History of Silesia
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In the second half of the 2nd millennium BC, Silesia belonged to the Lusatian culture. About 500 BC Scyths arrived, and later Celts in the South and Southwest. During the 1st century BC Silingi and ot
Central Europe during the mid-9th century, showing Great Moravia (including Silesia) during the rule of Svatopluk I.
Władysław II the Exile. First of the Silesian Piasts. Drawing by Jan Matejko.
Monarchy of the Silesian Henries from the House of Piast.
A depiction of most likely Henryk IV Probus.
Province of Silesia
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The Province of Silesia was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1919. The Silesia region was part of the Prussian realm since 1742 and established as an official province in 1815, then became part of t
History of Silesia
…In 1742, most of Silesia was seized by King Frederick the Great of Prussia in the War of the Austrian Succession and subsequently made the Prussian Province of Silesia. After World War I, Lower Silesia, having by far a German majority, remained with Germany while Upper Silesia, after a series of insurrections by the…
Market Square in Breslau (Wrocław), 1890–1900
Plaque in Opole commemorating deportations of Poles to concentration camps in 1939