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Silesia is a historical region
Silesia
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 Wrocław...

 in Central Europe.

Historical territories of Silesia include:
  • Silesia
    Silesia
    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 Wrocław...

    , split between the Czech Republic, Germany, and Poland
    • Lower Silesia
      Lower Silesia
      Lower Silesia ; 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 Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy from 1526...

      , split between Germany and Poland
    • Upper Silesia
      Upper Silesia
      Upper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia. Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, the Duchy of Bohemia, the Piast Kingdom of Poland, again of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and the Holy Roman Empire, as well as of...

      , split between the Czech Republic and Poland
    • Czech Silesia
      Czech Silesia
      Czech Silesia is an unofficial name of one of the three Czech lands and a section of the Silesian historical region. It is located in the north-east of the Czech Republic, predominantly in the Moravian-Silesian Region, with a section in the northern Olomouc Region...

      , in the Czech Republic
    • Austrian Silesia
      Austrian Silesia
      Austrian Silesia , officially the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia was an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Austrian Empire, from 1867 a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary...

      , in the former Austrian Empire and Kingdom of Bohemia
    • Cieszyn Silesia
      Cieszyn Silesia
      Cieszyn Silesia or Těšín Silesia or Teschen Silesia is a historical region in south-eastern Silesia, centered around the towns of Cieszyn and Český Těšín and bisected by the Olza River. Since 1920 it has been divided between Poland and Czechoslovakia, and later the Czech Republic...

      , split between the Czech Republic and Poland
    • Middle Silesia
      Middle Silesia
      Middle Silesia was a colloquial designation for the Regierungsbezirk Breslau subdivision in the Prussian province of Silesia from 1813 to 1945...

      , in Poland


Administrative units of Silesia include:
  • Province of Silesia
    Province of Silesia
    The Province of Silesia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1815 to 1919.-Geography:The territory comprised the bulk of the former Bohemian crown land of Silesia and the County of Kladsko, which King Frederick the Great had conquered from the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy in the 18th...

    , former Prussian province (1740–1919; 1938–1941)
    • Province of Lower Silesia
      Province of Lower Silesia
      The Province of Lower Silesia was a province of the Free State of Prussia from 1919 to 1945. Between 1938 and 1941 it was reunited with Upper Silesia as the Silesia Province. The capital of Lower Silesia was Breslau...

      , former Prussian province (1919–1938; 1941–1945)
    • Province of Upper Silesia
      Province of Upper Silesia
      The Province of Upper Silesia was a province of the Free State of Prussia created in the aftermath of World War I. It comprised much of the region of Upper Silesia and was eventually divided into two administrative regions , Kattowitz and Oppeln...

      , former Prussian province (1919–1938; 1941–1945)
  • Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia
    Austrian Silesia
    Austrian Silesia , officially the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia was an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Austrian Empire, from 1867 a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary...

     (Austrian Silesia), former Austrian kronland (1742–1919)
  • Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship
    Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship
    The Silesian Voivodeship was an autonomous province of the interwar Second Polish Republic. It consisted of territory which came into Polish possession as a result of the 1921 Upper Silesia plebiscite, the Geneva Conventions, three Upper Silesian Uprisings, and the eventual partition of Upper...

     (1920–1945)
  • Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia
    Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis
    The Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis was the easternmost Kreis of the Free State of Saxony and Germany. Neighboring districts were Löbau-Zittau, Bautzen, Kamenz and the district Spree-Neiße in Brandenburg...

    , former Saxon district (1994–2008)
  • Lower Silesian Voivodeship
    Lower Silesian Voivodeship
    Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...

    , in Poland (1999–)
  • Silesian Voivodeship
    Silesian Voivodeship
    Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...

    , in Poland (1999–)
  • Opole Voivodeship
    Opole Voivodeship
    - Administrative division :Opole Voivodeship is divided into 12 counties : 1 city county and 11 land counties. These are further divided into 71 gminas.The counties are listed in the following table .- Economy :...

    , in Poland (1999–)
  • Lubusz Voivodeship
    Lubusz Voivodeship
    - Administrative division :Lubusz Voivodeship is divided into 14 counties : 2 city counties and 12 land counties. These are further divided into 83 gminas....

    , in Poland (1999–)
  • Moravian-Silesian Region
    Moravian-Silesian Region
    Moravian-Silesian Region , or Moravo-Silesian Region, is one of 14 administrative Regions of the Czech Republic, until May 2001 it was formerly called the Ostrava Region . The region is located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most of the Czech part of the...

    , in the Czech Republic (2000–)


Religious bodies:
  • Evangelical Church of Silesia, former Protestant united regional church body in Germany (1947–2004)
  • Silesian Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession
    Silesian Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession
    The Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession ) is the biggest Lutheran Church in the Czech Republic. Its congregations are located mainly in the Czech part of Cieszyn Silesia. A significant number of the followers belong to the Polish ethnic minority. There is strong heritage of...

    , 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)
    Silesian (disambiguation)
    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...

  • Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union
    Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union
    The Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia or Upper Silesia Metroplex, Silesia Metroplex / Silesia Metroplex is a union of 14 adjacent cities in the Polish province of Silesia....

  • Dukes of Silesia
    Dukes of Silesia
    The Dukes of Silesia were the sons and descendants of the Polish Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth. In accordance with the last will and testament of Bolesław, upon his death his lands were divided into 4-5 hereditary provinces distributed among his sons, and a royal province of Kraków reserved for the...

  • SMS Schlesien
    German battleship Schlesien
    SMS Schlesien was one of the five Deutschland class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Kaiserliche Marine between 1904 and 1906. Named after the German province of Schlesien, she was built at the Schichau-Werke shipyard in Danzig, where she was launched on 28 May 1906. She was...

    , A German battleship that served in both World Wars
  • Silesian Confederacy
    Silesian Confederacy
    The Silesian Confederacy is a fictional star-nation in the Honorverse, the background setting for a series of novels and short stories in the military science fiction genre, written by David Weber and others and published by Baen Books.- History :...

    , a fictional nation in David Weber
    David Weber
    David Mark Weber is an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Weber and his wife Sharon live in Greenville, South Carolina with their three children and "a passel of dogs"....

    's science fiction Honorverse
    Honorverse
    The Honorverse refers to the military science fiction book series and sub-series created by David Weber and published by Baen Books. The series is set primarily after Honor Harrington's October 1, 3961, birth; although she is the protagonist in most of the stories, more recent entries make only...

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