name CzechSilesia native name esk Slezsko type Regions of the Czech Republic Historical ... Summer Time CEST utc offset DST 2 CzechSilesia lang cs esk Slezsko lang de Tschechisch Schlesien lang pl l sk Czeski is an unofficial name of one of the three Czech lands and a section of the Silesia n historical region. It is located in the north east of the Czech Republic , predominantly ... Silesia lang cs Moravsk Slezsko Moravskoslezsko is a neologism used only in relation to the NUTS regions , it is almost identical with the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia , also known as Austrian Silesia before 1918 between 1938 and 1945 the area was also named Sudeten Silesia , referring to the Sudetenland . Geography Image CzechSilesia En.png thumb CzechSilesia now lies across several of the northern regions CzechSilesia borders Moravia in the south, Poland Polish Silesia in the north ... date November 2010 Modern day CzechSilesia derives primarily from a small part of Silesia that remained ... of Versailles in 1920. Following the Munich Agreement of 1938, most of CzechSilesia became part of the Reichsgau ... World War , CzechSilesia and Hlu nsko were returned to Czechoslovakia and the expulsion of Germans ... there. Notable people from CzechSilesia include Martin of Opava Martinus Polonus 1278 , chronicler ... 24, 2005 Czech lands coord missing Czech Republic Category CzechSilesia Category Geography of the Czech Republic Category Historical regions in the Czech Republic Category Geography of Silesia Link ... Beskids image shield Silesia.svg image flag Flag of Czech Silesia.svg image map esk Slezsko po roce 1920 na map eska.png map caption CzechSilesia green and the so called Moravian enclaves in Silesia red in relation to the current regions of the Czech Republic Location subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Czech Republic seat type Former capital seat Opava seat1 type Largest city ... of the modern region of Moravian Silesian Region Moravian Silesia save for its southern edges and, in its ... more details
lang cs Slezsko Silesian language Silesian l nsk IPA lonsk lang la Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland , with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic , and Germany . Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia s largest city and historical capital is Wroc aw . Other large cities are Opole and Katowice in Poland, Ostrava and Opava in the Czech Republic, and G rlitz in Germany. Its main river is the Oder River Oder in German in Polish and Czech Odra . Silesia s borders and national affiliation ... after World War I, and are part of the Czech Republic. Most inhabitants of Silesia today speak ... Czechoslovakia becoming known as CzechSilesia , although most of Cieszyn and territory to the east ... Voivodeship . CzechSilesia is now part of the Czech Republic, forming the Moravian Silesian Region ... s Opole Voivodeship and CzechSilesia . CzechSilesia consists of a part of the Moravian Silesian Region ... . The Czech part of Silesia is inhabited by Czechs , Moravians ethnic group Moravians , Silesians and Poles . Before the Second World War, Silesia was inhabited mostly by Germans and Poles, with a Czech ... of Germans fled or were expelled from the present day Polish and Czech parts of Silesia during ... center 33px Only part in Silesia See also Architecture of SilesiaCzechSilesia Austrian Silesia ... us&ct clnk&cd 2 Combined European History Exhibit by Germans, Poles, Czech, Slovaks and Hungarians Silesia topics Use dmy dates date September 2010 Category Silesia Category Historical regions in the Czech ...Other uses File Silesia Now .png thumb 360px Historic Silesia, superimposed on modern international borders The medi val Bohemian crown land as of 1538 outlined in cyan, Prussian Silesia as of 1815 in yellow File Silesia dvcatvs Blaeu Atlas 1645 .png thumb Coat of Arms of Lower Silesia File Herb Ksi stwa Cieszyna.jpg thumb Coat of Arms of Upper SilesiaSilesia IPAc en icon s a l i or IPAc en ... more details
Silesia is a Silesia historical region in Central Europe. Historical territories of Silesia include Silesia , split between the Czech Republic, Germany, and Poland Lower Silesia , split between Germany and Poland Upper Silesia , split between the Czech Republic and Poland CzechSilesia , in the Czech Republic Austrian Silesia , in the former Austrian Empire and Kingdom of Bohemia Cieszyn Silesia , split between the Czech Republic and Poland Middle Silesia , in Poland Administrative units of Silesia include Province of Silesia , former Prussian province 1740&ndash 1919 1938&ndash 1941 Province of Lower Silesia , former Prussian province 1919&ndash 1938 1941&ndash 1945 Province of Upper Silesia , former Prussian province 1919&ndash 1938 1941&ndash 1945 Austrian Silesia Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia Austrian Silesia , former Austrian kronland 1742&ndash 1919 Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship 