''"Płyniesz Olzo po dolinie"'' ("You flow, Olza, down the valley") is a poem by Polish educator and poet

Jan Kubisz Jan Kubisz (24 January 1848 – 25 March 1929) was a Polish educator and poet from the region of Cieszyn Silesia. His poem '' Płyniesz Olzo po dolinie'' (You Flow, Olza, Down the Valley), centered on the Olza River, became unofficial anthem of ...

. It is an unofficial anthem of Cieszyn Silesia, particularly of the Polish minority in the Czech Republic. Its theme is the

cultural assimilation Cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's majority group or assume the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group whether fully or partially. The different types of cultural assi ...

of, and loss of national identity by, local Poles. The lyrics are centered on the

Olza Olza may refer to: *Olza (river), a river in the Czech Republic and Poland *Olza, Silesian Voivodeship, a village in Poland *Cendea de Olza/Oltza Zendea, a municipality in Spain *SS Olza, SS ''Olza'', a Polish ship {{disambig ...

River, symbol of Cieszyn Silesia and

Trans-Olza Trans-Olza ( pl, Zaolzie, ; cs, Záolží, ''Záolší''; german: Olsa-Gebiet; Cieszyn Silesian dialect, Cieszyn Silesian: ''Zaolzi''), also known as Trans-Olza Silesia (Polish language, Polish: ''Śląsk Zaolziański''), is a territory in the ...

. It was published in 1889 as ''Nad Olzą'' (On the Olza), part of ''Śpiewy starego Jakuba'' (Songs of Old Jacob) poetry collection.

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