About the West Slavic language the Germanic languageSilesian German ethnic group nation Silesians Use dmy dates date September 2010 Infobox language name Silesian nativename lang szl l nsko godka states ... Europe 3.PNG thumb right 240px div class legend Range of the Silesianlanguage on a map of East Central ... Silesian ref apart from the Lach dialects , which are usually regarded as a branch of the Czech language ... report of Polish census of 2002 ref people declared Silesian as their first language native language , and over 173,000 people declared Silesians Silesian nationality mainly in the Silesian ... language. In July 2007, the Slavic Silesianlanguage was recognized by an International Organization ... J zyk l ski jest j zykiem obcym trans title The Silesianlanguage Is a Foreign Language work Dziennik ... news article,US Library of Congress recognizes the Silesianlanguage,id,287218.htm title US Library of Congress recognizes the Silesianlanguage publisher www.poland.pl year 2007 ref ref en icon cite web url http www.polskieradio.pl zagranica news artykul56383.html title Silesian a Language ... documentation of Silesianlanguage publisher SIL International ref ref en icon cite web url http www.ethnologue.org ... Silesian the official status of a regional language . ref pl icon cite web url http katowice.naszemiasto.pl ... National Dictation Contest of the Silesianlanguage lang pl Og lnopolskie Dyktando J zyka l skiego ... Dictation contest of the Silesianlanguage ref On 30 January 2008 and in June 2008, two organizations promoting Silesianlanguage were established Pro Loquela Silesiana and lang szl T warzistwo Piastowani ... w r d j zyk w wiata trans title The Silesianlanguage is a foreign language work Dziennik Zachodni ... took place on the status of the Silesianlanguage. This conference was a forum for politicians, linguists, representatives of interested organizations and persons who deal with the Silesianlanguage. The conference was titled Silesian Still a Dialect or Already a Language? lang pl l sko godka ... more details
Wiktionary Silesian Incoming links date March 2012 Silesian may refer to Silesia , a region in central Europe Silesians , an ethnic group Silesians, inhabitants of Silesia who are not ethnic Silesians for example the Germans, who lived in this region before World War II Silesian Czech , Czech dialect cs slezsk n e cs slezsk or cs la sk n e this articles are to be united Silesian German , Germanic dialect language of Silesia Silesianlanguage , West Slavic language dialect Silesian series Silesian , an epoch of the geologic timescale Similar entries Angelus Silesius , a baroque mystic from Silesia Disambiguation date March 2012 cs Slez tina de Schlesisch pl J zyk l ski stq Sleesisk sk Sliez tina ... more details
Upper Silesian may refer to a person from Upper Silesia the Silesianlanguage , a Slavic language closely related to Polish Silesian German , a Germanic language closely related to German disambig ... more details
Lower Silesian may refer to Lower Silesianlanguage Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesia Province of Lower Silesia dab Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Merge to Silesian date March 2012 Silesian as an adjective can mean anything from or related to Silesia . As a noun, it refers to an article, item, or person of or from Silesia. Silesian may also refer to People Silesians , inhabitants of Silesia, either a West Slavic for example l anie , or Germanic people Schlesier or Silingi List of Silesians Languages Silesianlanguage , West Slavic language Lower Silesianlanguage , Germanic dialect Cieszyn Silesian dialect Events Silesian Wars 1740&ndash 1763 Silesian Uprisings 1919&ndash 1921 Silesian Autonomy Movement Silesian Insurgents Monument Political divisions Silesian Voivodeship 1920 1939 Silesian Voivodeship , an autonomous territorial unit of Poland 1920 1939 Silesian Voivodeship , a present day division of Poland see also Lower Silesian Voivodeship Silesian European Parliament constituency , the corresponding constituency Organisations Silesian Sejm , parliament of the Silesian Voivodeship 1920 1939 autonomous Silesian Voivodeship 1920 1939 Silesian Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession Silesian Institute in Katowice Other Silesian age , a European subdivision of the Carboniferous period of the geological timescale Silesian culture and refreshment park See also Silesia disambiguation List of Silesians Schlesinger Disambiguation date March 2012 ... more details
