Silesian as an adjective can mean anything from or related to
Silesia
Silesia (, also , ) 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 , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split ...
. As a noun, it refers to an article, item, or person of or from Silesia.
Silesian may also refer to:
People and languages
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Silesians
Silesians ( szl, Ślōnzŏki or Ślůnzoki; Silesian German: ''Schläsinger'' ''or'' ''Schläsier''; german: Schlesier; pl, Ślązacy; cz, Slezané) is a geographical term for the inhabitants of Silesia, a historical region in Central Europ ...
, inhabitants of Silesia, either a West Slavic (for example
Ślężanie
The Silesians ( pl, Ślężanie) were a tribe of West Slavs, specifically of the Lechitic/Polish group, inhabiting territories of Lower Silesia, near Ślęża mountain and Ślęza river, on both banks of the Oder, up to the area of modern city ...
), or Germanic people (
Schlesier or
Silingi
The Silings or Silingi ( la, Silingae; grc, Σιλίγγαι – ) were a Germanic tribe, part of the larger Vandal group. The Silingi at one point lived in Silesia, and the names ''Silesia'' and ''Silingi'' may be related.Jerzy Strzelczyk, "Wand ...
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List of Silesians
This is a list of notable people from Silesia.
Nobel laureates
*Theodor Mommsen (1902, literature)
*Philipp Lenard (1905, physics)
*Eduard Buchner (1907, chemistry)
*Paul Ehrlich (1908, medicine)
*Gerhart Hauptmann (1912, literature)
*Fritz Ha ...
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Silesian tribes The Silesian tribes ( pl, plemiona śląskie) is a term used to refer to tribes, or groups of West Slavs that lived in the territories of Silesia in the Early Middle Ages. The territory they lived on became part of Great Moravia in 875 (now mostly i ...
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Silesian language
Silesian
* Polish: ''etnolekt śląski'', ''język śląski'', ''gwara śląska'', ''śląszczyzna''
* german: link=no, Schlonsakisch, Wasserpolnisch or Upper Silesian is a West Slavic ethnolect of either the Lechitic group or the Czech ...
, West Slavic language / dialect
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Cieszyn Silesian dialect
The Cieszyn Silesian dialect or Teschen Silesian dialect (Cieszyn Silesian: ''cieszyńsko rzecz''; pl, gwara cieszyńska or '; cs, těšínské nářečí; Silesian: ''ćeszyński djalekt'') is one of the Silesian dialects. It has its roots ...
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Texas Silesian
Texas Silesian ( szl, Teksasko gwara; Polish: ''Gwara teksaska'') is a dialect of the Silesian language used by descendants of immigrant Silesians in American settlements from 1852 to the present. It is a variant of Silesian derived from the Opo ...
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Silesian German language (Lower Silesian language), a Germanic dialect
Events
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Silesian Wars
The Silesian Wars (german: Schlesische Kriege, links=no) 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 ...
(1740–1763)
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Silesian Uprisings
The Silesian Uprisings (german: Aufstände in Oberschlesien, Polenaufstände, links=no; pl, Powstania śląskie, links=no) were a series of three uprisings from August 1919 to July 1921 in Upper Silesia, which was part of the Weimar Republic ...
(1919–1921)
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Silesian Eagle
The Silesian Eagle (German language: ''Schlesischer Adler'') was a medal awarded to members of the German right-wing paramilitary group ''Freikorps Oberland'' for three or six months of service, as well as for fighting during the Silesian Uprisi ...
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Silesian Uprising Cross
Silesian Uprising Cross ( pl, Śląski Krzyż Powstańczy) is a Polish military decoration, established in 1946, awarded to veterans of the Silesian Uprisings (1919-1921) and to members of Polish resistance in World War II active in Silesia
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Silesian Offensive
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Silesian Offensives
The Silesian offensives were two separate offensives conducted in February and March 1945 by the Soviet Union, Soviet Red Army against the ''Wehrmacht'' on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front in World War II to protect the flanks of ...
Political divisions
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Province of Silesia
The Province of Silesia (german: Provinz Schlesien; pl, Prowincja Śląska; szl, Prowincyjŏ Ślōnskŏ) was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1919. The Silesia region was part of the Prussian realm since 1740 and established as an official p ...
, 1815–1919 and 1938 to 1941, a province of Prussia within Germany
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Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939)
The Silesian Voivodeship ( pl, województwo śląskie; German: ''Woiwodschaft Schlesien'') was an autonomous province (voivodeship) of the Second Polish Republic. The bulk of its territory had formerly belonged to the German/Prussian Province of ...
, an autonomous territorial unit of Poland (1920-1939)
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Silesian Parliament
Silesian Parliament or Silesian Sejm ( pl, Sejm Śląski) was the governing body of the Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939), an autonomous voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic between 1920 and 1945. It was elected in democratic elections and ...