1920&ndash 1945 Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia , former Saxon district 1994&ndash 2008 Lower Silesian Voivodeship , in Poland 1999&ndash Silesian Voivodeship , in Poland 1999&ndash Opole Voivodeship , in Poland 1999&ndash Lubusz Voivodeship , in Poland 1999&ndash Moravian Silesian Region , in the Czech Republic 2000&ndash Religious bodies Evangelical Church of Silesia , former Protestant united regional church body in Germany 1947&ndash 2004 Silesian Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession , a Lutheran regional church body in the Czech Republic Silesia may also refer to a cotton twill fabric that is often used for linings or flat covered buttons in tailoring. See also Silesian disambiguation Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union Dukes of Silesia German battleship Schlesien SMS Schlesien , A German battleship that served in both World Wars Silesian Confederacy , a fictional nation in David Weber s science fiction Honorverse disambig ca Sil sia desambiguaci cs Slezsko rozcestn k fr Sil sie homonymie pl l sk ujednoznacznienie ro Silezia dezambiguizare ... more details
ksi stwo nyskie COA.svg 20px Duchy of Nysa s1 CzechSilesia image s1 File Silesia.svg 20px CzechSilesia ... German language German , Polish language Polish , Czech language Czech religion currency stat year1 1910 stat area1 5147 stat pop1 756949 today flag Czech Republic br flag Poland footnotes Austrian Silesia ... land of Austria Hungary . It is largely coterminous with the present day region of CzechSilesia , and was, historically, part of the larger Silesia region. Geography File Oesterreichisch Schlesien1880.png left thumb Austrian Silesia outlined in yellow , Richard Andree , 1880 Austrian Silesia consisted ...Unreferenced date January 2008 See also Duchy of Silesia . Infobox Former Country native name Herzogtum Ober und Niederschlesien conventional long name Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia common name Silesia continent Europe region Central Europe country Czech Republic status Vassal empire status text Kronland ... of Silesia date start event1 Part of Austrian Empire date event1 1804 event2 Crown land of br ... Silesian Voivodeship image flag Flag of Czech Silesia.svg image coat Silesia.svg image map Schlesien Donaumonarchie.png image map caption Austrian Silesia shown in red within Austria Hungary ... the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia lang de Herzogtum Ober und Niederschlesien was an Autonomy autonomous ... of Hungary , along the Olza river Olza and upper Vistula rivers to the border with Silesia Province Prussian Silesia in the north. In the east the Bia a Vistula Bia a river at Bielsko Bia a ... formed the southeastern part of the medieval Duchy of Silesia , a province of the History of Poland during the Piast dynasty Piast Kingdom of Poland . During the 14th century most Dukes of Silesia had declared themselves Bohemian vassals. As part of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown , Silesia was inherited ... Breslau and Treaty of Berlin 1742 Berlin , in which Silesia was divided. File sterreichisch Schlesien 1746.svg thumb left Composition of Austrian Silesia legend orange Duchy of Cieszyn legend ... more details
Eastern Silesia was formerly the Austria n crownland Austrian Silesia , which was occupied by Czechoslovakia after World War I . It had an area of 1,987 sq mi 5,146 km , with a population of 680,422 in 1900. The capital was Opava . Plans for a plebiscite fell through, and the area was divided between Czechoslovakia and Poland . The territory was entered by the Czech military on 23 January 1919, after negotiations with Poland broke down. A final agreement on the border was reached on 28 July 1920. Postage stamps Image Stamp Eastern Silesia 1920 3h.jpg right 160px thumb Overprint on imperforate Hradcany 3 haleru stamp of Czechoslovakia . Eastern Silesia is remembered today by philately philatelist s, since the plans for the plebiscite included the issuance of special postage stamp s. These were stamps of Czechoslovakia and Poland, overprint ed with various combinations of SO or S. O. French language Fr. Silesie Orientale , and 1920 . They were in use from February to September 1920. The overprints were produced in considerable numbers with a few exceptions, the stamps are commonly available today at the minimum price. The postal history of the territory is quite complicated, with both overprinted and unoverprinted stamps of the contending countries and Austria in use at different post offices at different times. External links http czechphilatelist.tripod.com snejdarek In depth article on Eastern Silesia and its postal history coord missing Category Historical regions in Poland Category Historical regions in the Czech Republic Category Silesia ru ... more details