programme in Texas Silesian http www.panczyk.senat.pl audycje a3.html Yet another radio programme Languages of Texas Category Silesianlanguage Category Silesian emigrants to the United States ...File Texas letter.jpg thumb right An example of Texas Silesian a letter written from Texas to Poland File TXMap doton KarnesCity.PNG thumb right The county where Texas Silesian is spoken Texas SilesianSilesianlanguageSilesian teksasko gwara is a language used by Texas Silesians in United States American settlements from 1852 ref name tx http www.tshaonline.org handbook online articles PP hlp4.html ref to the present. It is a variant of SilesianlanguageSilesian derived from the Opole dialect. The dialect evolved after Silesian exile around the village of Panna Maria, Texas Panna Maria . ref ... http radiocourier.com index.php?option com content&task view&id 184&Itemid 89 ref Texas Silesian is lesser influenced by German language German because its speakers emigrated before the Kulturkampf , which added a lot of germanism s to the continental SilesianlanguageSilesian ref name kik http opole.kik.opoka.org.pl maj04 art san 20antonio.htm ref The language is tended by its speakers, but they know it only in the spoken form. ref name kik Texas Silesian has not been replaced by English language English because the Silesians Silesian community is strongly isolated. ref http www.niedziela.pl artykul w niedzieli.php?doc ed200813&nr 2 ref Nevertheless, Texas Silesian has adopted some words from English. One of the characteristic features of Texas Silesian phonetics is so called mazuration , which means that all cz , sz , are pronounced IPAblink ts t s, s, z , wheareas in standard Silesian pronunciation they are IPAblink t t , , . Texas Silesian has given the name for Cestohowa ..., cz became c . ref name courier Typical words unlike Silesian class wikitable Texas SilesianSilesian English turbacyjo ref name courier yprzile yto problem zaszanowa ref name courier zaszparowa ... more details
Silesian Treasury polish language pl Skarb l ski name of the treasury of the Silesian Voivodeship 1920 1939 Silesian Voivodeship . General information Image Sejm l ski Skarbiec.JPG thumb right 200px The vault of the National Treasury of Silesia, nowadays an archive The Silesian Treasury consisted of about 1 ton of gold in 1939. It was managed by the Silesian Parliament . The voivodship produced about 46 Polish PKB 90 of the local income remained in the autonomous region, while the remaining 10 used to be become part of the state budget. Vault A vault containing the Treasury of Silesia was placed in the basements of the building of the Silesian Parliament . At the outbreak of the second world war, there was about a ton of gold in staffs kept inside. The walls of the vault were thicker than in the rest of the building, they were about 1,5 metre thick, and so were the ceilings. The vault contains a mechanism which, if a stranger attempted to open the manhole, sinks the treasure in a pool below. The vault serves today as a place where archive documents are being formed. See also Silesian Parliament External links pl icon http www.katowice.uw.gov.pl urzadkatowice.php?fundusze europejskie historia gmach www.katowice.uw.gov.pl Silesian Office of Voivodeship Category Silesian Voivodeship 1920 1939 pl Skarb l ski ... more details
practice Charitable launch date 26 May 2008 type Internet encyclopedia project languageSilesianlanguageSilesian registration Optional owner Wikimedia Foundation Silesian Wikipedia lang szl l nsko Wikipedyjo is the SilesianlanguageSilesian edition of Wikipedia . It was started on 26 May 2008. History The first attempt to launch the Silesian Wikipedia project took place in March 2006 ref ... ref en icon http meta.wikimedia.org wiki Requests for new languages Wikipedia Upper Silesian ref . File Silesian Wikipedia screenshot 2008 05 26.png thumb left 250px Screen of first day of action Silesian Wikipedia In 2007 officially registered the Silesianlanguage in its list of languages ... iso639 3 documentation.asp?id szl www.sil.org ISO documentation of Silesianlanguage ref ref ... ref . A second application for a Wikipedia project in the Silesianlanguage was submitted on 19 March 2008 ref en icon http meta.wikimedia.org wiki Requests for new languages Wikipedia Silesian ref as a result of discussions on the removal of articles written in Silesianlanguage, which remained in the Polish ... Silesian as a regional language was introduced to Sejm by parliament member Marek Plura ref pl icon ... by language Category Internet properties established in 2008 Category Silesianlanguage Wikipedia ...Infobox website name Wiki favicon Silesian Wikipedia logo File Wikipedia logo v2 szl.svg Logo of the Silesian Wikipedia screenshot File Silesian Wikipedia December 2009 .JPG 280px The Main Page of the Polish Wikipedia 06.12.2009 . caption The Main Page of the Silesian Wikipedia December 2009 . slogan ... in the Incubator Wikimedia projects. The following month it contained 100 articles in Silesian ... a new Wikipedia were implemented and finally Silesian Wikipedia was founded on 26 May 2008 ref ... Teleexpress mention about create Silesian Wikipedia, 29.05.2008 ref . The 1,000th article was included on 15 November 2008. In October 2010 the Silesian Wikipedia was mentioned as one of the arguments ... more details
