Zaolzie

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Zaolzie is a historically disputed border region between Poland and Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), known for its mixed Polish and Czech population and its controversial annexation by Poland in 1938.

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Zaolzie canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf disputed territory
historical region
annexationContext Munich Agreement
annexationYear 1938
annexedBy Poland
borderWith Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
Poland
containsCity Karviná
Orlová
Třinec
Český Těšín
country Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
crossedBy Olza River
demographicFeature bilingual communities
disputeBetween Czechoslovakia
Poland
dividedBy Spa Conference 1920
economicActivity coal mining
steel industry
hasEthnicGroup Czechs
Poles
Silesians
hasMinority Polish minority in the Czech Republic
historicalEvent Polish annexation of Zaolzie in 1938
division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920
historicalLanguageIssue language rights of Polish minority
knownFor Polish minority in the Czech Republic
mixed Polish and Czech population
languageUsed Czech
Polish
locatedIn Central Europe
Cieszyn Silesia
nameDerivedFrom Olza River
nameMeaning land beyond the Olza
partOf Austro-Hungarian Empire (historically)
Trans-Olza region
politicalStatus part of Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic (today)
postWWIIStatus returned to Czechoslovakia after 1945
postWWIStatus assigned to Czechoslovakia in 1920
relatedConflict Polish–Czechoslovak border conflicts
relatedTo Cieszyn Silesia
Polish minority in Zaolzie
religion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
timePeriod 20th century border disputes

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