silesia in English

noun
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a region of central Europe that is centered on the upper Oder valley, now largely in southwestern Poland. It was partitioned at various times among the states of Prussia, Austria–Hungary, Poland, and Czechoslovakia.

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1. History of Breslau, Silesia, Prussia, Germany Journey back in time to Breslau, Silesia, Prussia, Germany (Schlesien, Preußen) Visit Breslau, Silesia, Prussia, Germany

2. "Centrum" Bytom-Silesia online

3. Centrum Bytom-Silesia online - Bytom - Webcam

4. Breslau (Polish Wroclaw), city in Silesia, Poland (in Germany until 1945)

5. Breslau was located about where the "e" is in the word "Silesia"

6. Paratroops are used for the first time, with German units dropped into Silesia, behind Polish lines.

7. Born 14 March 1854 in Strehlen in Silesia in what is now south-west Poland.

8. Bytom is one of the oldest cities of Upper Silesia, known as Bitom in 1136 and Beuthen since 1440

9. These areas were mainly agricultural, with the exception of Upper Silesia which was the second largest centre of German heavy industry.

10. Thousands of troops led by the Kaiser, escorted his casket to Berlin's Lehrter Railroad Station, from which it was transported to Silesia.

11. Old map of Silesia, Breslau (Wroclaw) inset, 1758, very rare, fine reproduction, large map, fine art print, antique decor,oversize map print xxlprints

12. Sweden demanded Silesia, Pomerania (which had been in its possession since the Treaty of Stettin (1630), and a war indemnity of 20,000,000 Riksdaler.

13. It comprises the historical provinces of Bohemia and Moravia along with the southern tip of Silesia, collectively called the Czech Lands

14. After the election of the Polish monk Jan Wysocki to the abbacy, the German Cistercians left the abbey for Henryków Abbey in Silesia.

15. Czechoslovakia definition, a former republic in central Europe: formed after World War I; comprised Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia, and part of Silesia: a federal

16. The biggest of them, and the biggest in Poland, is the Bory Dolnoslaskie (Lower Silesia Forest; over 1500 sq km) on sandy alluvial cones of Sudetian rivers.

17. Beuthen), town in *Silesia ; in Germany until 1945.There were probably Jews living in Bytom before the *Black Death (1349), but the community disappeared; it was reestablished in …

18. From the year 1443 to 1795 the bishops of Cracow were at the same time sovereign dukes of Severia, a territory situated between Silesia and Cracow.

19. Breslau und Umgebung (1924) ▪ Wrocław and Surroundings ▪ Pre-war Germany - YouTube Impressions and stills of the German pre-war city of Breslau in Silesia (pol

20. Breslau (Polish Wroclaw), city in Silesia, Poland (in Germany until 1945).The ownership by Jews of villages in the vicinity of Breslau (Klein-Tinz and Falkendorf) is recorded (1180–1208)

21. Beuthen), town in *Silesia; in Germany until 1945.There were probably Jews living in Bytom before the *Black Death (1349), but the community disappeared; it was reestablished in 1655–59 by Polish Jews

22. The heads of government agreed that, pending the final determination of Poland's western frontier, Silesia and other eastern German areas should be under the administration of the Polish state and for such purposes should not be considered as a part of the Soviet zone of occupation in Germany.

23. JEREMIAS BENJAMIN RICHTER (1762-1807), German chemist, was born at Hirschberg in Silesia on the 10th of March 1762, became a mining official at Breslau in 1794, and in 1800 was appointed assessor to the department of mines and chemist to the royal porcelain factory at Berlin, where he died on the 4t