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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Polish surnames
Silesia (Polish ÅšlÄ…sk, German Schlesien, Czech Slezsko) is a historical region in central Europe.
Lower Silesian voivodship since 1999 Lower Silesia (Polish: Dolny Śląsk, Latin: Silesia Inferior, German: Niederschlesien) is the north-western part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia in Poland, located along the middle Odra River and organized into Lower Silesian Voivodship, (Polish: województwo dolnośląskie) with...
Opole voivodship since 1999 1) Opole Voivodship (since 1999) or Opole Silesia (Polish: województwo opolskie, Śląsk Opolski) is an administrative and local government region created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Opole (2) and parts of Czestochowa voivodships as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of...
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 Gliwice, Poland
Gliwice was a German town (Gleiwitz), in the Prussian province of Silesia, over Klodnitz river, and on a railway between Opole and Krakow, 40 m.
Gleiwitz was the centre of the mining industry of Upper Silesia.
Besides the royal foundry, with which were connected machine manufactories and boilerworks, there were other foundries, meal mills and manufactories of wire, gas pipes, cement and paper.
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