Geobox Range name Silesian Beskids other name Beskid l ski, Slezsk Beskydy image Kblnk brngr wgrskgrk 18jun06 017.jpg image caption View of Skrzyczne from the watchtower on Barania G ra map map caption country Poland country1 Czech Republic region parent Outer Carpathians Outer Western Carpathians area 54 highest Skrzyczne highest elevation 1257 highest lat d 49 highest lat m 41 highest lat s 0 highest lat NS N highest long d 19 highest long m 3 highest long s 0 highest long EW E Silesian Beskids Polish language Polish Audio nohelp Beskid Slaski.ogg Beskid l ski , Czech language Czech Audio nohelp Slezske Beskydy.ogg Slezsk Beskydy , lang de Schlesische Beskiden is one of the Beskids mountain range s in Outer Carpathians Outer Western Carpathians in southern Silesian Voivodeship , Poland and the eastern Moravian Silesian Region , Czech Republic . Most of the range lies in Poland. It is separated from the Moravian Silesian Beskids by the Jablunkov Pass . The Polish part of the range includes the protected area called Silesian Beskids Landscape Park . Mountains Skrzyczne 1,257 m the highest mountain Barania G ra 1,220 m the highest mountain of the Polish part of Upper Silesia Czantoria Wielka 995 m the highest mountain of the Czech part of the range Sto ek Wielki 978 m Image Beskid l ski Widok w kierunku Ci ca.jpg thumb 500px Panorama of the Silesian Beskids See also Cieszyn Silesia Polish minority in the Czech Republic External links pl icon http www.beskidslaski.pl Regional Tourist Service commonscat Beskid l ski Silesian geo stub MoraviaSilesia geo stub Silesia topics Category Silesian Beskids Category Cieszyn Silesia Category Articles including recorded pronunciations cs Slezsk Beskydy de Schlesische Beskiden fy Silesyske Beskiden it Beschidi Slesiani nl Silezische Beskiden nn Dei schlesiske Beskidane pl Beskid l ski ru sk Sliezske Beskydy szl l nski Beskid ... more details
Expand German Schlesisches Bew hrungsabzeichen date January 2011 Infobox Military Award name Silesian Eagle br Schlesischer Adler image Image SchlesischerAdler.jpg 150px caption Silesian Eagle 2nd class awarded by type eligibility Military personnel for Awarded to Freikorps Oberland members for service against the Silesian Uprisings campaign Silesian Uprisings status Obsolete description clasps established 19 June 1919 first award last award total posthumous recipients individual higher same lower related image2 caption2 The Silesian Eagle German language Schleischer Adler was a medal awarded for fighting the Silesian Uprisings as part of the Freikorps Oberland under the Weimar Republic . Instituted on the 19 of June 1919 by VI. Armee Korps Generalleutnant Friedrich von Friedeburg , the Silesian Eagle declined itself in two classes, 2nd class for three months of service and 1st class for 6 months of service and could be adorned with oak leaves, swords, of both. This medal was one of the few Freikorps awards that were allowed to be worn on uniforms during the Third Reich after the 1935 ban on unofficial medals. However, the swords, and oak leaves, denoting additional bravery, merit or service were banned, but despite interdictions, many veterans continued wearing them in active military service with the Third Reich . ref cite web url http www.axishistory.com index.php?id 1823 title Axis History Factbook Silesian Eagle publisher Axis History Factbook accessdate 10 January 2011 ref ref cite web url http www.omsa.org photopost showphoto.php?photo 580 title Silesian Eagle First class publisher Orders and Medals Society of America accessdate 10 January 2011 ref References reflist Germany hist stub Category Military awards and decorations of Germany Category 20th century Freikorps Category Weimar Republic cs Slezsk orlice vyznamen n de Schlesisches Bew hrungsabzeichen ... more details
