Silesian Voivodeship Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Silesian Voivodeship
Ślęzameans a dismal swampy place and gave its name to a river, and later to the geographical region known in English as Silesia, in Polish asŚląsk(pronounced "Slonsk"), in German asSchlesien, and in Czech asSlezsko. Modern Poland is divided into 16 Provinces or "Voivodeships", and the Silesian Voivodeship described on this page only covers the southern third of that region. Silesia was part of Poland since that country's foundation in the 10th century, but for a millennium it was often a cockpit of war as rival local duchies or foreign powers grabbed territory that they liked the look of. The area around Katowice was industrial from medieval times, as a string of little forest villages mined coal and metal ores, and dwelt in a fug from their furnaces. But they couldn't mine deep because of
Silesian Voivodeship Travel Guide Sections
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