of Upper Silesia stayed as part of Czechoslovakia as CzechSilesia . The expulsions of German speakers ...About the historical region the former Prussian province Upper Silesia Province File Upper Silesia coat of arms.png thumb Coat of arms of Upper Silesia, br Hugo Gerhard Str hl 1851 1919 Upper Silesia lang ... lang la Silesia Superior is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia . Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of chronologically Greater Moravia ... from 1526. In 1742 the bulk of Upper Silesia was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia , and in 1871 ... of Poland in 1945. Geography Upper Silesia is situated on the upper Oder River, north of the Eastern ... . In the north, Upper Silesia borders on Greater Poland , and in the west on the Lower Silesia n lands, the adjacent region around Wroc aw also referred to as Middle Silesia . It is currently split into a larger Poland Polish and the smaller CzechSilesia n part, which is located within the Czech Republic Czech regions of Moravian Silesian Region Moravia Silesia and Olomouc Region Olomouc . The Polish Upper Silesian territory covers most of the Opole Voivodeship Opole Silesia , except for the Lower ... G rnicza , Jaworzno and Sosnowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship Sosnowice . Divided Cieszyn Silesia as well as former Austrian Silesia are historical parts of Upper Silesia. History see also History of Silesia According to the 9th century Bavarian Geographer , the West Slavic Opolanie tribe had ... gord of Opole . At the time of Prince Svatopluk I 871&ndash 894 , all Silesia was a part ... conquered large parts of Silesia. From the Middle Silesia fortress of Niemcza , his son and successor ... dukes like Bretislaus I, Duke of Bohemia Bretislaus I , who from 1025 invaded Silesia several times ... enfeebled its central authority. The newly established Duchy of Silesia became the ancestral homeland ... their Silesian home territory with the aid of the Holy Roman Emperor . File Silesia 1217 1230.jpg thumb ... more details
, where Glatzer Land also bordered on Austrian Silesia in the east. After World War I , the state of Czechoslovakia ... Polish Republic . At the same time, the Prussian Silesia Province was divided, whereby Regierungsbezirk Breslau formed the eastern half of the Lower Silesia Province Prussia Province of Lower Silesia . Historically, most residents spoke the Czech language , German language German , or Polish language ... . Major cities The major cities in Middle Silesia are Wroc aw lang cz Vratislav lang de Breslau Wa brzych ... Breslau 1813 1919 File Provnice of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, 1905, Administrative Map.png thumb ... Category Geography of Silesia de Mittelschlesien pl l sk rodkowy ... more details
of Silesia was seized by King Frederick the Great of Kingdom of Prussia Prussia in the War of the Austrian Succession and subsequently made the Prussian Province of Silesia . After World War I, parts of Silesia were transferred to the Second Polish Republic and administered as the Silesian Voivodeship 1920 1939 Silesian Voivodeship . A Upper Silesia plebiscite plebiscite recorded the majority of the population of all of Upper Silesia wished to remain part of Germany. However, the easternmost portion of Upper Silesia, with a majority ethnic Polish population, was transferred to Poland. The Prussian Province of Silesia within Germany was divided into the Provinces of Province of Lower Silesia Lower Silesia and Province of Upper Silesia Upper Silesia . Austrian Silesia officially Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia almost identical with modern day CzechSilesia , the small portion of Silesia ...File Silesia coat of arms.png thumb upright Lower Silesia s historical coat of arms. File Upper Silesia coat of arms.png thumb upright Upper Silesia s historical coat of arms. Silesia has historically been an ethnically diverse region. East Germanic tribes Germanic tribes were first recorded within Silesia ... known states in Silesia were those of Greater Moravia and Bohemia . In the 10th century, Mieszko I incorporated Silesia into the Polish state. In this state it remained until the Fragmentation ... Duke of Poland. In the Middle Ages , Silesia was divided among Duchies of Silesia many independent duchies ruled by various Silesian Dukes of Silesia dukes of the Piast dynasty . During this time ... king Wenceslaus II became suzerain of some Upper Silesian duchies. Silesia subsequently became a possession ... World War II, both of the provinces of Silesia were seized by the Soviet Union. According to the Potsdam ... Neolithic.gif thumb left Neolithic Europe circa 4500 4000 BC Silesia is part of the Danubian culture yellow . The first signs of genus Homo genus Homo in Silesia date to between 230,000 and 100,000 ... more details
