Silesia

Silesia is a historic region in Central Europe, stretching across several modern countries:

Czech Republic

 * North Moravia and Silesia — the Czech part of Silesia, around Opava and Ostrava

Germany

 * Upper Lusatia – including the bit of Lower Silesia that remained German after 1945, around Görlitz and Hoyerswerda

Poland

 * Lower Silesian Voivodeship – the Polish part of former Lower Silesia, around Wrocław
 * Opole Voivodeship – the Western part of former Upper Silesia, around Opole
 * Silesian Voivodeship — the Eastern part of former Upper Silesia, around Katowice

Historical travel

 * Austro-Hungarian Empire – ruled most of Silesia from 1526 to 1742
 * Prussia – ruled most of Silesia from 1742 to 1918/1945