About the German dialect language the West Slavic languageSilesianlanguage ethnic group nation Silesians Infobox language name Silesian German nativename Schl sche Sproache states Poland , Czech Republic , Germany ref name ethnologue http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code sli Ethnologue entry ref region Silesia . Also spoken in Czech Republic , eastern Germany . speakers 22,900 ref name ethnologue familycolor Indo European fam2 Germanic languages Germanic fam3 West Germanic languages West Germanic fam4 High German languages High German fam5 Central German fam6 East Central German ref name ethnologue nation iso3 sli Silesian German languageSilesian German Schl sche Sproache Schl s sche Sproche , lang de Schlesisch , is a German language German dialect language spoken in Silesia . Today ... High German , Upper Saxon German , East Franconian German , Thuringian dialect Thuringian and SilesianlanguageSilesian . The inhabitants of Silesia are thought to be descendants of Upper Lusatia ..., vol. 3, p. 3 ref Silesian German was the language in which the poetry of Karl Eduard von Holtei Karl von Holtei and Gerhart Hauptmann was written, during the 19th century. See also Vilamovian language References Reflist External links Incubator code sli ethnologue sli Upper Silesian Germanic languages ... Germany . The group of dialects is nearly extinct. History In origin, Silesian German appears ... War II , local communism communist authorities forbade the use of the language. After the Expulsion of Germans from Poland after World War II expulsion of the Germans from Silesia, German Silesian culture and language nearly died out when most of Silesia became part of Poland in 1945. Polish authorities banned the use of the German language. There are still unresolved feelings on the sides of both ... Agreement . The German Silesian dialect is not recognized by the Polish State in any way ... . Franz Steiner, Wiesbaden 1968, p. 138 139 ref The nordostb hmische Dialektgruppe belongs to Silesian ... more details
. Hauskyjza strongly flavored, home made cheese. Kopalnioki hard candies Silesianlanguage sil. bombony ...Image Kluski l skie.JPG thumb right Silesian dumplings Image Rolady gotowe.jpg thumb right Rouladen Image Mohnkuchen.jpg thumb right Makowiec pastry Poppy seed cake Silesian Cuisine SilesianlanguageSilesian l nsko kuch o , Polish language Polish kuchnia l ska , German language German Schlesische K che is the local culinary tradition of Silesia , a region in Central Europe. It has been influenced by cuisines of many nations, particularly alphabetically Czech people Czech , Germans German , Hungarian people Hungarian , and Polish people Polish . In turn, it influenced the culinary tradition of those nations. List of Silesian dishes ym a a well baked bread roll , oval with a division in the middle, topped with poppy seeds, similar to Austrian Keisersemmel. Silesian dumplings Kluski l skie Silesian dumplings round shaped dumplings served with gravy, made of mashed boiled potatoes, finely grated raw potatoes, an egg, grated onion, wheat flour and Bean flour potato flour . Rouladen Rolada z modr kapust rouladen with red cabbage best quality beef meat roll stuffed with pickled vegetable, ham, and good amount of seasoning always served with red cabbage with fried bacon, fresh onion and allspice traditionally eaten with kluski l skie for Sunday dinner. Sza ot Silesian potato salad a salat made of squares of boiled potatoes, carrots, peas, ham, various sausages, pickled fish, boiled eggs, bonded with olive oil or mayonnaise. kaszanka Krupniok kind of blood sausage made of kasha and animal blood . ymlok like krupniok but instead kasha there is bread roll ym a . Wodzionka or bro tzupa ger. brot bread, pol. zupa soup soup with garlic and squares of dried rye bread. Siemieniotka soup made of hemp hemp seed , one of main Christmas Eve meals. Knysza pita bread with meat and lots ... of Silesia cuisine stub Silesia topics Regional cuisine of Germany Category Silesian cuisine cs ... more details
The Silesian Institute Polish Instytut l ski is one of the related organizations the Silesian Institute in Katowice Instytut l ski w Katowicach the Silesian Institute in Opole Instytut l ski w Opolu the Silesian Scientific Institute in Katowice l ski Instytut Naukowy w Katowicach disambig Category Polish scientific societies Category Polish regional societies pl Instytut l ski ... more details