Silesian Voivodeship and Czechoslovakia CzechSilesia after the Polish Czechoslovak War of 1919. See also Dukes of Silesia Duchies of Silesia coord missing Czech Republic DEFAULTSORT Silesia, Duchy ... History of Silesia Duchy of Silesia Category Silesia Category Czech history Category Historical regions ... pl small br Herzogtum Schlesien small German language de small br Slezsk kn ectv small Czech language cs small conventional long name Duchy of Silesia common name Silesia continent Europe region Silesia country Central Europe era High Middle Ages status Province of Kingdom of Poland 1025 1385 ... map Silesia 1172 1177.jpg image map caption Silesia 1172 77 Fragmentation begins with splitting ... of Silesia lang pl Ksi stwo l skie , lang de Herzogtum Schlesien with its capital at Wroc aw was a medieval duchy located in the historic Silesia n region of Kingdom of Poland 1025 1385 Poland ... into various Duchies of Silesia . In 1327 the remaining Duchy of Wroc aw as well as most other ..., when King Casimir III the Great of Poland renounced his rights to Silesia in the 1335 Treaty ... Sob slav I, Duke of Bohemia Sob slav I . In the west Lower Silesia bordered on the German March ... running along the B br and Kwisa rivers. Silesia was limited by the Polish provinces of Greater ... Siewierz und Duchy of Pless Pszczyna to Upper Silesia in favour of Duke Mieszko IV Tanglefoot . After Silesia as a whole had become a Bohemian fief according to the 1335 Treaty of Trentschin ... of Poland in 1138 Legend blue Duchy of Silesia under W adys aw II the Exile W adys aw II ... to cede Silesia, W adys aw s sons were able to return to the duchy in 1163. As long as they were under ... partition of many which led to the creation of numerous Duchies of Silesia in the following centuries W adys aw s eldest son, Boles aw I the Tall , received Lower Silesia with Wroc aw as his ..., Mieszko I Tanglefoot , received a far smaller part in Upper Silesia and took his residence at Racib rz ... more details
province Lower Silesia Province Prussia File Silesia coat of arms.png thumb Silesian coat of arms, br Hugo Gerhard Str hl 1851 1919 Lower Silesia lang pl Dolny l sk lang cz Doln Slezsko , lang la Silesia Inferior lang de Niederschlesien Silesian German Niederschl sing lang szl Dolny l nsk is the northwestern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia Upper Silesia is to the southeast. Throughout its history Lower Silesia has been under the control of the medieval History ... Silesian Duchy of Nysa and had been incorporated into Austrian Silesia in 1742. After 1945 the main part of the former Prussian Province of Lower Silesia fell to the People s Republic of Poland ... File Silesia Now .png thumb 360px Historic Silesia, superimposed on modern international borders medi val Bohemian crown land after the loss of Krosno outlined in cyan, Prussian Silesia as of 1815 with Upper Lusatian gains and K odzko, but without Austrian Silesia in yellow Lower Silesia is located ... border of Lower Silesia is mapped by the mountain ridge of the Western Sudetes Western and Central Sudetes Central Sudetes , which since the High Middle Ages formed the border between Polish Silesia and the historic Bohemia n region of the present day Czech Republic. The B br and Kwisa rivers are considered ... state of Brandenburg . To the north, Lower Silesia originally stretched up to wiebodzin and Krosno ... lands lie to the southeast. Administratively Polish Lower Silesia is shared between Lower Silesian ... , the larger Upper Lusatian parts of Prussian Silesia Silesian Upper Lusatia west of the Neisse comprised ... fell to Austrian Silesia in 1742, namely the Jesen k District and He manovice , Mnichov and elezn , as well as parts of Vrbno pod Prad dem in the Brunt l District , today belongs to the Czech Republic ... Strzeli skie. Flora The flora of Lower Silesia is specific and different for each zone. From the bottoms ... and cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus . The flora of Lower Silesia is strongly influenced by geological and climatic ... more details
on the map of Poland The University of Silesia in Katowice lang pl Uniwersytet l ski w Katowicach is an autonomous state university in Silesian Voivodeship Silesia Province , Katowice , Poland . The University of Silesia in Katowice should not be confused with a similarly named university in Opava , Czech Republic Silesian University Opava Slezsk univerzita v Opav . The University of Silesia ...Infobox University name The University of Silesia in Katowice native name Uniwersytet l ski w Katowicach latin name Universitas Silesiensis image Image US, Katowice Logo 2.png 175px motto established 8th June 1968 type Public endowment staff Non academic staff faculty 2 057 ref http www.us.edu.pl fakty i liczby 0 Sheet with Facts and Figures on University of Silesia ref Academic staff rector Prof. dr hab. Wies aw Bany students 32 268 undergrad postgrad 3 788 city Katowice country Poland European Union EU campus Katowice , Sosnowiec , Cieszyn , Chorz w , Rybnik free label free affiliations Socrates Erasmus , Socrates Lingua , Leonardo da Vinci 2 , CEEPUS , CIRCEOS , IAU , Conference of European Rectors CRE , AUDEM , IAUP , CBUR footnotes website http www.us.edu.pl