Silesian (disambiguation)
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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:
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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...
. As a noun, it refers to an article, item, or person of or from Silesia. Silesian may also refer to:
People
- SilesiansSilesiansSilesians , are the inhabitants of Silesia in Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. A small diaspora community also exists in Karnes County, Texas in the USA....
, inhabitants of Silesia, either a West Slavic (for example ŚlężanieSlezanieŚlężanie were a tribe of West Slavs, specifically of the Lechitic , inhabiting territories of Lower Silesia, near Ślęża mountain and Ślęza river, on the both banks of the Oder, up to the area of modern city of Wrocław...
), or Germanic people (Schlesier or SilingiSilingiThe Silings or Silingi supposedly were an East Germanic tribe, probably part of the larger Vandal group. According to most scholars, examples Jerzy Strzelczyk, Norman Davies, Jerzy Krasuski, Andrzej Kokowski, Henryk Łowmiański, the Silingi may have lived in Silesia...
) - List of Silesians
Languages
- Silesian language, West Slavic language
- Lower Silesian language, Germanic dialect
- Cieszyn Silesian dialectCieszyn Silesian dialectCieszyn Silesian dialect is one of the Silesian dialects. It has its roots mainly in Polish and has also strong Czech and German influences and even Vlachs' and Slovak. It is spoken in Cieszyn Silesia, a region on both sides of the Polish-Czech border. It lacks some official codification and...
Events
- Silesian WarsSilesian WarsThe Silesian Wars were a series of wars between Prussia and Austria for control of Silesia. They formed parts of the larger War of the Austrian Succession and Seven Years' War. They eventually ended with Silesia being incorporated into Prussia, and Austrian recognition of this...
(1740–1763) - Silesian UprisingsSilesian UprisingsThe Silesian Uprisings were a series of three armed uprisings of the Poles and Polish Silesians of Upper Silesia, from 1919–1921, against German rule; the resistance hoped to break away from Germany in order to join the Second Polish Republic, which had been established in the wake of World War I...
(1919–1921)- Silesian Autonomy MovementSilesian Autonomy MovementThe Silesian Autonomy Movement is a movement officially declaring its support for the autonomy of Silesia as part of a unified Europe. The association was founded in January 1990 by Rudolf Kołodziejczyk and is based in the Polish part of Upper Silesia...
- Silesian Autonomy Movement
- Silesian Insurgents MonumentSilesian Insurgents MonumentThe Silesian Insurgents' Monument in Katowice, southern Poland, is a monument to those who took part in the three Silesian Uprisings of 1919, 1920 and 1921, which aimed to make the region of Upper Silesia part of the newly independent Polish state. The monument was unveiled on 1 September 1967,...
Political divisions
- Silesian Voivodeship, an autonomous territorial unit of Poland (1920-1939)
- Silesian VoivodeshipSilesian VoivodeshipSilesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...
, a present-day division of Poland (see also Lower Silesian VoivodeshipLower Silesian VoivodeshipLower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...
)- Silesian (European Parliament constituency)Silesian (European Parliament constituency)In European elections, Silesian is a constituency of the European Parliament. It consists of the Silesian Voivodeship.- Nomenclature :The relevant Polish legislation establishing the constituencies does not give the constituencies formal names...
, the corresponding constituency
- Silesian (European Parliament constituency)
Organisations
- Silesian Sejm, parliament of the autonomous Silesian Voivodeship (1920-1939)
- Silesian Evangelical Church of Augsburg ConfessionSilesian Evangelical Church of Augsburg ConfessionThe 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...
- Silesian Institute in KatowiceSilesian Institute in KatowiceThe Silesian Institute in Katowice was a regional scientific organization collecting local information about Polish region of Silesia, working in Katowice in years 1934-1939 and 1945-1949, and during the Nazi occupation of Poland, during World War II as an underground movement in Warsaw, Kraków...
Other
- Silesian (age)Silesian (age)The Silesian is in the geologic timescale of Europe a series or epoch, a subdivision of the Carboniferous system or period. It follows or lies on top of the Dinantian epoch/series and lasted from roughly 326.4 to 299.0 Ma ago. The Silesian is subdivided into three stages: Stephanian, Westphalian...
, a European subdivision of the Carboniferous period of the geological timescale - Silesian culture and refreshment park