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	Cieszyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cieszyn (German: Teschen; Czech: Těšín) is a town in southern Poland with 37,300 inhabitants (1995), situated in the Silesian Voivodship and seat of powiat of Cieszyn (since 1999), previously in Bielsko-Biała Voivodship (1975-1998).
		Cieszyn was the capital of the Duchy of Cieszyn and shared its history throughout the ages.
		Following the Czech invasion of Cieszyn Silesia in January 1919, the city was divided in 1920 by the Conference of Ambassadors, a body formed by the Versailles Treaty, leaving a sizeable Polish minority on the Czechoslovak side.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cieszyn (385 words)

	Cieszyn Silesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cieszyn Silesia (Polish: Śląsk Cieszyński, Czech: Těšínské Slezsko, German: Teschener Schlesien) is a historical region in south-eastern Silesia, between the Vistula and Oder rivers.
		The historical boundaries of the region are identical to those of the independent Duchy of Cieszyn.
		The region is separated from the rest of Silesia (and Upper Silesia in particular) by Vistula river (the part beginning in Strumień neighbourhood), while from the region of Lesser Poland by Biała and Barania Góra mountain, the highest peak of the region (1220 metres a.s.l.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cieszyn_Silesia (256 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Silesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In the Middle Ages, Silesia was a Piast province, which became a possession of the Bohemian crown under the Holy Roman Empire and passed with that crown to the Austrian Habsburgs in 1526.
		The planned plebiscite was not organised and the division of Cieszyn Silesia was decided on 28 July 1920 by the Ambassadors' Council at the Treaty of Versailles, which instituted the present-day border between Poland and the Czech Republic.
		In October 1938, Cieszyn Silesia (the disputed area west of the Olza river, also called Zaolzie - 906 kmÂ² with 258,000 inhabitants), was retaken by Poland from Czechoslovakia, in accord with the Munich Agreement that surrendered Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Silesia (3714 words)

	Silesia - QuickSeek Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		According to Tacitus, in the 1st century Silesia was inhabited by a multi-ethnic league dominated by the Lugii/Lygii.
		About 990, Silesia was incorporated into Poland by Mieszko I (although some historians move this date to 999 and the rule of Boleslaus I, duke of the Polanie and later king of Poland).
		In the Treaty of Versailles, it was decided that the population of the German Upper Silesia should hold a plebiscite in order to determine the future of the province, with the exception of a 333 km² area around Hlučín, which was granted to Czechoslovakia in 1920 despite having a German majority.
	encyclopedia.quickseek.com /index.php/Silesia (3442 words)

	Silesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Silesia was originally a Polish province that became a possession of the Bohemian crown in 1335, passed with that crown to the Austrian Habsburgs in 1526, was taken by Prussia in 1742, and was returned to Poland in 1945.
		Silesia is now divided into nine Polish provinces, with capitals at Katowice, Bielsko-Biala, Opole, Wroclaw (Breslau), Walbrzych, Legnica, Jelenia Góra, Zielona Góra, and Kalisz; the remainder forms part of Brandenburg and Saxony Länder (states) of Germany and part of the Severomoravský kraj (region) of the Czech Republic.
		Silesia was subsequently reacquired by Bohemia, however, and it passed to the Habsburgs in 1526 with the accession of the Austrian archduke Ferdinand (later Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand I) to the Bohemian throne.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/Silesia/Silesia.html (1141 words)

	Silesia Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In 990 Silesia was incorporated into Poland by Mieszko I (although some historians are moving the date to 999 and rule of Boleslaus I, duke of the Polanie (Polans; from "pole" - "a field") and later king of Poland).
		Silesia remained part of the lands of the Bohemian crown until 1742, under kings of Czech, Polish and German dynasties.
		The Czech Silesia is inhabited by the Czechs, Moravians and Poles.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/s/si/silesia.html (1928 words)

	Silesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		According to Tacitus, the 1st century Silesia was inhabited by a multi-ethnic league dominated by the Germanic Lugii/Lygii.
		In 1740, the annexation of Silesia by King Frederick II of Prussia (the Great) was welcomed by all Silesians, not only the Protestant population, and not only by the German part of the population.
		The planned plebiscite was not eventually organised and the division of Cieszyn Silesia was decided on 28 July 1920 by the Ambassadors' Council at the Treaty of Versailles, which instituted the present-day border.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Silesia.htm (3859 words)

	Cieszyn Silesia: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Silesia (polish lsk, german schlesien, czech languageczech slezsko) is a historical region in central europe....
		Duchy of cieszyn (polish ksistwo cieszyskie) was an independent duchy in the area of cieszyn silesia....
		Currently the Cieszyn Silesia is one of the euroregion euroregion quick summary:
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ci/cieszyn_silesia.htm (356 words)

	Upto11.net - Wikipedia Article for Silesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Silesia (Polish and#346;land#261;sk, German Schlesien, Czech Slezsko) is a historical region in central Europe.
		Silesia was inhabited by various peoples belonging to changing archeological cultures in the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age.
		In October 1938 Cieszyn Silesia (the disputed area West of Olza river, so called Zaolzie - 906kmandsup2; 258,000 inhabitants) was retaken by Poland from Czechoslovakia, in accord with the Munich Agreement.
	www.upto11.net /generic_wiki.php?q=silesia (1896 words)

	Silesia: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Silesia (Polish (Polish: The property of being smooth and shiny) Śląsk, German (German: A person of German nationality) Schlesien, Czech (Czech: A native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic) Slezsko) is a historical region in central Europe (historical region in central Europe: more facts about this subject).
		Silesia is located along the upper and middle Oder (Oder: A European river; flows into the Baltic Sea) (Odra) River and along the Sudetes (Sudetes: rightthumb200pxdestroyed forest on the top of wielka sowathe sudetes, also called...
		From that time Silesia indirectly became a part of the Holy Roman Empire (Holy Roman Empire: The lands ruled by Charlemagne; a continuation of the Roman Empire in Europe), as Bohemia was itself an autonomous part of the empire.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/silesia (2821 words)

	Multimedialna Polska
		Historians claim that Cieszyn came into existence at the end of the 10th century as a fortress of the Polanin state.
		At the end of the 13th century, Cieszyn became the capital of the Duchy of Cieszyn, ruled by the Piast dynasty until the mid-17th century, and later governed by the Habsburgs.
		The original can be seen in the Museum of Cieszyn Silesia, and this is one of the few gothic stone statues surviving in the former Duchy of Cieszyn.
	www.naszlaku.pl /dane/prezent/_prez_gm/4_cieszyn/cieszyn_ang.htm (411 words)

	Bielsko-Biała
		The River Biała, which divides Bielsko and Biała, is also the border between Cieszyn Silesia and Małopolska.
		Proudly rising above the land of Cieszyn, the Silesian Beskid region is not only known for the beauty of its mountainous landscapes, stretching from the summits of Barania Góra, Czantoria, Stożek or Skrzyczne, but also for its health resorts.
		Cieszyn Silesia is also rich in folk culture.
	www.um.bielsko.pl /bb/en/index.jsp?var=booklet&page=2 (659 words)

	szczep
		Thorough the centuries Upper Silesia, and its various regions have changed their national status time and again, has been the place of contact or collision of many cultures, has found itself in the domain of influence of various political and economic systems.
		In the area of Upper Silesia, the consequences of the urbanization and industrialization of the region organized by the German at the turn of the century are in existence and have their own dynamics.
		Then again, the Regional Programme for Economic Policy in Upper Silesia (1992), implemented in the past, was of an emergency type, similar to the sectoral programme dealing with restructuring of coal mining (1991) and with iron and steel metallurgy (1992).
	www.sunderland.ac.uk /~os0hva/szep.htm (6235 words)

