• Silesian (Silesian: Schläsisch, Schläs’sch, Schlä’sch, Schläsch, German: Schlesisch), Silesian German or Lower Silesian is a nearly extinct German dialect...
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    1945, Silesian was also spoken in enclaves in Lower Silesia, where the majority spoke Lower Silesian, a variety of Central German. The German-speaking...
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    Silesians (Silesian: Ślōnzŏki or Ślůnzoki; Silesian German: Schläsinger or Schläsier; German: Schlesier pronounced [ˈʃleːzi̯ɐ] ; Polish: Ślązacy; Czech:...
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    The Silesian Uprisings (Polish: Powstania śląskie; German: Aufstände in Oberschlesien, Polenaufstände) were a series of three uprisings from August 1919...
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    The Silesian offensives (Russian: Силезские наступления) were two separate offensives conducted in Silesia in February and March 1945 by the Soviet Red...
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    minority resides, and in Silesian Voivodeship. German speakers first came to these regions (present-day Opole and Silesian Voivodeships) during the late...
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    Silesian dumplings (Polish: kluski śląskie, Silesian: gumiklyjzy, German: Schlesische Kartoffelklöße, Silesian German: schläsche Kließla[citation needed])...
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    Upper Silesia (category Articles containing Silesian-language text)
    Silesia (Polish: Górny Śląsk ; Silesian: Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; Czech: Horní Slezsko; German: Oberschlesien ; Silesian German: Oberschläsing; Latin: Silesia...
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    German: Wahlkomitee Sozial-Kulturelle Gesellschaft der Deutschen im Oppelner Schlesien) and the Social-Cultural Association of Germans in Silesian Voivodeship...
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    Kulturkampf, a government campaign of Germanization enacted by the German Empire, which added many Germanisms to the Silesian dialect within said country's pre-1914...
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    Silesians Together (official name in Silesian-Polish mix: Ślonzoki Razem) is Silesian regionalist political party in Poland founded in August 2017 by...
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    Bohemia, Habsburg monarchy (Austria), Prussia, the German Empire, and modern Poland after 1945. Silesian tribes settled the lands at the end of the first...
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    Silesia (redirect from Silesia, Germany)
    ruled by various Silesian dukes. During this time, German cultural and ethnic influence increased as a result of immigration from German-speaking states...
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    were founded under German town law. Between the years 1289–1292 Bohemian king Wenceslaus II became suzerain of some Upper Silesian duchies. Silesia subsequently...
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    The Province of Silesia (German: Provinz Schlesien; Polish: Prowincja Śląska; Silesian: Prowincyjŏ Ślōnskŏ) was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1919...
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    The Silesian Wars (German: Schlesische Kriege) were three wars fought in the mid-18th century between Prussia (under King Frederick the Great) and Habsburg...
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    The Second Silesian War (German: Zweiter Schlesischer Krieg) was a war between Prussia and Austria that lasted from 1744 to 1745 and confirmed Prussia's...
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    The First Silesian War (German: Erster Schlesischer Krieg) was a war between Prussia and Austria that lasted from 1740 to 1742 and resulted in Prussia's...
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    The Silesian Voivodeship (Polish: województwo śląskie; German: Woiwodschaft Schlesien) was an autonomous province (voivodeship) of the Second Polish Republic...
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    Silesian Voivodeship's name, most of the historic Silesia region lies outside the present Silesian Voivodeship – divided among Lubusz, Lower Silesian...
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  • Leo-Ferdinand Henckel von Donnersmarck (category Silesian-German people)
    – 23 July 2009) was a German-Polish historian, businessman, and Catholic lay worker. He worked as an executive for the German airline Lufthansa from...
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    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...
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    Opole Voivodeship (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    large German minority lives in the voivodeship, and the German language is co-official in 28 communes. Opole Voivodeship is bordered by Lower Silesian Voivodeship...
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    60% of Upper Silesians voted for their region to remain part of Germany it would be dubious to claim that most of them were ethnically German or regarded...
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    Silesian and Masovian duchies remained independent Piast holdings. In the 12th to the 14th centuries, German settlers, most of whom spoke Low German,...
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    of Lower Silesia (German: Provinz Niederschlesien; Silesian German: Provinz Niederschläsing; Polish: Prowincja Dolny Śląsk; Silesian: Prowincyjŏ Dolny...
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    Prussia following the First Silesian War. This was confirmed following the Second Silesian War in 1745 and the Third Silesian War in 1763. Following the...
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  • Lara Cosima Henckel von Donnersmarck (category Silesian-German people)
    Henckel von Donnersmarck (born May 17, 2003), known as Lara Cosima, is a German-American aristocrat, social media influencer, model, internet personality...
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    The Union of Upper Silesians (German: Bund der Oberschlesier; Polish: Związek Górnoślązaków; Silesian: Ferajn Gůrnoślůnzokůw) was an early 20th-century...
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    German dialects are the various traditional local varieties of the German language. Though varied by region, those of the southern half of Germany beneath...
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