Trans-Olza region
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The Trans-Olza region is a historically contested border area between Poland and (former) Czechoslovakia, notable for its mixed Polish-Czech population and strategic location in Cieszyn Silesia.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
border region
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| annexedBy |
Czechoslovakia in 1919
ⓘ
Nazi Germany during World War II ⓘ Poland in 1938 ⓘ |
| borderDisputeInvolved | Poland–Czechoslovakia border dispute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Olza River on the Polish side
ⓘ
Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderFormedBy | Spa Conference decision of 1920 ⓘ |
| claimedBy |
First Czechoslovak Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second Polish Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCity |
Karviná
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Český Těšín NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTown |
Bohumín
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orlová NERFINISHED ⓘ Třinec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossedBy | Olza River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentSovereignState | Czech Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disputeIntensifiedAfter | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disputeRelatedTo | dissolution of Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Zaolzie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zaolží NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrganization | Polish Cultural and Educational Union in the Czech Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Czechs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Poles NERFINISHED ⓘ Silesians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignificantMinority | Polish minority in the Czech Republic ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920 ⓘ |
| historicallyContestedBetween |
Czechoslovakia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coal mining industry
ⓘ
heavy industry ⓘ mixed Polish–Czech population ⓘ railway junctions of strategic importance ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Cieszyn Silesian dialects
ⓘ
Czech ⓘ Polish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Europe
ⓘ
Cieszyn Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Czech Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameDerivedFrom | Olza River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
historical region of Silesia ⓘ |
| religionPracticed |
Protestantism
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| returnedTo | Czechoslovakia after World War II ⓘ |
| strategicImportanceDueTo |
Košice–Bohumín Railway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
industrial resources of Cieszyn Silesia ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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