The Moravian-Silesian Region (Czech: Moravskoslezský kraj; Polish: Kraj morawsko-śląski; Slovak: Moravsko-sliezsky kraj) is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic.Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region (Czech: Ostravský kraj).The region is located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most of the Czech …

Upper Silesia (Polish: Górny Śląsk; Silesian: Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; Czech: Horní Slezsko; German: Oberschlesien; Silesian German: Oberschläsing; Latin: Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located today mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic.. Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has …

The Silesian Uprisings (German: Aufstände in Oberschlesien, Polenaufstände; Polish: Powstania śląskie) were a series of three uprisings from August 1919 to July 1921 in Upper Silesia, which was part of the Weimar Republic at the time. Ethnic Polish and Polish-Silesian insurrectionists, seeking to have the area transferred to the newly founded Polish Republic, …

Katowice (UK: / ˌ k æ t ə ˈ v iː t s ə / KAT-ə-VEET-sə, US: / ˌ k ɑː t-/ KAHT-, Polish: [katɔˈvitsɛ] (); Silesian: Katowicy; German: Kattowitz, Yiddish: קאַטעוויץ, romanized: Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area.It is the 11th most populous city in Poland, while its ...

Bielsko-Biała ([ˈbʲɛlskɔ ˈbʲawa] (); Czech: Bílsko-Bělá, German: Bielitz-Biala, Silesian: Bjylsko-Bjoło) is a city in southern Poland, with a population of approximately 168,319 as of December 2021 making it the 22nd largest city in Poland and an area of 124.51 km 2 (48.07 sq mi). It is a centre of the Bielsko Urban Agglomeration with 325,000 inhabitants and is an administrative ...

The Silesian Wars (German: Schlesische Kriege) were three wars fought in the mid-18th century between Prussia (under King Frederick the Great) and Habsburg Austria (under Archduchess Maria Theresa) for control of the Central European region of Silesia (now in south-western Poland). The First (1740–1742) and Second (1744–1745) Silesian Wars formed parts of the …

Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province (Polish: województwo śląskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ ˈɕlɔ̃skʲɛ]) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia (Górny Śląsk), with Katowice serving as its capital.. Despite the Silesian Voivodeship's name, most of the historic Silesia region lies outside the present Silesian ...

Silesia (/ s aɪ ˈ l iː ʒ ə, s aɪ ˈ l iː ʃ i ə /, also UK: /-iː z i ə /, US: /-iː ʒ i ə,-iː ʃ ə, s ɪ ˈ-/) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany.Its area is approximately 40,000 km 2 (15,400 sq mi), and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split into two main ...

The Sudetenland (/ s uː ˈ d eɪ t ən l æ n d / soo-DAY-tən-land, German: [zuˈdeːtn̩ˌlant]; Czech and Slovak: Sudety) is the historical German name for the northern, southern, and western areas of former Czechoslovakia which were inhabited primarily by Sudeten Germans.These German speakers had predominated in the border districts of Bohemia, Moravia, and Czech Silesia …

Regierungsbezirk Breslau, known colloquially as Middle Silesia (German: Mittelschlesien, Silesian: Strzodkowy Ślōnsk, Polish: Śląsk Środkowy) was a Regierungsbezirk, or government region, in the Prussian Province of Silesia and later Lower Silesia from 1813 to 1945. It comprised the eastern parts of the historic Lower Silesia region and the former County of Kladsko, both of …