Silesia [a] (see names below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately 40,000 km 2 (15,400 sq mi), and the population is estimated at 8,000,000. Silesia is split into two main subregions, Lower Silesia in the west and Upper Silesia in

Silesia, historical region that is now in southwestern Poland. Silesia was originally a Polish province, which became a possession of the Bohemian crown in 1335, passed with that crown to the Austrian Habsburgs in 1526, and was taken by Prussia in 1742.

西里西亚（波兰文：Śląsk；德文：Schlesien；捷克文：Slezsko；西里西亚文：Ślonsk/Ślónsk；拉丁文：Silesia），是中欧的一个历史地域名称，大致在奥得河中、上游流域，即今波兰西南部、捷克北部俄斯特拉发一带和德国东部。

西里西亞 [1] （拉丁語： Silesia ；波蘭語： Śląsk ；德語： Schlesien ；捷克語： Slezsko ；西里西亞語： Ślonsk 或 Ślónsk ），又依波兰语译作希隆斯克 [2] ，是中欧的一个历史地域名称，目前该地域的绝大部分地区都属于波兰，佔據了波蘭的整個西南部，小部份領土 ...

Silesia became closer to the center of the Protestant Reformation, Brandenburg and Saxony, and the country produced several important Protestant intellectuals. In 1526 Silesia received the first Protestant university of Europe when Frederick II opened an evangelical academy in Liegnitz.

The Province of Silesia (German: Provinz Schlesien; Polish: Prowincja Śląska; Silesian: Prowincyjŏ Ślōnskŏ) 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 the German Empire in 1871.

Silesia (Polish: Śląsk; German: Schlesien; Latin: Silesia; Silesian: Ślůnsk) is a historical region of Poland. From 1742 to 1945 , it was a province in the east of Prussia and later Germany . In 1945, all of Poland was occupied by the Soviet Red Army .

七年战争 （1756年-1763年）中确认了普鲁士对西里西亚的统治，成为了普鲁士的皇家领土。 1815年拿破仑战争之后确立了普鲁士的西里西亚领土。 西里西亚战争 时期，普鲁士将占领到的西里西亚的土地和曾属萨克森王国，邻近 格尔利茨 的上卢萨蒂亚地区一同组成西里西亚省。

By the end of the 13th century, Silesia was a prosperous land with a mixed population of Germans and Poles, with minorities of Jews and Francophones or Walloons. Silesia broke with Poland when the Piast dukes of the region refused to join the kingdom reunited by Ladislaus the Short (r. 1320–33) in 1320.

Silesia is inhabited mostly by Poles and Silesians, followed by German, Czech, and Moravian minorities. Poland’s 2002 census found that the Slavic Silesians are the largest ethnic minority in Poland, trailed by Germans — both reside mostly in Upper Silesia. The Czech part of Silesia is inhabited by Czechs, Moravians, and Poles.