Expand Polish date September 2011 Ko l ski infobox horse name Silesian horse image 08847 l nski k in Rudawka Rymanowska, 2011.jpg image caption A Silesian horse in Rudawka Rymanowska image alt A Silesian horse features altname Ko l ski br l nski k br laski country Poland , historic Silesia nickname group1 Polski Zwi zek Hodowc w Koni std1 http www.konie warszawa.pl druki pr hodow slas.pdf group2 std2 group3 std3 group4 std4 group5 std5 group6 std6 status note The Silesian horse , Polish language Polish Ko l ski , SilesianlanguageSilesian l nski k , is a horse breed breed of warmblood horse from the area of historic Silesia , which lies mostly within modern Poland . It is the heaviest of the Polish warmblood breeds, and has been influenced mainly by the Thoroughbred and Oldenburg horse Oldenburg , and partly by the East Friesian horse East Friesian and German Warmblood German halfbred . ref name dad ref name pzhk Two types are recognised in the breed standard, an old and a new. At 3 years old, stallions of the old type stand convert 160 170 cm hands abbr off lk out at the withers , mares about 2 cm less the girth is convert 190 210 cm in abbr on , and the cannon bone circumference about 23 24 cm. ref name pzhk The new or racing type is taller and lighter, stallions standing convert 164 170 cm hands abbr in at the withers and mares about 2 cm less the girth measures 185 200 cm and the cannon bone 21.5 23 cm. ref name pzhk Stallions average convert 650 kg abbr on , mares 600 kg. The current stud book dates from 1961 registers for this type of horse have been kept since the late 19th century. In 2008 the breed numbered about 5000. ref name dad References reflist refs ref name dad http dad.fao.org Domestic Animal Diversity Information System Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. laski Poland . Accessed September 2011. ref ref name pzhk http www.konie warszawa.pl druki pr hodow slas.pdf Program hodowli koni ... more details
Image Wy yna l ska.png thumb right 200px Silesian Highlands Silesian Highlands or Silesian Uplands , lang pl Wy yna l ska are Highland geography highlands located in Silesia and Lesser Poland, Poland . It is the part of Lesser Poland Upland . Its highest point is the G ra wi tej Anny Mountain of St. Anne 400 m . Poland geo stub See also Silesian Lowlands Silesian Lusatian Lowlands Silesian Foothills Silesian Moravian Foothills coord missing Poland Category Geography of Silesia Category Landforms of Poland nn Det schlesiske h glandet pl Wy yna l ska ru ... more details
Image Nizina l ska.png thumb right 200px Silesian Lowlands Silesian Lowlands or Silesian Plains , lang pl Nizina l ska , lang cs Slezsk n ina , German Schlesische Niederung , Schlesische Tiefebene , Schlesische Bucht or Oderebene are Plain lowlands located in Silesia , Poland and the Czech Republic . It s part of the North European Plain . Silesian Lowlands is a physical geographical macroregion. physical geographical mesoregions of Silesian Lowlands Ole nica Plain lang pl R wnina Ole nicka Racib rz Basin lang pl Kotlina Raciborska G ubczyce Plateau Opava Hilly Land lang pl P askowy G ubczycki , lang cs Opavsk pahorkatina Opole Plain lang pl R wnina Opolska Niemodlin Plain lang pl R wnina Niemodli ska Poland geo stub See also Silesian Highlands Silesian Lusatian Lowlands Silesian Foothills Silesian Moravian Foothills coord missing Poland Category Geography of Silesia Category Landforms of Poland cs Slezsk n ina nn Det schlesiske l glandet pl Nizina l ska ... more details
File 513.32 Pog rze l skie.png thumb Physico geographical regionalization of Poland, Silesian Foothils marked in red Silesian Foothills lang pl Pog rze l skie are foothills located in Silesian Voivodeship , Poland . It has an area of 545 km . Its western border is Olza river Olza river , eastern Skawa . Other main rivers that cut the foothills are from west to east Vistula , Bia a Vistula Bia a and So a . To the south are Silesian Beskids and Little Beskids , in north it converts into Ostrava Basin and O wi cim Basin . The towns located on the foothils are Cieszyn , Skocz w , Bielsko Bia a , K ty , Andrych w and Wadowice . See also Silesian Highlands Silesian Lowlands Silesian Lusatian Lowlands Silesian Moravian Foothills Silesian geo stub coord 49 50 N 19 2 E region PL type city display title Category Geography of Silesia Category Cieszyn Silesia pl Pog rze l skie szl Pog e l nske ... more details
chwile odlewni Wo niak w . Zaglebie.info ref Image Polish Silesia insurgents.PNG thumb 305px Silesian insurgents Image Cap badge of the Polish Storm Detachment during Silesian Uprisings .PNG 166px thumb right Cap badge of the Polish Storm Detachment during Silesian Uprisings Campaign name Establishment ... Silesia 1919 1921 Polish Lithuanian War Lithuania 1920 German borders Polish borders The Silesian .... The Silesian mines were responsible for almost a quarter of Germany s annual output of coal, 81 ... division along the religious lines almost all of the higher German Silesian officials were .... ref name Cienc German scholar Paul Weber drew a language map that showed that in 1910 in majority of Upper Silesian districts east of the Oder river Polish speaking Silesians were a majority, forming ... Silesia n areas west of the river. ref name Cienc It was