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Upper Silesia (; ; Latin: Silesia Superior; ; Silesian: Górny Sloonsk) is the southeastern part of Silesia, a historical and geographical region of Poland (Opole Voivodship and Silesian Voivodship) and of the Czech Republic (Silesian-Moravian Region). The region is situated in the Silesian highlands, between the upper Oder and upper Vistula rivers. The largest city is Katowice, capital of the Silesian Voivodship.
Total population of the Upper Silesian Industry Area is 3,487,000.
Major cities and towns
(All in Poland unless otherwise indicated; population figures are for 1995)
- Katowice (354,200)
- Ostrava (320,000) - Czech Republic (eastern districts, Cieszyn Silesia)
- Sosnowiec (249,000) - not historical Upper Silesia
- Bytom (227,600)
- Gliwice (214,000)
- Zabrze (201,600)
- Bielsko-Biała (180,307) - western part Bielsko, Cieszyn Silesia
- Ruda Śląska (166,300)
- Rybnik (144,300)
- Tychy (133,900)
- Dąbrowa Górnicza (130,900) - not historical Upper Silesia
- Opole (130,600)
- Chorzów (125,800)
- Jastrzębie Zdrój (103,500)
- Jaworzno (98,500) - not historical Upper Silesia
- Mysłowice (80,000)
- Siemianowice Śląskie (78,100)
- Kędzierzyn-Koźle (70,700)
- Wodzisław Śląski (68,600)
- Tarnowskie Góry (67,200)
- Piekary Śląskie (67,200)
- Żory (66,300)
- Racibórz (65,100)
- Będzin (63,100) - not historical Upper Silesia
- Opava (62,000) - Czech Republic
- Świętochłowice (59,600)
- Zawiercie (56,300) - not historical Upper Silesia
- Nysa (49,000)
- Knurów (44,200)
- Olkusz (40,500)
- Brzeg (39,900)
- Mikołów (38,900)
- Cieszyn (37,300) - Cieszyn Silesia
- Czeladź (36,600) - not historical Upper Silesia
- Czechowice-Dziedzice (35,600) - Cieszyn Silesia
- Pszczyna (34,600)
- Myszków (34,000)
- Żywiec (32,300) - not historical Upper Silesia
- Czerwionka-Leszczyny (30,100)
- Kluczbork (26,900)
- Lubliniec (26,900)
- Krnov (25,400) - Czech Republic
- Prudnik (24,300)
- Rydułtowy (24,100)
- Łaziska Górne (23,000)
- Bieruń (22,100)
- Pyskowice (21,900)
- Strzelce Opolskie (21,900)
- Krapkowice (20,100)
Other cities in Poland: Chełmek, Skoczów (Cieszyn Silesia), Ustroń (Cieszyn Silesia), Wilamowice (not historical Upper Silesia), Wisła (Cieszyn Silesia).
Other cities in the Czech Republic: Český Těšín, Karviná, Frýdek-Místek (all Cieszyn Silesia).
Cieszyn and Opole Silesia
Opole and especially Cieszyn Silesia, although they are historical parts of Upper Silesia, are commonly considered not to be Upper Silesian lands by its inhabitants.
History
Upper Silesia was formerly a province of Poland. Then it was under Bohemian, Austrian, and Prussian administration. Later it became the Autonomous Silesian Voivodship in Poland.
The Silesian Uprisings 1919-1921 against Germany
- First Silesian Uprising: 16 August-26 August 1919
- Second Silesian Uprising: 19 August-25 August 1920
- Third Silesian Uprising: 2 May-5 July 1921
Literature
- H. Förster, B. Kortus (1989) "Social-Geographical Problems of the Cracow and Upper Silesia Agglomerations", Paderborn. (Bochumer Geographische Arbeiten No. 51)
- Krzysztof Gwosdz (2000) "The Image of Upper Silesia in geography textbooks 1921-1998", in: Boleslaw Domanski (Ed.), Prace Geograficzne, No. 106, Institute of Geography of the Jagiellonian University Krakow. pp. 55-68
See also
- Autonomous Silesian Voivodship
- Cieszyn Silesia
- Lower Silesia
- Opole Voivodship
- Silesia
- Silesian Interurbans
- Silesian Voivodship
- Upper Silesia (Prussian province)
- Wojciech Korfanty
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