	The Warsaw Voice - Opinion
		The Cieszyn area was the first niche of Polish independence in 1918.
		Thanks to books, Cieszyn Silesia became what it is. Until recently in the area, Lutheran farms were neater, and less alcohol was drunk there in the evenings than in the rest of Poland, while farmers' sons went to school more often than elsewhere.
		Cieszyn's Lutherans have obtained great strength for survival and endurance from their religious ethics and their attitude of treating life as a serious duty.
	www2.warsawvoice.pl /old/v470/Opi01.html (879 words)

	Cieszyn: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Cieszyn is a town in southern Poland (A republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II)
		Cieszyn was the capital of the Duchy of Cieszyn (Duchy of cieszyn (polish ksistwo cieszyskie) was an independent duchy in the area of cieszyn silesia]...)
		Museum of Cieszyn Silesia (Cieszyn silesia (polish lsk cieszyski, czech tínské slezsko) is a historical region...)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/cieszyn (1731 words)

	TrekEarth \| Cieszyn Photo
		Cieszyn, a town on the borders of Poland and the Czech Republic, can pride itself on a long and complex history.
		From around 1290 Cieszyn was the capital of the autonomous Duchy of Cieszyn, the region which later became Cieszyn Silesia.
		What were previously Cieszyn’s outskirts on the left bank of the River Olza were incorporated into Czechoslovakia and became a new town.
	www.trekearth.com /gallery/Europe/Poland/photo70241.htm (287 words)

	Study abroad at the University of Silesia
		The fourth campus is in Cieszyn - - a charming, historic city situated at the foot of the Beskidy Mountains, near the border with the Czech Republic.
		Additional information, in English, regarding the structure and instructional activities of the University is available from the University of Silesia pages of the Ministry of National Education and from the University's own pages.
		Based in Cieszyn, the one and two week workshops take place in the latter part of August and includes a program of lectures, seminars and other classes, as well as many cultural events (the Viva il canto festival, films, meetings with Polish celebrities) and excursions (visiting Cieszyn, the region of Cieszyn Silesia and Upper Silesia).
	info-poland.buffalo.edu /student/uslask.html (934 words)

	Silesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		of Saxony was incoporated into Silesia, while the northernmost part of Silesia, the enclave of Swiebodzin (Schwiebus) became part of the Province of Brandenburg (marked in red on the map of Brandenburg).
		Small fragments of Middle Silesia (marked in cyan) were also incorporated into Poland and a little area in the south (marked in magenta) - into Czechoslovakia.
		German inhabitants of the province either escaped or were expelled from Silesia after 1945 and Poles from the formerly Polish regions in the East settled there.
	www.polishroots.org /genpoland/sil.htm (290 words)

	Silesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Silesia (Silesian: Ślonsk, Ślunsk, Polish: Śląsk, German: Schlesien, Czech: Slezsko) is a historic European province located in what is now southwestern Poland and the northern Czech Republic, along the upper and middle Odra/Oder river.
		In the past, Silesia has been part of different Polish states (for about 360 years, including the vast majority at present), Bohemia (for about 250 years) and different German states (for about 400 years, not counting Bohemian rule - although some also count Bohemian rule of Silesia as a time of German rule).
		The small portion in the Czech Republic is joined with Moravia to form the Moravian-Silesian Region of that country.
	usapedia.com /s/silesia.html (1816 words)

	Our city (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Patron Saint of the town is Andrew Bobola, a Polish martyr from the 17th century killed by Kozacks, who is now represented in the new coat of arms together with the eagle of the Piast dynasty from Cieszyn Silesia.
		The blue background is also represantive for Cieszyn Silesia.
		For example, the oil refinery was constructed and run by Americans, the matches factory was owned by the Swedish and the cable factory was German.The ownership changed after the WWII when all the companies were nationalized.
	www.zst-czdz.um.pl /anglia/facts.htm (736 words)

