Silesia is a resource-rich and populous region. Since the middle of the 18th century, coal has been mined. The industry had grown while Silesia was part of Germany, and peaked in the 1970s under the People's Republic of Poland. During this period, Silesia became one of the world's largest producers of coal, with a record tonnage in 1979. [21]

Silesia is now divided principally into four Polish województwa (provinces): Lubuskie, Dolnośląskie, Opolskie, and Śląskie. The remainder of the historical region forms part of Brandenburg and Saxony Länder (states) of Germany and part of the Moravia-Silesia kraj (region) of the Czech Republic.

The Province of Silesia (German: Provinz Schlesien; Polish: Prowincja Śląska; Silesian: Prowincyjŏ Ślōnskŏ) was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1919. The Silesia region was part of the Prussian realm since 1742 and established as an official province in 1815, then became part of the German Empire in 1871.

As a Prussian province, Silesia became part of the German Empire during the unification of Germany in 1871. There was considerable industrialization in Upper Silesia, and many people migrated there. The overwhelming majority of the population of Lower Silesia was German-speaking and most were Lutheran, including the capital of Breslau.

2023年9月29日 · The province of Silesia was removed from Germany and repopulated with Poles who lost their homes due to Russia’s seizure of eastern Poland. Breslau was renamed Wroclaw and is one of the largest cities in Poland.

Silesia was German and only 25% Polish at the time of World War One. Sudetenland “Sudeten” refers to a mountain range 200 miles long and 20 to 40 miles wide, covering the north of Bohemia and Moravia as well as part of Sudeten Silesia.

Silesia provided Bohemia with a reservoir of well-educated, German-speaking young men. The Silesian dukes married women from Bohemia, the German lands, and Poland. The 14th century witnessed a long period of stability.

2024年1月11日 · Silesia is a historical region in Central Europe. Historical territories of Silesia include: Silesia, split between Poland, Czech Republic and Germany Lower Silesia, split between Poland and Germany; Upper Silesia, split between Poland and Czechia; Czech Silesia (sometimes Moravian Silesia), in Czechia

Silesia was German and only 25% Polish when the victorious Allies hacked it up at the Treaty of Versailles and parcelled it out between hungry nationalists from the newly endowed Poland and the newly hatched country of Czechoslovakia. Austrian Silesia suffered the same fate.

Silesia (Polish: Śląsk; German: Schlesien; Latin: Silesia; Silesian: Ślůnsk) is a historical region of Poland. From 1742 to 1945, it was a province in the east of Prussia and later Germany. In 1945, all of Poland was occupied by the Soviet Red Army.