Prussian Province of Silesia

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical province
gptkbp:area approximately 40,000 km²
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Austrian_Silesia
gptkb:Kingdom_of_Poland
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Breslau
gptkbp:culturalInfluence German_culture
Polish_culture
Czech_culture
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Prussian_thaler
gptkbp:demographics gptkb:Ethnic_Germans
Poles
Czechs
gptkbp:dissolved 1945
gptkbp:established 1815
gptkbp:famousFor Coal mining
Manufacturing
Textile industry
gptkbp:geographicalFeature gptkb:Sudetes_mountains
gptkb:Odra_River
Forests
Plains
Nysa Łużycka River
gptkbp:governmentType Monarchy
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Silesian_Wars
Germanization policies
gptkbp:historicalLegacy Agriculture
Manufacturing
Mining
Craftsmanship
Trade
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Industrial center in the 19th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Prussian Province of Silesia
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Silesia
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Wrocław
gptkb:Zgorzelec
Jelenia Góra
Legnica
Kłodzko
Głogów
Opole
Wałbrzych
Świdnica
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Johann_Gottlieb_Fichte
gptkb:Max_Born
gptkb:Hermann_von_Helmholtz
gptkb:Heinrich_von_Gagern
gptkb:Richard_von_Weizsäcker
gptkbp:officialLanguage German
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Prussia
gptkbp:population approximately 2 million (1900)
gptkbp:region gptkb:Silesia
Upper Silesia
Lower Silesia
gptkbp:transportation Railway_network