decided by the Allies that the Upper Silesian ... time, Poles argued that under the new Polish regime, Silesian Poles would no longer be discriminated ... the deteriorating situation resulted in the first two Silesian Uprisings in First Silesian Uprising 1919 and Second Silesian Uprising 1920 . The plebiscite took place as arranged on March 20, two ... date February 2011 The Third Silesian Uprising broke out in 1921. The League of Nations was asked to settle ... First Silesian Uprising 1919 Infobox War image caption conflict First Silesian Uprising date 16 26 ..., German border guards Grenzschutz massacred ten Silesian civilians in the Mys owice mine Myslowitzer Grube and caused the First Silesian Uprising against German control over Upper Silesia. The massacre sparked protests from the Silesian Polish miners. Ultimately, several Polish leaders were arrested ... had been crushed, a strong resentment arose within the Silesian Poles, reinforcing the Polish culture with which they identified. Second Silesian Uprising 1920 Infobox War image caption conflict Second Silesian Uprising date 19 25 August 1920 place Upper Silesia casus result Foreign enforced cease ... more details
dablink For former provinces with the same name, see Silesian Voivodeship 1920 1939 and Administrative division of the People s Republic of Poland . Infobox settlement name Silesian Voivodeship native ... further divided into 167 gmina s Silesian Voivodeship , or Silesia Province ref Arkadiusz Belczyk ... angielski Translation of Polish Geographical Names into English , 2002 2006. ref in Polish language ... in Katowice . Contrary to the name, however, eastern half of Silesian Voivodeship is not historical ... of Silesia The Silesian voivodeship is historically territorially aligned with the Polish region .... Latin, Czech and German language were used in the towns and cities and only in the 1550s ... Silesia became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1742 during the Silesian Wars First Silesian War ... part with a majority of ethnic Poles came under Polish rule as the Silesian Voivodeship 1920 1939 Silesian ... as the Province of Upper Silesia . From 1919 1921 three Silesian Uprisings occurred among the Polish ... Silesia, becoming part of the Silesian Voivodeship 1920 1939 Silesian Voivodeship of Second Polish Republic ... of the German minority in Poland by the Polish government. Geography Silesian Voivodeship borders ... . The region includes the Silesian Upland Wy yna l ska in the centre and north west, and the Krakowsko ... ywiecki . The current administrative unit of Silesian Voivodeship is just a fraction of the historical ... Voivodship Opole and the Dolny l sk Lower Silesian Voivodeships . On the other hand, a large part of the current administrative unit of the Silesian Voivodeship is not part of historical Silesia ... and east part of Bielsko Bia a , which are historically Lesser Poland . Demography Silesian Voivodeship ... rate nationally 6.2 . The Silesian region is the most industrialized and the most urbanized region ... thumb Katowice is the capital of the Silesian Voivodeship File CzestochowaAlejaSienkiewicza.jpg right ... cities, 12 are in Silesian Voivodeship. 19 of the cities in the voivodeship have the legal status of city ... more details
Image Katowice Silesian Museum 01.jpg thumb right 350px Muzeum l skie Silesian Museum lang pl Muzeum l skie is a museum in the city of Katowice , Poland . History The museum was founded in 1929 by the Silesian Sejm , while the region was recovering from the Silesian Uprisings . In the interbellum , the Silesian Museum was one of the biggest museums in Poland. The Nazi s however brought the collection to Bytom and tore the building down in 1940. In 1984 the museum was reinstated in a former hotel building. Collection Mainly ethnological and archaeological artefacts from the surrounding area, related to the History of Silesia . Furthermore some 233 works of Polish art, with as remarkable examples portraits by Stanis aw Wyspia ski and some paintings by Olga Bozna ska . Other artists on display from the original collection, returned from Bytom, are Jan Cybis Tadeusz Makowski J zef Mehoffer Piotr Micha owski Tymon Niesiolowski Stanis aw Witkiewicz Witold Wojtkiewicz More contemporary artists on display are Edward Dwurnik Adam Marczy ski Andrzej Wr blewski Furthermore there are historical objects and artefacts from the region, such as a flask vessel . commonscat Silesian Museum in Katowice coord 50 15 37.84 N 19 01 20.02 E region PL SL type landmark source dewiki display title Category Museums established in 1929 Category Buildings and structures in Katowice Category Silesian culture Category Museums in Poland Silesian geo stub de Schlesisches Museum Kattowitz pl Muzeum l skie w Katowicach ... more details
