower Silesian Voivodeship NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lubusz Voivodeship NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moravian-Silesian Region ⓘ
Opole Voivodeship NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
Silesian Voivodeship NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Czech Republic ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
post1945Status mostly incorporated into Poland ⓘ
partly incorporated into Czechoslovakia ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ

Referenced by (66)

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

Chrzanów → region → Silesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silesian–Kraków industrial area
Sagan → region → Silesia ⓘ
Silesian language → spokenIn → Silesia ⓘ
High German → spokenInCountry → Silesia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Poland (Silesia and other areas)
this entity surface form: Province of Silesia
subject surface form: Frederick II of Prussia
Prussia → territoryIncludes → Silesia ⓘ
Lachians → traditionalRegion → Silesia ⓘ