, parliament of the
autonomous Silesian Voivodeship
In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy, from , ''autonomos'', from αὐτο- ''auto-'' "self" and νόμος ''nomos'', "law", hence when combined understood to mean "one who gives oneself one's ...
(1920-1939)
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Silesian Treasury Silesian Treasury ( pl: ''Skarb Śląski'') - name of the treasury of the Silesian Voivodeship.
General information
The Silesian Treasury consisted of about 1 ton of gold in 1939. It was managed by the Silesian Parliament. The voivodeship produc ...
, treasury of the
autonomous Silesian Voivodeship
In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy, from , ''autonomos'', from αὐτο- ''auto-'' "self" and νόμος ''nomos'', "law", hence when combined understood to mean "one who gives oneself one's ...
(1920-1939)
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Silesian-American Corporation Silesian-American Corporation (SACO) was registered as a corporation in Delaware in 1926 to assume ownership of the Giesche Spolka Akcyjna ( Giesche) that was registered as a corporation in Katowice, Poland earlier during the interwar period. SACO g ...
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Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia ('), with Katowice serving as its capital.
Despite the Silesian ...
, a present-day division of Poland (see also
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrz ...
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Silesian Regional Assembly
The Silesian Voivodeship Sejmik ( pl, Sejmik Województwa Śląskiego) is the regional legislature of the Voivodeship of Silesia in Poland. It is a unicameral parliamentary body consisting of forty-five councillors elected for a five-year term. T ...
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Moravian-Silesian Region
The Moravian-Silesian Region ( cs, Moravskoslezský kraj; pl, Kraj morawsko-śląski; sk, Moravsko-sliezsky kraj) is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region ( cs, Ostravský ...
, a present-day division of Czech Republic
Organisations
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Silesian Autonomy Movement
The Silesian Autonomy Movement ( szl, Ruch Autōnōmije Ślōnska, pl, Ruch Autonomii Śląska, german: Bewegung für die Autonomie Schlesiens), abbreviated as RAŚ, is a movement officially declaring its support for the autonomy of Silesia as pa ...
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Silesian Institute in Katowice
The 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 Wor ...
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Silesian (European Parliament constituency)
In European elections, Silesian () is a constituency of the European Parliament. It consists of the Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Polan ...
, the corresponding constituency
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Silesian People's Party
The Silesian People’s Party ( szl, Ślōnskŏ Ludowŏ Partyjŏ, pl, Śląska Partia Ludowa, cs, Slezská lidová strana, german: Schlesische Volkspartei) was a political organization in Cieszyn Silesia that existed from 1909 to 1938 in Austri ...
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Silesian Socialist Party The Silesian Socialist Party ( pl, Śląska Partia Socjalistyczna, ŚPS) was a political party in Silesia, Poland. The party was founded on May 1, 1928, by Józef Biniszkiewicz. When the new party was founded, it took over the regional PPS organ '' ...
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Silesian Military District
Silesian Military District ( pl, Śląski Okręg Wojskowy) was one of three military districts in Poland, the other two being the Pomeranian Military District and the Warsaw Military District. All three were disbanded by the end of 2011 due to the ...
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Silesian Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession
The Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession (SECAC) ( cs, Slezská církev evangelická augsburského vyznání (SCEAV), pl, Śląski Kościół Ewangelicki Wyznania Augsburskiego) is the biggest Lutheran Church in the Czech Rep ...
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Geography
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Silesian Beskids
Silesian Beskids (Polish: , Czech: , german: Schlesische Beskiden) is one of the Beskids mountain ranges in Outer Western Carpathians in southern Silesian Voivodeship, Poland and the eastern Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic.
Most of the ...
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Silesian Beskids Landscape Park
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Moravian-Silesian Beskids
The Moravian-Silesian Beskids (Czech: , sk, Moravsko-sliezske Beskydy) is a mountain range in the Czech Republic with a small part reaching to Slovakia. It lies on the historical division between Moravia and Silesia, hence the name. It is part o ...
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Silesian Foothills
Silesian Foothills ( pl, Pogórze Śląskie, cs, Slezské podhůří, szl, Pogōrze Ślōnske) are foothills located in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
It has an area of 545 km2. Its western border is Olza river, eastern Skawa. Other main ri ...
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Silesian-Moravian Foothills
Moravian-Silesian Foothills ( cz, Podbeskydská pahorkatina, pl, Pogórze Morawsko-Śląskie) are foothills and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic.
Geomorphology
The region represents the westernmost section of the Western Bes ...
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Silesian Upland
Silesian Upland or Silesian Highland ( pl, Wyżyna Śląska) is a highland located in Silesia and Lesser Poland, Poland.
Its highest point is the St. Anne Mountain (406 m).