Image Planetarium WPKiW.jpg thumb The Silesian Planetarium File Kopernik pomnik.jpg thumb Statue of Copernicus in front of the Silesian Planetarium The Silesian Planetarium also Silesian Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory lang pl Planetarium l skie lang pl l skie Planetarium i Obserwatorium Astronomiczne is the largest and oldest planetarium in Poland . It was founded on 4 December 1955 to commemorate the great astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus . It is located in the Silesian culture and refreshment park Silesian Central Park , on the boundary between the Katowice and Chorz w districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union . Facilities The Planetarium s 23 meter dome can seat some four hundred spectators viewing projections of the sky from both analogue and digital planetarium projector s. It hosts regular public shows on astronomical topics as well as a variety of other events. In 2011 it hosted the fifth IOAA International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics . The Planetarium s sister astronomical observatory is equipped with a 300 mm diameter refracting telescope the largest refractor in use in Poland and a number of smaller instruments. On cloudless days, visitors can view live images of the Sun and, after dusk, a range of celestial objects at a magnification of up to 750 times. The observatory conducts research on comet s and minor planet s. The Planetarium has an astronomical library of some 10,000 volumes and, in the courtyard, an impressive sundial . The corridors host astronomy related exhibits. The Planetarium s meteorological and seismological stations conduct regular observations and host educational classes. External links commonscat Silesian Planetarium pl icon http www.planetarium.chorzow.net.pl Website Silesian Planetarium pl icon http panoramyjutra.pl planetarium slaskie Website panoramical photos of Silesian Planetarium coord 50 17 25.69 N 18 59 29.29 E type landmark source frwiki display title Category Planetaria Category Buildings and structures ... more details
Silesian tribes polish language pl plemiona l skie are the European tribe s of West Slavs ref Borderlands of Language in Europe Vaughan Cornish, Sifton, Praed, 1936 Annales Silesiae Wroc awskie Towarzystwo Naukowe PWN 2003 The Dynamics of the Policies of Ethnic Cleansing in Silesia in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries pl Tomasz Kamusella Tomasz Kamusella 1999 http webird.tcd.ie bitstream 2262 15298 1 Dynamics of Ethnic Cleansing.pdf Historia l ska Wydawnictwo l skie ABC http www.slaskie abc.com.pl historia.html l sk w czasach s owia skich na podstawie prac pl Marek Szo tysek Marka Szo tyska http pl.shvoong.com humanities h history 500663 C5 9Bl C4 85sk czasach s C5 82owia C5 84skich Fale Migracyjne w historii l ska Ruch Autonomii l ska , 2003 ref that lived in the territories of Silesia . The territory they lived on became part of the Great Moravia in 875 now mostly Czech Republic and later, in 990 , Kingdom of Poland 1025 1385 first Polish state created by duke Mieszko I and then expanded by king Boleslaus I of Poland Boleslaw I at the beginning of the 11th century. They are usually treated as part of Polish tribes ref pl Jerzy Strzelczyk Jerzy Strzelczyk in The New Cambridge Medieval History , Cambridge University Press, 1999, p. 521 522 ISBN 0 521 36447 7 http books.google.com books?id u SsbHs5zTAC&pg RA1 PA522&dq 22Polish tribes 22 silesian tribes&hl pl PRA1 PA521,M1 Google Books Robert Machray, The Problem of Upper Silesia , G. Allen & Unwin ltd. 1945, p. 13 http books.google.com books?lr &hl pl&id SNoAAAAMAAJ&dq 22Polish tribes 22 silesian tribes&q 22Polish tribes 22 22tribes of silesia 22&pgis 1 search anchor Google Books Paul Wagret, Helga S. B. Harrison ... Montes Tarnovicensis, 05 2008 ref The Silesian tribes, together with the Polans western Polans , Masovians ... 22 five&lr &hl pl PPA744,M1 Google Books ref These five tribes shared fundamentally common culture and language ... ALLTYPES PPA216,M1 A System of Ancient and Mediaeval Geography , Magna Germania P 216 ref List of Silesian ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 Image Silesian Air.png right Silesian Air is a defunct scheduled, passenger and cargo airline , formerly based in Poland . Its main base was at Katowice International Airport . Code data International Civil Aviation Organisation ICAO Code LSN not current Airline call sign Callsign SILESIAN not current History The airline was established in 2001, and obtained its first air operator s certificate for non scheduled services in 2002. Operations were started in 2003. In 2003 the airline created a low cost carrier brand called GetJet , but this ceased operations in 2004. Silesian Air was 100 owned by GTL. It has not been flying since 2005. Fleet The Silesian Air fleet consisted of 1 ATR 42 ATR 42 300 aircraft at January 2005 . Airlines of Poland Aviation lists Category Defunct airlines of Poland Category Airlines established in 2001 Category Airlines disestablished in 2005 Europe airline stub Poland company stub Poland transport stub ... more details
