Silesia
Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Situated along the Oder River, with the Sudeten Mountains extending across the southern border, Silesia spans 40,000 km2, and its population is estimated at 8,000,000.
- Region with 8,000,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 172 metres (564 feet)
- Description: region of Central Europe now located mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany
Places of Interest
Highlights include Train station in Wołczyn and St. Michael’s Church, Gierałcice.
St. Michael’s Church, Gierałcice
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wołczyn and Gierałcice.
Silesia
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Latitude
51° north
Longitude
18° east
Open location code
9F3W2222+22
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Silesia” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Silesië”
- Arabic: “سيلسيا”
- Arabic: “سيليزيا”
- Arabic: “منطقة سيليزيا”
- Armenian: “Սիլեզիա”
- Asturian: “Silesia”
- Azerbaijani: “Sileziya”
- Basque: “Silesia”
- Belarusian: “Сілезія”
- Belarusian: “Сылезія”
- Bosnian: “Šleska”
- Breton: “Silezia”
- Bulgarian: “Силезия”
- Catalan: “Silèsia”
- Chinese: “西利西亞”
- Chinese: “西里西亚”
- Chinese: “西里西亞”
- Croatian: “Šleska”
- Croatian: “Šlezija”
- Czech: “Slezsko”
- Danish: “Schlesien”
- Danish: “Slask”
- Dimli (individual language): “Silezya”
- Dutch: “Schlesien”
- Dutch: “Silezie”
- Dutch: “Silezië”
- Dutch: “Sileziers”
- Dutch: “Sileziërs”
- Esperanto: “Silezio”
- Estonian: “Sileesia”
- Finnish: “Sleesia”
- Finnish: “Šleesia”
- French: “Schlesien”
- French: “Silesia”
- French: “Silesie”
- French: “Silésie”
- French: “Silésiens”
- Friulian: “Slesie”
- Galician: “Silesia”
- Georgian: “სილეზია”
- Georgian: “შლეზია”
- German: “Schläsing”
- German: “Schlesien”
- Greek: “Σηλεσία”
- Greek: “Σιλεσία”
- Guarani: “Silésia”
- Hebrew: “שלזיה”
- Hebrew: “שליזיה”
- Hungarian: “Szilézia”
- Icelandic: “Slesía”
- Ido: “Silezia”
- Indonesian: “Silesia”
- Interlingua: “Silesia”
- Irish: “An tSiléis”
- Italian: “Silesia”
- Italian: “Silezija”
- Italian: “Slesia”
- Japanese: “シュレージェン”
- Japanese: “シュレージエン”
- Japanese: “シュレジア”
- Japanese: “シュレジェン”
- Japanese: “シュレジエン”
- Japanese: “シレジア”
- Japanese: “シロンスク”
- Japanese: “スレスコ”
- Javanese: “Silesia”
- Kirghiz: “Силесия”
- Korean: “슐레지엔”
- Korean: “슐롱스크”
- Korean: “슬레스코”
- Korean: “실레시아”
- Korean: “실레지아”
- Korean: “실롱스크”
- Latin: “Silesia”
- Latvian: “Silēzija”
- Literary Chinese: “西里西亞”
- Lithuanian: “Silezij”
- Lithuanian: “Silezija”
- Lithuanian: “Šlionskas”
- Lombard: “Slesia”
- Lower Silesian: “Schläsing”
- Lower Sorbian: “Šlazyńska”
- Luxembourgish: “Schlesien”
- Macedonian: “Шлезија”
- Macedonian: “Шлеска”
- Malagasy: “Silesia”
- Mazanderani: “سیلزی”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Silesia”
- Mingrelian: “სილეზია”
- Moksha: “Силезие”
- Moksha: “Силезия”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Schlesiar”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Schlesien”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Schlesier”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Silesia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Slask”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Śląsk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Šlezsko”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schlesien”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Silesia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Śląsk”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Slezsko”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Szilézia”
- Norwegian: “Schlesien”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Silèsia”
- Ossetian: “Силези”
- Persian: “سیلزی”
- Persian: “سیلسی”
- Persian: “سیلیزیا”
- Persian: “سیلیسیا”
- Polish: “Schlesien”
- Polish: “Silesia”
- Polish: “Śląsk”
- Polish: “Slezsko”
- Polish: “Ślůnsk”
- Portuguese: “Silesia”
- Portuguese: “Silésia”
- Portuguese: “Śląsk”
- Romanian: “Schlesien”
- Romanian: “Silezia”
- Russian: “Силезия”
- Santali: “ᱥᱤᱞᱮᱥᱤᱭᱟ”
- Scots: “Silesia”
- Serbian: “Горња Шлезија”
- Serbian: “Доња Шлезија”
- Serbian: “Доња Шлеска”
- Serbian: “Шлезија”
- Serbian: “Шлеска”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Šleska”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Šlezija”
- Silesian: “Ślonsk”
- Silesian: “Ślōnsk”
- Silesian: “Ślůnsk”
- Slovak: “Sliezsko”
- Slovenian: “Šlezija”
- Spanish: “Schlesien”
- Spanish: “Silesia”
- Spanish: “Slask”
- Spanish: “Sląsk”
- Spanish: “Ślask”
- Spanish: “Śląsk”
- Spanish: “Śląskie”
- Spanish: “Slezko”
- Swedish: “Schlesien”
- Swedish: “Silesia”
- Swedish: “Silesien”
- Swedish: “Śląsk”
- Swiss German: “Schlesien”
- Tagalog: “Silesia”
- Tagalog: “Silesya”
- Tamil: “சைலீசியா”
- Tamil: “சைலீஷியா”
- Tamil: “சைலேசியா”
- Tatar: “Силезия”
- Thai: “ไซลีเชีย”
- Thai: “ไซลีเซีย”
- Turkish: “Schlesien”
- Turkish: “Silezya”
- Ukrainian: “Силезія”
- Ukrainian: “Сілезія”
- Upper Sorbian: “Šleska”
- Urdu: “سیلیزیا”
- Uzbek: “Sileziya”
- Venetian: “Slesia”
- Vietnamese: “Schlesien”
- Vietnamese: “Silesia”
- Vietnamese: “Śląsk”
- Vietnamese: “Slezsko”
- Vietnamese: “Xi-lê-di”
- Vietnamese: “Xilêdi”
- Waray (Philippines): “Silesia”
- Welsh: “Silesia”
- Western Frisian: “Sileesje”
- Western Frisian: “Sileezje”
- Wu Chinese: “西里西亚”
- Yiddish: “שלעזיע”
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