	Opole: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		The duchy passed (1532) to the house of Hapsburg and (1742) to Prussia and was incorporated into Poland in 1945.
		It was the capital (1919â“45) of the Prussian province of Upper Silesia.
		In the case of the Opole Voivodship, which is the leader in Poland...embrace the Katowice, Czestochowa, and Opole areas of Upper Silesia, Cieszyn Silesia...established back in 1989 in Gogolin (the Opole province).
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/opole.jsp (1256 words)

	The Duchy of Cieszyn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		is one of the parts of historical Silesia.
		As in the Cieszyn region the Polish-speaking group was predominant, Poland tried to incorporate the Duchy.
		The Duchy of Cieszyn is shown on the map of Silesia (right, at the bottom).
	www.polishroots.org /genpoland/ciesz.htm (165 words)

	ACTA CARSLOGICA XXXII/I
		Laboratory of Research and Documentation of Karst Environment, Department of Geomorphology, University of Silesia organized it from 10th to 16th February.
		School was held in the Conference Center of the University of Silesia in Cieszyn in southern Poland.
		The second was field excursion to Cieszyn foreland, where we got acquainted with geological and hydrological phenomena of Cieszyn limestone outcrops.
	www.zrc-sazu.si /izrk/Carsologica/Acta321/report3.htm (335 words)

	Polish Dance Groups in Southern California: Podhale
		The program includes dances from Cieszyn Silesia, the area of Rzeszow in Malopolska (east of Krakow), and Lowicz Mazovia (central part of the area often referred to as "the heart of Poland").
		The program does not mention specific dance types but refers to the "middle" and "youngest" groups of children (the youngest group did not exist at the time, though there were plans for its creation).
		"Cieszyn" is the capital of the southern part of Silesia, divided between Poland and Czech republic, with sizeable minority populations on both sides of the border and cultural interchanges between Polish and Czech folklore.
	www.usc.edu /dept/polish_music/dance/podhale.html (3378 words)

	Silesian Museum - History
		Especially noteworthy is the collection of women's folk costumes from the Bytom region and Cieszyn Silesia, an assemblege of 229 XVIII and XIX centuries dress buckles from the Cieszyn region, a collection of contemporary ritual requisites from the Żywiec region.
		In the period 1987 — 1996 Department of Etnography was organizer and co-organizer of scientific sessions devoted to material and folk culture of Upper Silesia.
		Depatment of Archaeology was also co-organizer of international scientific conferences in October 1989 and in April 1994 dedicated to subjects : Upper Silesia and Opawa Silesia in the tribal age of the early Middle Ages and Cultural heritage of Bronze Age and the early Iron Age in Upper Silesia and Little Poland.
	www.muzeumslaskie.art.pl /ang/muzeum-3.htm (365 words)

	Notes from afar (10-24-91)
		Shortly after arriving in Vienna, I contacted Polish faculty at the University of Silesia in Cieszyn in southwestern Poland, with whom I was acquainted, and asked whether they would be interested in jointly planning a student trip to Poland.
		One cannot drink the water in Silesia; even milk must be boiled due to chemicals ingested by cows.
		We were the first group of Western visitors at the University of Silesia, but it won't be long before American students are as familiar to the Poles as they are to the Viennese.
	www.udel.edu /PR/UpDate/92/8/15.html (517 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sarkander was born in Skoczow near Cieszyn in Silesia.
		The two of Skoczow is located in the Cieszyn region of Silesia, a territory which until a few years ago belonged to the Diocese of Katowice.
		For 1,000 years Silesia has been border territory, in which two great Churches have met, founded precisely in the year 1000: the Archdiocese of Wroclaw.
	library.catholic.org /papaldoc/papaldoc139.txt (1409 words)

	Cieszyn - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		History of trams in Cieszyn 1911-1921 (http://www.tramwajewcieszynie.prv.pl) (Polish)pl:Cieszynfr:Cieszyn
		This page was last modified 10:02, 18 May 2005.
		You can find it there under the keyword Cieszyn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cieszyn)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cieszynandaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Cieszyn (417 words)

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