address ul. Bankowa 12, 40 ... habilitation , continuous education and training programs. History The University of Silesia in Katowice ... of Silesia belonging to Poland. In 1950 opened Wy sza Szko a Pedagogiczna w Katowicach Higher School ... of Silesia in Katowice was established in its current form as the ninth university in Poland ... Association of Upper Silesia . Heavy industry exerts a significant influence, and ecological ... and the University of Silesia, in collaboration with cole Sup rieure de Commerce in Toulouse ... Europe. Faculties The University of Silesia in Katowice has schools of modern language s, natural science ... University En icon http english.us.edu.pl University of Silesia in Katowice website Pl icon http www.us.edu.pl ... in 1968 Category University of Silesia cs Uniwersytet l ski de Schlesische Universit t fr Universit ... more details
Infobox planet width 25em background FFFFC0 name 257 Silesia discoverer Johann Palisa discovered April 5, 1886 alt names 1929 DD, 1952 FL sub 1 sub , br 1952 HU named after Silesia mp category Asteroid belt Main belt epoch 30 January 2005 Julian day JD 2453400.5 semimajor 466.195 Gm 3.116 Astronomical unit AU perihelion 410.669 Gm 2.745 AU aphelion 521.721 Gm 3.487 AU eccentricity 0.119 period 2009.341 d 5.5 Julian year astronomy a inclination 3.648 asc node 34.893 arg peri 24.727 mean anomaly 2.013 avg speed 16.87 km s dimensions 73.0 km mass unknown density unknown surface grav unknown escape velocity unknown rotation unknown spectral type unknown abs magnitude 9.47 albedo unknown single temperature unknown 257 Silesia is a large Asteroid belt Main belt asteroid . It was discovered by Johann Palisa on April 5, 1886 in Vienna . It is named after Silesia , a region of the Central Europe . Little data is available on it. References ftp ftp.lowell.edu pub elgb astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database http cfa www.harvard.edu iau lists NumberedMPs.html Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances Minor planets navigator 256 Walpurga 258 Tyche Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT Silesia Category Main Belt asteroids Category Asteroids named for places Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1886 S beltasteroid stub bs 257 Silesia de 257 Silesia el 257 es 257 Silesia eo 257 Silesio eu 257 Silesia fa fr 257 Silesia it 257 Silesia la 257 Silesia hu 257 Silesia ja no 257 Silesia nn 257 Silesia pl 257 Silesia pt 257 Silesia ru 257 sk 257 Silesia sl 257 lezija sr 257 Silesia tl 257 Silesia uk 257 vi 257 Silesia yo 257 Silesia zh 257 ... more details
Infobox Single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name Saturdays in Silesia Cover Saturdays in Silesia 45 cover.png Caption Artist Rational Youth from Album Cold War Night Life A side B side Released Format Recorded Genre Synthpop Length 4 21 Label Yul Writer Tracy Howe Bill Vorn Producer Pat Deserio Please note This is not necessarily the same as Artist Certification Chart position Last single This single Next single Misc Saturdays in Silesia was a 1982 single from Rational Youth , a Canada Canadian New Wave music New Wave band. It was probably the band s greatest hit. The song had also been adapted for the Commodore 64 sound demo Synth Sample 1 . See also Silesia Category Canadian pop songs Category 1982 singles ... more details
Image Silesia walls.JPG thumb right 200px center Silesia Walls near Szprotawa in Poland center Silesia Walls lang pl Wa y l skie , lang de Dreigr ben are a line of three or sometimes fewer parallel earthen ramparts and ditches that run through Lower Silesia in Poland , by the towns Szprotawa and Ko uch w . The walls are about 2.5 metres tall and, at their widest, 47 metres. They run for about 30 kilometres. It is hypothesized by Maciej Boryna of the Muzeum Ziemi Szprotawskiej that the Silesia Walls were the southwest border of the Duchy of G og w and built in 1413 1467. It is possible that rather than being military in nature the wall was designed to reduce smuggling. References refbegin M. Boryna Raport z programu badawczego Wa y l skie 2000 2006 . W. Sch pke Die Dreigr ben in Zeitschrift des Vereins f r Geschichte Schlesiens , 36. Band, Breslau , 1902 refend Poland hist stub coord 51 29 50 N 15 37 08 E region PL type landmark source kolossus dewiki display title Category History of Poland 966 1385 Category History of Silesia Category Borders of Poland Category Separation barriers Category Ancient dykes cs Slezsk valy de Dreigr ben fr Murs de Sil sie pl Wa y l skie ... more details
