By which geographic names has Silesia been known and what are its LDS Library reference place names?
The German name for Silesia is Schlesien. The area was Polish from 900 A.D. until 1526 when it was taken over by Austria. In 1742 Northern Silesia was seized by Prussia. In 1919 that area was divided between Germany and Poland, and Southern Silesia became part of Czechoslovakia.In 1945 Poland gained the entire northern part and in 1993 the part in Czechoslovakia became part of the Czech Republic. A very small area in Silesia, around the town of Görlitz, remained part of Germany after WWII and was combined with Saxony. The reference place names are Germany, Preußen, Schlesien; Austria, Schlesien and Germany, Silesia.
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