See also
*Silesian Lowlands
*Silesian-Lusatian Lowlands
* Silesian ...
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Silesian Lowlands
Silesian Lowlands (or Silesian Plains, pl, Nizina Śląska, cs, Slezská nížina, german: Schlesische Niederung) are lowlands located in Silesia, Poland in Central Europe. A small part is located in the Czech Republic. It is part of the Centra ...
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Silesian Przesieka
Silesian ''Przesieka'', literally Silesian Cutting ( pl, Przesieka Śląska or Oseg, german: Schlesischer Grenzwald, Hag or , la, Indago) was a densely forested, uninhabited and unpassable strip of land in the middle of Silesia, spreading from Go ...
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Silesian Walls
The Silesian Walls ( pl, Wały Śląskie, german: Dreigräben) are a line of three (or sometimes fewer) parallel earthen ramparts and ditches that run through Lower Silesia in Poland, by the towns Szprotawa and Kożuchów. The walls are about 2. ...
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Silesian-Lusatian Lowlands
Silesian-Lusatian Lowlands (or Silesian-Lusatian Uplands, pl, Nizina Śląsko-Łużycka) are lowlands located in Silesia, Poland and Germany.
See also
* Silesian Highlands
* Silesian Lowlands
* Silesian Foothills
Silesian Foothills ( pl, Pogó ...
Culture
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Silesian Park
Silesian Park ( pl, Park Śląski) is a recreation complex in the center of the Upper-Silesian Metropolis in Chorzów in Upper Silesia, Poland. Silesian Park is managed by WPKiW S.A.
The area of the park is 620 hectares, twice as large as the ...
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Silesian Stadium 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 and languages
*Silesians, inhabitants of Silesia, either a West Sla ...
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Silesian Planetarium
The Silesian Planetarium also Silesian Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory ( pl, Planetarium Śląskie pl, Śląskie Planetarium i Obserwatorium Astronomiczne) is the largest and oldest planetarium in Poland. It was founded on 4 December 1 ...
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Silesian Amusement Park
Legendia (a.k.a. Silesian Amusement Park, pl, Śląskie Wesołe Miasteczko) is a permanent amusement park located within Silesian Park in the center of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, Silesia, Poland
Poland, officially the Repub ...
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Silesian Zoological Garden
Silesian Zoological Garden ( pl, Śląski Ogród Zoologiczny) is a zoological garden in Poland. It was founded in 1954 and is situated in the Katowice and Chorzów districts of Silesia. It covers over 47.6 ha within the Silesian Central Park.
T ...
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Silesian Theatre
Silesian Theatre ( pl, Teatr Śląski) dedicated to Stanisław Wyspiański is the largest theatre in Silesia. It is located on the market square in Katowice.
It was built as "German Theatre" in the years 1905–1907, from plans by German theatr ...
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Silesian Museum
Silesian Museum in Katowice ( pl, Muzeum Śląskie w Katowicach) is a museum in the City of Katowice, Poland.
History
The museum was founded in 1929 by the Silesian Sejm, while the region was recovering from the Silesian Uprisings. In the inte ...
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Silesian Philharmonic
The Filharmonia Śląska w Katowicach ( en, Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice) is a music institution in Katowice, Silesia, Poland. The Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice was founded in 1945. The first concert of the orchestra took place on 26 of M ...
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Silesian Opera
Silesian Opera in Bytom ( pl, Opera Śląska w Bytomiu) is an opera company in Bytom, Silesia, Poland, that was founded in 1945. Its home is the former City Theatre, designed by architect Albert Bohm,
that was built in Neoclassical style between ...
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Silesian String Quartet
The Silesian String Quartet is a string quartet founded in 1978 by the graduates of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland. Its current members are:
* Szymon Krzeszowiec (violin I)
* Arkadiusz Kubica (violin II)
* Łukasz S ...
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Silesian Library
Silesian Library ( pl, Biblioteka Śląska), is one of the most modern libraries in Poland, and is located in the south-western city of Katowice, Silesia
Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within P ...
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Silesian Fantasy Club Silesian Fantasy Club (or Silesian Science-Fiction Club, pl, Śląski Klub Fantastyki, ŚKF) is the oldest science fiction and fantasy fandom club in Silesia, Poland. Founded in 1981 in Katowice, it has been the organizer of Polcon, largest of P ...
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Coat of arms of Silesia
The coat of arms of Lower Silesia, and simultaneously of Silesia, shows a black eagle with silver crescent with cross in the middle on its chest (the emblem of Silesian Duke Henry the Bearded, Polish: ''Zgorzelec'') on a golden background. It has ...
, Silesian eagle
Transport
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Silesian Interurbans
Silesian Trams ( pl, Tramwaje Konurbacji Śląskiej) is one of the largest tram systems in the world and the largest and longest tram system in Poland, located entirely within the Silesian Voivodeship. Started as a part of the German Empire in 189 ...
