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Encyclopedia > Silesia (Prussian province)

Silesia was the province of Prussia since 1740 till 1918. Later it was divided into 2 separate provinces:

  • Lower Silesia (Prussian province)
  • Upper Silesia (Prussian province)

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Silesia (1418 words)
Prussian Silesia, the largest province of Prussia, has an area of 15,557 square miles, and is traversed in its entire length by the River Oder.
In the earliest period Silesia was inhabited by Germans, the tribes being the Lygii and the Silingii.
In 999 Silesia was conquered by the Poles.
Breslau (6273 words)
The new bishop devoted himself to repairing the damage inflicted on the Church in Silesia by the despotic procedure of the Emperor Wenzel.
The Diocese of Breslau includes the whole Prussian Province of Silesia with the exception of a part of the districts of Ratibor and Leobschütz, which belong to the Archdiocese of Olmütz, and the Countship (Grafschaft) of Glatz, also in Prussian Silesia, which is subject to the Archbishop of Prague.
There was also a strong desire in Silesia for a university embracing all faculties, and King Frederick William III gave his consent, 3 August, 1811, to a "plan for uniting the University of Frankfort with the University of Breslau".
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