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    of Silesian as a distinct lect date back to the 16th century, and the first literature with Silesian characteristics to the 17th century. Silesian speakers...
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  • § Brackets and transcription delimiters. Silesian orthography consists of many systems for writing the Silesian language. the current de facto standard...
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  • history Montenegro: language, literature, culture, history Poland: languages/dialects (Polish, Kashubian, Silesian), literature (Polish, Kashubian), culture...
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    The Silesian Autonomy Movement (Silesian: Ruch Autōnōmije Ślōnska, Polish: Ruch Autonomii Śląska, German: Bewegung für die Autonomie Schlesiens[dead link])...
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    recognition of a Silesian language. According to the last official census in Poland in 2011, over half a million people declared Silesian as their native...
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  • Ethnologue distinguishes the Silesian language from the Upper Silesian dialect of Polish language. There are efforts by some Silesian groups advocating for legal...
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    years 1289–1292 Bohemian king Wenceslaus II became suzerain of some Upper Silesian duchies. Silesia subsequently became a possession of the Crown of Bohemia...
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    Polish literature is the literary tradition of Poland. Most Polish literature has been written in the Polish language, though other languages used in Poland...
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    piśmiennictwa śląskojęzycznego" [Orthographies of contemporary Silesian-language literature]. Slavia Occidentalis (in Polish) (78/1–79/1): 67–83. doi:10...
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    Tarnowskie Góry (category Articles containing Silesian-language text)
    [tarˈnɔfskʲɛ ˈɡurɨ] (German: Tarnowitz; Silesian: Tarnowske Gōry) is a town in Silesia, southern Poland, located in the Silesian Highlands near Katowice. Located...
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  • Zdzisław Marchwicki (category Executed people from Silesian Voivodeship)
    March 4, 1970, renowned philologist and the first teacher of Silesian literature at the Silesian University in Katowice, 46-year-old Jadwiga Kucianka, was...
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    The Upper Silesian Industrial Region (Polish: Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy, pronounced [gurnɔˈɕlɔ̃skʲi ˌɔkrɛŋk pʂɛmɨˈswɔvɨ], Polish abbreviation: GOP...
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  • "The Silesian Weavers" (also: Weaver-song) is a poem by Heinrich Heine written in 1844. It is exemplary of the political poetry of the Vormärz movement...
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    Silesian Parliament or Silesian Sejm (Polish: Sejm Śląski) was the governing body of the Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939), an autonomous voivodeship of...
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    The Upper Silesian Coal Basin (USCB; Polish: Górnośląskie Zagłębie Węglowe, GZW, Czech: Hornoslezská uhelná pánev) is a coal basin in Silesia, in Poland...
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    visit to the city. The main character is Gustav von Aschenbach, a famous Silesian author in his early 50s who recently has been ennobled in honor of his...
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    Wrocław (category Articles containing Silesian-language text)
    historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the Sudeten...
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  • sociologist Max Born, physicist Willibald Borowietz, general Arka Bożek, Silesian politician; pl Josef Božek, engineer and inventor Ernst-Joachim Bradel...
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  • The Cieszyn Silesian dialect or Teschen Silesian dialect (Cieszyn Silesian: cieszyńsko rzecz; Polish: gwara cieszyńska or narzecze cieszyńskie; Czech:...
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    Silesian weavers' uprising of 1844 (German: Schlesischer Weberaufstand) was a revolt against contractors who supplied the weavers of Silesia with raw material...
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    Poland (section Literature)
    Forests occupy 31% of Poland's land area, the largest of which is the Lower Silesian Wilderness. The most common deciduous trees found across the country are...
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  • independent role in the conflicts of that time; at the latest by the time of the Silesian Wars. Prussia's Army won major victories like at Leuthen, Leipzig, Waterloo...
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    9%), Ukrainians (0.7%), Viets (0.3%), Poles (0.3%), Russians (0.2%), Silesians (0.1%) and Germans (0.1%). Another 4.0% declared combination of two nationalities...
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  • This is a list of fictional towns in literature. Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References Passmore, Kevin (1997)...
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  • 9413 Eichendorff 1995 SQ54 Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788–1857), a Silesian poet. JPL · 9413 9414 Masamimurakami 1995 UV4 Masami Murakami (born 1948)...
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    so-called German question in the 19th century. Both opponents first met in the Silesian Wars and Seven Years' War during the middle 18th century until the conflict's...
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    Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802) (category People of the Silesian Wars)
    brother of Frederick the Great. Prince Henry led Prussian armies in the Silesian Wars and the Seven Years' War, having never lost a battle in the latter...
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  • Poland in 1025. Poles and Polans Masovians Vistulans Goplans Lendians Silesian tribes Bieżuńczanie Bobrzanie Dziadoszanie Golęszyce Lubuszanie Opolanie...
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    Markish, and earlier, in the then German-speaking parts of Silesia also Silesian, and in then German southern East Prussia also High Prussian). Cities with...
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    Polish Way Greater Polish Way Lower Silesian Way Camino Polaco Camino Polaco del Norte Via Cervimontana Silesian-Moravian Way Slovakia Lesser Slovakia...
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