Silesian in a sentence

After the War during 1945 - 1950 there existed a Silesian Voivodeship, commonly known as Śląsko-Dąbrowskie Voivodeship, which included a major part of today's Silesian Voivodeship.

Opole Voivodeship is bordered by Lower Silesian Voivodeship to the west, Greater Poland and Łódź Voivodeships to the north, Silesian Voivodeship to the east, and the Czech Republic to the south.

The black eagle of the Silesian Piasts Attempts to obtain supreme authority over Silesia and all Poland The relation of Henry IV with his Silesian relatives in general was not good.

The Silesian Quartet, based in Katowice, Poland, has already released an award-winning album of the composer's string quartets, will continue to help drive the Bacewicz bandwagon.

Accordingly, a separate peace between Prussia and Austria was signed at Breslau on 11 June 1742, which drew the First Silesian War to a close.

According to the last official census in Poland in 2011, over half a million people declared Silesian as their native language.

Administrative division Silesian Voivodeship is divided into 36 counties ( powiats ).

At the end of the Thirty Years' War, however, it was one of only a few Silesian cities to stay Protestant.

Besides the formerly Silesian area of Saxony, which was mostly included in the territory of the new Saxony, the free state gained further areas north of Leipzig that had belonged to Saxony-Anhalt until 1952.

Both duchies merged into a Silesian County of the Kraków Voivodeship, and shared the fate of Lesser Poland.

But in the Silesian Wars and in the Seven Years' War she had to cede 95 percent of Silesia to Frederick the Great.

Cities and towns Katowice is the capital of the Silesian Voivodeship Jasna Góra in Częstochowa is the holiest catholic shrine in Poland Gliwice - Town Hall Due to its industrial and urban nature, the voivodeship has many cities and large towns.

Complaints about the attitude of the German authorities led to rioting and eventually to the first two Silesian Uprisings (1919 and 1920).

Demography Silesian Voivodeship has the highest population density in the country (379 people per square kilometre, compared to the national average of 124).

Holy Roman Empire main Legnica, along with other Silesian duchies, became a vassal of the Kingdom of Bohemia during the 14th century and was included within the Holy Roman Empire.

However, many Silesians consider themselves a separate ethnicity and have been advocating for the recognition of a Silesian language.

In 1163 Frederick waged a successful campaign against the Kingdom of Poland in order to re-install the Silesian dukes of the Piast dynasty.

In 1676, Legnica passed to direct Habsburg rule after the death of the last Silesian Piast duke, Georg Wilhelm (son of Duke Christian of Brieg ), despite the earlier inheritance pact by Brandenburg and Silesia, by which it was to go to Brandenburg.

In the European subdivision, the Carboniferous is divided into two epochs: Dinantian (early) and Silesian (late).

In the past, the Silesian economy was determined by coal mining.