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Silesian Railways
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Silesian Air
Silesian Air is a defunct scheduled, passenger and cargo airline, formerly based in Poland. Its main base was at Katowice International Airport.
Code data
* ICAO Code: LSN (not current)
* Callsign: SILESIAN (not current)
History
The airline wa ...
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Silesian Mountain Railway
The Silesian Mountain Railway ( pl, Śląska Kolej Górska; german: Schlesische Gebirgsbahn) is a railway line in south-west Poland. It leads from Görlitz/Zgorzelec on the Lusatian Neisse via Jelenia Góra to Wałbrzych in Lower Silesia.
The fi ...
Other
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Silesian (series)
The Silesian is in the geologic timescale of Europe a series or epoch, a subdivision of the Carboniferous system or period.
It was named for Silesia, a region that stretches over the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany.
Geology
It follows or lies ...
, a European subdivision of the Carboniferous period of the geological timescale
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Silesian Piasts
The Silesian Piasts were the elder of four lines of the Polish Piast dynasty beginning with Władysław II the Exile (1105–1159), eldest son of Duke Bolesław III of Poland. By Bolesław's testament, Władysław was granted Silesia as his h ...
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Silesian architecture
Silesian architecture is the name given to the constructions made in Silesia throughout time, and those by Silesian architects worldwide. The name is also applied to buildings made within its geographical limits before the constitution of Silesia ...
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Silesian horse
The Silesian horse, Polish: Koń śląski, Silesian: Ślůnski kůń, is a breed of warmblood horse from the area of historic Silesia, which lies mostly within modern Poland. It is the heaviest of the Polish warmblood breeds, and has been infl ...
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Silesian Insurgents' Monument
The Silesian Insurgents' Monument ( pl, Pomnik Powstańców Śląskich) 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 pa ...
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Silesian Metropolis
The Metropolis GZM ( pl, Metropolia GZM, formally in Polish Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolia) is a metropolitan unit composed of 41 contiguous municipalities in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. The seat of the metropolitan council is ...
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Moravian–Silesian Football League
The Moravian-Silesian Football League (MSFL) ( cs, Moravskoslezská fotbalová liga) is one of the third level football leagues in the Czech Republic (the other is the Bohemian Football League) headquartered in Olomouc. The league comprises teams ...
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Silesian Wikipedia
The Silesian Wikipedia ( szl, Ślůnsko Wikipedyjo / Ślōnskŏ Wikipedyjŏ) is the Silesian edition of Wikipedia. It was started on 26 May 2008.
History
The first attempt to launch the Silesian Wikipedia project took place in March 2006, but ...
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Silesian cuisine
Silesian cuisine belongs to the region of Silesia in Central Europe. It is a subtype of Polish and German cuisine with many similarities to and signs of the influence of neighbouring cuisines. The cuisine is particularly renowned for its poppy ...
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Silesian dumplings
Silesian dumplings (, , , Silesian German: ''schläsche Kließla'') are potato dumplings traditional to the Silesia region of Poland and Germany. They are also called ''białe kluski'' ("white dumplings").
Preparation
The dough for white dumpli ...
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Silesian University of Technology
The Silesian University of Technology (Polish name: Politechnika Śląska; ) is a university located in the Polish province of Silesia, with most of its facilities in the city of Gliwice. It was founded in 1945 by Polish professors of the Lwow P ...
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Silesian University (Opava)
The Silesian University in Opava, ( cs, Slezská univerzita v Opavě) is a university offering tertiary education. It was
established by the law (Nr. 314/199), adopted by the Czech National Council on 9 July 1991, making it one of the youngest u ...
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Silesian Chess Congress The first Silesian Chess Congress was held in 1922. On 19 September 1877 the Breslau Chess Association (''Breslauer Schachverein'') was founded by Theodor von Scheve. In 1895 Görlitz and 1899 Liegnitz were meetings of mainly Silesian clubs.
After ...
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Silesian National Publishing House
See also
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Silesia (disambiguation)
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 the ...
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Upper Silesian (disambiguation)
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Lower Silesian (disambiguation)
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Schlesinger Schlesinger is a German surname (in part also Jewish) meaning "Silesian" from the older regional term ''Schlesinger''; someone from ''Schlesing'' (Silesia); in modern Standard German (or Hochdeutsch) a '' Schlesier'' is someone from ''Schlesien'' a ...
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Angelus Silesius
Angelus Silesius (9 July 1677), born Johann Scheffler and also known as Johann Angelus Silesius, was a German Catholic priest and physician, known as a mystic and religious poet. Born and raised a Lutheran, he adopted the name ''Angelus'' (Lati ...
, a baroque mystic from Silesia
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