Cieszyn Silesia dispute

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The Cieszyn Silesia dispute was a post-World War I territorial conflict between Poland and Czechoslovakia over the ethnically mixed and strategically important Cieszyn Silesia region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf border conflict
territorial dispute
appliesToTerritory Cieszyn Silesia
Trans-Olza
concernsInfrastructure Košice–Bohumín Railway
concernsResource coal deposits
conflictBetween Czechoslovakia
Poland
endTime 1920
ethnicContext Czechs in Cieszyn Silesia
Poles in Cieszyn Silesia
Silesian Gorals
linked to: Polish Gorals
followedBy Munich Agreement territorial changes in 1938
linked to: Munich Agreement

Polish annexation of Trans-Olza in 1938
hasAftermath Czech minority in Poland
Polish minority in Czechoslovakia
minority issues between Poland and Czechoslovakia
hasAlternativeName Teschen Silesia dispute
Teschen dispute
hasCause collapse of Austria-Hungary
ethnically mixed population of Cieszyn Silesia
strategic importance of coal and railways in the region
hasLanguageContext Czech language
German language
Polish language
involves Polish–Czechoslovak border
locatedIn Cieszyn Silesia
partOf aftermath of World War I
precededBy Austro-Hungarian rule in Cieszyn Silesia
relatedTo Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920)
Polish–Czechoslovak War
Spa Conference
linked to: Spa

self-determination principle after World War I
result creation of Trans-Olza region in Czechoslovakia
division of Cieszyn Silesia between Poland and Czechoslovakia
establishment of new Polish–Czechoslovak border
settledBy Conference of Ambassadors
decision of 28 July 1920
significantPlace Bohumín
Cieszyn
Jablunkov Pass
Karviná
Teschen
linked to: Cieszyn
startTime 1918
timePeriod interwar period

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Polish–Czechoslovak War relatedTo Cieszyn Silesia dispute
Polish–Czechoslovak War hasAlternativeName Conflict over Cieszyn Silesia
linked to: Cieszyn Silesia dispute
Zaolzie historicalEvent division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920
linked to: Cieszyn Silesia dispute
Polish ultimatum to Czechoslovakia result Polish annexation of Zaolzie
linked to: Cieszyn Silesia dispute
Spa Conference settlement on Cieszyn Silesia relatedToEvent Polish–Czechoslovak border dispute
linked to: Cieszyn Silesia dispute
Trans-Olza historicalEvent Polish–Czechoslovak dispute over Cieszyn Silesia
linked to: Cieszyn Silesia dispute
Trans-Olza historicalEvent division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920
linked to: Cieszyn Silesia dispute
Cieszyn Silesia dispute hasAlternativeName Teschen dispute
linked to: Cieszyn Silesia dispute
Cieszyn Silesia dispute hasAlternativeName Teschen Silesia dispute
linked to: Cieszyn Silesia dispute
Trans-Olza region borderDisputeInvolved Poland–Czechoslovakia border dispute
linked to: Cieszyn Silesia dispute
Spa Conference of 1920 mainSubject Polish–Czechoslovak disputes
linked to: Cieszyn Silesia dispute
Spa Conference of 1920 relatedTo Polish–Czechoslovak border question
linked to: Cieszyn Silesia dispute
Karviná region historicalEvent Polish–Czechoslovak territorial disputes
linked to: Cieszyn Silesia dispute