Refimprove date September 2009 Expo Silesia is an exhibition center exhibition and trade fair center located in the city of Sosnowiec, Poland in the Silesian Voivodeship , near D browa G rnicza . The center is located in place of the Silma factory, and was funded by Kolporter Expo Ltd a member of the Kolporter Holding Kolporter Group . External links http www.kolporterexpo.pl english expo silesia.html Kolporter Expo official site http wikimapia.org lat 50.313201&lon 19.199553&z 15&l 28&m m&v 2 Localization of Expo Silesia in Wikimapia Coord 50.313201 19.199553 type landmark display title Category Sosnowiec Category Trade fairs in Poland Category Buildings and structures in Silesian Voivodeship poland struct stub pl Expo Silesia ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2010 The Duchies of Silesia resulted from divisions of the original Duchy of Silesia after 1138. In accordance with the last will and Testament of Boles aw III Krzywousty testament ... the Exile received the Duchy of Silesia and, as the eldest, was also granted the title of a High Duke ... divided Silesia in 1173 Boles aw I the Tall , the eldest, received the Duchy of Wroc aw including ... his brother Boles aw, who after Konrad s death about 1180 90 again inherited it. gallery Image Silesia ... br legend yellow Mieszko I Tanglefoot Image Silesia 1177 1185.jpg 1177 1185 br legend orange Boles aw ... Konrad Spindleshanks Image Silesia 1185 1201.jpg 1185 1201 br legend orange Boles aw I the Tall br legend green Jaros aw Opolski br legend yellow Mieszko I Tanglefoot Image Silesia 1201 1202.jpg ... Mieszko I Tanglefoot gallery Miezsko I Tanglefoot ruled over the Upper Silesia n duchies of Racib rz ... s cousin Henry I the Bearded remained sovereign of the Lower Silesia n Duchy of Wroc aw, he acquired .... After the death of Casimir I of Opole, Henry managed to reunite whole Silesia under his reign. Henry I the Bearded was succeeded by his son Henry II the Pious in 1238, while Upper Silesia was inherited ... Silesia until 1248. Mieszko II the Fat, of Upper Silesia, in 1244, returned Kalisz to Duke Przemys ... Opolski. gallery Image Silesia 1206 1217.jpg 1206 1217 br legend orange Henry I the Bearded br legend ... Mieszko I Tanglefoot, br spaces 4 1211 Casimir I of Opole Image Silesia 1217 1230.jpg 1217 1230 br legend orange Henry I the Bearded br legend yellow Casimir I of Opole Image Silesia 1241 1243.jpg 1241 ... 1242 br legend lightgreen W adys aw Opolski br legend yellow Mieszko II the Fat Image Silesia 1243 ... br legend lightblue Lel w, until 1247 gallery Silesia was subsequently divided among the descendants ... of Silesia , and territories they ruled were known as Duchies of Silesia. Many of the Duchies ..., which fell to the House of Habsburg in 1526. In 1742, Silesia was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia ... more details
about the 19th and 20th century Prussian province the medieval duchy Duchy of Silesia the present day ... native name Provinz Schlesien conventional long name Silesia Province common name Silesia subdivision ... Monarchy.svg s1 Province of Lower Silesia flag s1 Flagge Preu en Provinz Schlesien.svg s2 Province of Upper Silesia flag s2 Flagge Preu en Provinz Oberschlesien.svg image flag Flagge Preu en ... symbol type article image map Map Prussia Silesia.svg image map caption Silesia Province red within ... region Breslau br Liegnitz region Liegnitz br Oppeln region Oppeln The Province of Silesia lang de ... of the Kingdom of Prussia , existing from 1815 to 1919, when it was divided into the Upper Silesia Province Upper and Lower Silesia Province Prussia Lower Silesia provinces, and briefly again from 1938 to 1941. As a Prussian province, Silesia became part of the German Empire during the Prussian ..., Poland . Geography File Silesia Now .png thumb left Crown land of Silesia until 1742 outlined in cyan and Silesia Province from 1815 yellow , superimposed on modern international borders The territory ... the bulk of the former Lands of the Bohemian Crown Bohemian crown land of Upper Silesia Upper and Lower Silesia Lower Silesia as well as the adjacent County of Kladsko , which the Prussian King Frederick ... Lithuanian Commonwealth . In the northeast, Upper Silesia bordered on remaining Congress Poland ... of Austrian Silesia , Moravia and Bohemia proper. The incorporated Upper Lusatian strip of land in the west touched the remaining territory of the Saxon kingdom. History see History of Silesia Immediately ... the Great of Prussia had invaded Silesia, thereby starting the War of the Austrian Succession ... of Nysa Nysa , remained possessions of the Habsburg Monarchy as Austrian Silesia . Attempts by Maria ... once again confirmed Prussian control over most of Silesia, and due to its predominantly Protestantism Protestant population especially in Lower Silesia, it became one of the most loyal territories ... more details
