Zaolzie
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Zaolzie is a historically disputed border region between Poland and Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), known for its mixed Polish and Czech population and its controversial annexation by Poland in 1938.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zaolzie canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
disputed territory
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| annexationContext | Munich Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| annexationYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| annexedBy | Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderWith |
Czech Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCity |
Karviná
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orlová NERFINISHED ⓘ Třinec NERFINISHED ⓘ Český Těšín NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Czech Republic
ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| crossedBy | Olza River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demographicFeature | bilingual communities ⓘ |
| disputeBetween |
Czechoslovakia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dividedBy | Spa Conference 1920 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
coal mining
ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Czechs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Poles NERFINISHED ⓘ Silesians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMinority | Polish minority in the Czech Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
Polish annexation of Zaolzie in 1938
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalLanguageIssue | language rights of Polish minority ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Polish minority in the Czech Republic
ⓘ
mixed Polish and Czech population ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Czech
ⓘ
Polish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Europe
ⓘ
Cieszyn Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameDerivedFrom | Olza River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | land beyond the Olza ⓘ |
| partOf |
Austro-Hungarian Empire (historically)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trans-Olza region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | part of Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic (today) ⓘ |
| postWWIIStatus | returned to Czechoslovakia after 1945 ⓘ |
| postWWIStatus | assigned to Czechoslovakia in 1920 ⓘ |
| relatedConflict | Polish–Czechoslovak border conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Cieszyn Silesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Polish minority in Zaolzie ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century border disputes ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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