Refimprove date January 2009 Image SejmSlaski.jpg thumb 300px right The Silesian Parliament in Katowice . Image Urz d Wojew dzki westybul.JPG thumb right 220px The Silesian Parliament Interior. Commons category Sejm l ski Silesian Parliament Silesian Parliament or Silesian Sejm lang pl Sejm l ski , lang de Schlesisches Parlament , lang cs Slezsk parlament was the governing body of the Silesian Voivodeship 1920 1939 , an autonomous voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic between 1920 and 1945. It was elected in democratic elections and had certain influence over the usage of taxes collected in Silesia. It consisted of 48 deputies 24 from 1935 . History The eastern part of Upper Silesia became part of the Second Polish Republic following the Silesian Uprisings throughout the Upper Silesian region between 1918 and 1921, and Upper Silesia Plebiscite . The land was subsequently divided by an allied commission and the League of Nations , leaving Katowice region on the Polish side. Together with Cieszyn Silesia it formed Silesian Voievodeship with significant autonomy Silesian Parliament as a constituency and Silesian Voivodship Council as the executive body . Building Designed by architect Lech Wojtyczko , the Silesian Parliament was built in 1925 1929. For a very long time it was the biggest structure in Poland. ref http www.inyourpocket.com poland Katowice Autonomous Silesia 71245f?more 1 ref Currently it hosts the offices of the Silesian Voivodship . The building has seven floors and contains one of four paternosters currently in use in Poland. The Polish architect Adolf Szysko Bohusz announced a competition for the design of the new Silesian Parliament in 1925, who wished the building to espouse the local Polish cultural identity of the region, instead of the more customary German Prussian style. When the building was inaugurated in May 1929, Michal Grazynski , President ... References Reflist Silesia topics Category Silesia Category Silesian Voivodeship 1920 1939 Category ... more details
File Knoedeltopf.jpg thumb right Silesian dumplings boiling File Kluski l skie.JPG thumb right Silesian dumplings white variety File Kluski czarne.jpg thumb right Silesian dumplings black variety Silesian dumplings langWithName szl Silesian Gumiklyjzy , Silesian German Schl sche Klie la , Kl e , lang pl Kluski l skie are potato dumplings very popular in Silesia . They are also popular in neighboring regions. There are two major varieties white dumplings and black dumplings, with quite different appearance and taste. The dumplings often feature a small hole or depression in the center. The dish consisting of the dumplings, fried beef rouladen with rich gravy, and boiled red cabbage is or used to be an invariable component of the Sunday dinner in many traditional Silesian families. Left over dumplings can be reheated or fried like potatoes for supper and eaten with left over gravy or butter. Preparation The dough for white dumplings is made of mashed boiled potatoes moderately cooled, but still warm , flour Other flours potato flour and wheat flour . The ratio of the two kinds of flour is about 3 1. In some recipes, a whole egg may be added to the dough ref Rose Petal Jam Recipes and Stories from a Summer in Poland by Beata Zatorska and Simon Target, published by Tabula Books April 2011 http www.rosepetaljam.net Kluski slaskie Silesian Dumplings.html ref this helps shaping if the mashed potatoes cooled too much and the shaping becomes problematic . The dough for black dumplings is made of grated raw potatoes the moisture removed by twisting in a linen cloth , roughly the same amount of mashed boiled potatoes, and the flour. In some recipes, a grated or chopped onion is added to the dough. After hand rolling from the dough, the raw dumplings are flattened, and then the depression is made with a thumb. The dumplings are cooked by inserting into boiling salt salty water ... References reflist Silesia topics Dumplings Category Silesian cuisine Category Dumplings Category ... more details
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