New Silesia may also refer to the Barossa Valley in Australia. Infobox Former Subdivision native name Neuschlesien small German language de small br Nowy l sk small Polish language pl small conventional long name New Silesia common name New Silesia subdivision Province nation Kingdom of Prussia Prussia life span 1795 1807 event start Third Partition of Poland 3nd Polish Partition year start 1795 date start 24 October event end Treaties of Tilsit year end 1807 date end 9 July p1 Duchy of Siewierz image p1 File Ksi stwo Siewierskie herb .gif 20px Duchy of Siewierz p2 Krak w Voivodeship 14th century 1795 image p2 File POL wojew dztwo krakowskie IRP COA.svg 20px Krak w Voivodeship s1 Duchy of Warsaw image s1 File Duchy of Warsaw 11.PNG 24px Duchy of Warsaw image flag image coat image map NeuSchlesien.png image map caption New Silesia among the Polish territories annexed by Prussia in the Third Partition light blue capital Siewierz Sewerien stat area1 stat pop1 stat year1 political subdiv New Silesia lang de Neuschlesien or Neu Schlesien was a small Provinces of Prussia province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1795 to 1807, created after the Partitions of Poland Third Partition of Poland . It was located northwest of Krak w and southeast of Cz stochowa , in the lands that had been part of the Silesian Duchy of Siewierz and the adjacent Polish historical province of Lesser Poland the Krak w Voivodeship 14th century 1795 Krak w Voivodeship , including the towns of arki , Pilica, Silesian Voivodeship Pilica , B dzin , and S awk w . New Silesia had its capital at Siewierz . However, it was originally to be governed by the Province of Silesia Silesian capital Wroc aw Breslau Wroc aw and later largely administered by South Prussia . After the defeat of Prussia in the War of the Fourth ... de icon Territories and provinces of Prussia Silesia topics coord 50 28 N 19 13 E region PL type adm2nd source dewiki display title Category History of Silesia Category Geography of Silesia ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The development of Technology in Silesia started towards the end of the 18th century when the Prussia n authorities created a special department for mining and metallurgy under the direction of the Count Frederic Wilhelm von Reden . Upper Silesia n heavy industry, for two centuries, occupied the leading position in Europe in terms of technology, economy and workers welfare. Places to visit to see this progression of technology Bielsko Bia a Museum Technology and Textile Industry Museum Dom Tkacza Museum the Weaver s House Bobrek Steel Mill The Elzbieta Mine Shaft Cz stochowa The Building Complex of the Former Saturn Coal Mine Glivice Steel Mill Nikiszowiec is an example of a workers colony from the beginning of the 20th century The Fizinus Shafts Zabrze a steam operated lift machine dating from 1915 is an object of interest in the mine br Category History of Silesia Category Industrial history of Germany ... more details
Abbey , Brandenburg , Berlin , Krak w , Poland , Silesia , ref Augustin Knoblich Lebensgeschichte ... suppressed date issues prayer prayer attrib Saint Hedwig of Silesia lang pl wi ta Jadwiga l ska ... 1243 from the comital Counts of Andechs House of Andechs was Duchess of Duchy of SilesiaSilesia from ... duke Boles aw I the Tall of Duchy of SilesiaSilesia . As soon as Henry succeeded his father in 1201 ... Silesia and the Seniorate Province according to the 1138 Testament of Boles aw III Krzywousty . Widow ... of Silesia for agriculture. Hedwig and Henry had several daughters, though only one surviving son, Henry II the Pious , who succeeded his father as Duke of Silesia and Polish High Duke. The widow however ... in 1241. The hopes for a re united Poland were lost and even Silesia fragmented into numerous Piast Duchies of Silesia duchies under Henry s II sons. Hedwig and her daughter in law, Henry s II widow ... HedwigAltarXXX.jpg left thumb 160px Scene from an altar of St. Hedwig of Silesia, Wroc aw Breslau ... grandson Prince Archbishop Ladislaus of Salzburg W adys aw of Salzburg . She is the patron saint of Silesia ... her name. In 1773 King Frederick II of Prussia , having conquered and annexed Silesia in 1742, had ... of St. Jadwiga in Trzebnica Trzebnica Abbey , Duchy of SilesiaSilesia , Kingdom of Poland 1025 1385 ... more details
Infobox PLFA team name Silesia Rebels bgcolour FFFFFF fontcolour 000000 founded 2012 in sports 2012 suspended folded location Katowice , Poland field division Ekstraklasa colours Black and White br Color box 000000 Color box FFFFFF nickname coach Micha Ko ek manager owner championships 2009 mascot website http www.silesiarebels.pl www.silesiarebels.pl The AZS Silesia Rebels are an American football team in Katowice , Silesia , Poland . The Rebels team arose from a merger between the Silesia Miners and the Ruda l ska Warriors. It is only PLFA team operates as a Academic Sports Association AZS . History Miners Infobox PLFA team name Silesia Miners bgcolour 000000 fontcolour FFFFFF founded 2006 in sports 2006 suspended 2012 in sports 2012 folded location Katowice , Poland field division colours Black and White br Color box 000000 Color box FFFFFF nickname coach Micha Ko ek manager owner championships 2009 mascot website The team was founded in April 2006, and joined to the 2007 PLFA season ... 