Talk:Silesia

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Capital[change source]

I'm sorry, but who told, that Breslau is a capital of Silesia? It isn't, Silesia is divided into three parts, called voivodships - and every had it own capital. 83.25.109.184 21:48, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is not about the modern area but the "historical region in central Europe". With Breslau as the capital of the old Prussian province.-- Barliner  talk  21:53, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Besides Breslau, the city of Opava (Troppau in German) and Opole (Oppeln, in German) are worth mentioning; Around 1900, about 70% of the population there was German speaking, about 23% Poles. --Eptalon (talk) 22:01, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Location[change source]

I'm afraid the information, that Silesia is located in Germany is not entirely true: this region is located in contemporary Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany (here is a map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Silesia_%28Now%29.png ). I'd also suggest using polish and czech city names, besides from german ones.

This article is not about Silesia[change source]

It's not Silesia, this is Prussian provinz Schlesien. Silesia has got for example city like Troppau (Opava), Freiwaldau (Jeseník) and also Teschen (Těšín a Český Těšín).

Administrative regions of Silesia[change source]

I am a bit confused about this article. It says that it is in Eastern Germany, but clearly most of the area belongs to present-day Poland. There is also talk of regions, again i get the impression that these are regions from when the area was German. Since the area today is divided beteen three states, administrative regions clearly is not relevant. --Oddeivind (talk) 20:32, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Article needs a rewrite[change source]

While most of the info in the article looks correct, I think we should use the proper Polish/Tchech names for the towns. Most of the people who live there today are either Polish or Czech, most Germans were chased away. In that context, most people will not recognise or know the German names of the towns anymore. --Eptalon (talk) 21:58, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]