0 18. ref cite web title Silesia Miners 2007 publisher pzfa.pl date url http www.pzfa.pl ?go plfa&liga ... sixth in a eight team PLFA I. ref cite web title Silesia Miners 2008 publisher pzfa.pl date url http ... Wroc aw 18 7. ref cite web title Silesia Miners 2009 publisher pzfa.pl date url http www.pzfa.pl ... . ref cite web title Silesia Miners win Polish Bowl IV October team of the Month publisher ifaf.info ... team league. ref cite web title Silesia Miners 2010 publisher pzfa.pl date url http www.pzfa.pl ?go .... ref cite web title Silesia Miners 2011 publisher pzfa.pl date url http www.pzfa.pl ?go plfa&liga ... Championship Game appearances Silesia Miners 2007 11 class wikitable sortable style text align center ... plfa&liga 2 8 accessdate 2 Feb 2012 ref Silesia Rebels 2012 class wikitable sortable style text align ... football teams in Poland Category Sport in Katowice de Silesia Rebels fr Silesia Rebels pl AZS Silesia Rebels szl AZS Silesia Rebels ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 This article considers Sanctuary Sanctuary as a sacred place sanctuaries in Silesia . In the last 20 years there has been a noticeable increase in the pilgrimage movement in Poland , triggered by the papacy of John Paul II . The main sanctuary of Poland is the Pauline Monastery on Jasna G ra in Cz stochowa . Millions of pilgrim s from Poland and all over the world make their way there every year. There are also many other sacred places which people can visit Piekary Slaskie Dabrowa Gornicza Katowice Bugocice Katowice Panewniki Mstow Myszkow Mrzyglod Pszow Skoczow Turza arki Lesniow External links http www.visit.pl wadowice and kalwaria zebrzydowska travelguide 560 en travel guide primarysources date October 2007 Category Christianity in Poland Poland stub ... more details
comma The SS Silesia was a late 19th century Hamburg America Line HAPAG passenger and cargo ship ... Administration Film M237, Reel 462 ref Construction Built by Caird & Co , the Silesia , along with the SS ... www.clydesite.co.uk clydebuilt viewship.asp?id 15206 title ss Silesia built by Caird & Company Greenock ... title The steamship Silesia newspaper The Plantation publisher Plantation Pub. location Atlanta, Georgia ... vessels. Like many of these ships, the Silesia had a steel hull, two masts, and one steam chimney ... and was eventually sold for scrap metal. ref name clydesite.co.uk SS Silesia is also the designation ... wreck.aspx?12909 title SS Silesia 1939 publisher Wreck Site accessdate 28 June 2011 ref ref Cite journal ... mr zbl jfm accessdate ref SS Silesia is also the designation of a Chinese vessel sequestered by the Italian ... Office page 38 ref References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Silesia Category Steamships of Germany Category ... more details
and references Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Beatrice Of Silesia ... OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Beatrice Of Silesia Category 1290s births Category 1322 deaths Category German ... more details
The Dukes of Silesia were the sons and descendants of the Poles Polish Duke Boles aw III Wrymouth . In accordance .... At the beginning of the 14th century 14 independent Duchies existed in Silesia Brzeg, Wroc aw, widnica, Jawor, Zi bice, G og w, cinawa, agan and Ole nica in Lower Silesia Ko le, Cieszyn, Bytom, Niemodlin, Opole, Strzelce, Racib rz and Opava in Upper Silesia and the eclessiatical duchy of Nysa ... ceased to exist. Duchy of Silesia File POL wojew dztwo dolno l skie COA.svg 80px right The Duchy of Silesia , one of the hereditary provinces of Poland, Silesia , was granted to Boles aw III ... Wroc aw Lower Silesia , Mieszko I Tanglefoot Racib rz Upper Silesia and Konrad Spindleshanks G og w . After Konrad s death G og w was again united with the Duchy of Wroc aw Lower Silesia. Piast Dynasty ... agreed to let Mieszko and Boles aw rule in their own Duchies, separated from the Duchy of Silesia ..., beginning the fragmentation of the Duchy of Silesia. The territories controlled by Mieszko I and Jaros aw roughly corresponded to what is known as Upper Silesia , while the territories remaining with Boles aw I roughly corresponded to Lower Silesia . File Silesia 1172 1177.jpg 300px centre Duchies of Lower Silesia File Silesia coat of arms.png 150px centre Duchy of Lower Silesia 1173 1248 Duchy of Lower Silesia was a direct continuation of the Duchy of Silesia, but without the territories roughly corresponding to Upper Silesia hence it was composed of the territories roughly corresponding to Lower Silesia . Some sources refer to it as the Duchy of Silesia some as Duchy of Lower Silesia others yet as the Duchy of Wroc aw Breslau . Wroc aw was the capital of the Duchy of Silesia, yet this early 1172 1248 Duchy of Silesia should not be confused with the smaller Duchy of Wroc aw that was created ... Lower Silesia was divided when Boles aw II had to cede the Duchy of Wroc aw to his younger brother Henry III. File Silesia 1248 1249.jpg 300px centre Duchy of Wroc aw 1248 1335 Piast Dynasty class ... more details
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