Zaolzie

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Zaolzie is a historically disputed border region between Poland and Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), known for its mixed Polish and Czech population and its controversial annexation by Poland in 1938.

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Zaolzie canonical 5

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf disputed territory ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
annexationContext Munich Agreement ⓘ
annexationYear 1938 ⓘ
annexedBy Poland ⓘ
borderWith Czech Republic ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
containsCity Karviná ⓘ
Orlová ⓘ
Třinec ⓘ
Český Těšín ⓘ
country Czech Republic ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
crossedBy Olza River ⓘ
demographicFeature bilingual communities ⓘ
disputeBetween Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
dividedBy Spa Conference 1920 ⓘ
economicActivity coal mining ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Czechs ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
Silesians ⓘ
hasMinority Polish minority in the Czech Republic ⓘ
historicalEvent Polish annexation of Zaolzie in 1938 ⓘ
division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920 ⓘ
historicalLanguageIssue language rights of Polish minority ⓘ
knownFor Polish minority in the Czech Republic ⓘ
mixed Polish and Czech population ⓘ
languageUsed Czech ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
Cieszyn Silesia ⓘ
nameDerivedFrom Olza River ⓘ
nameMeaning land beyond the Olza ⓘ
partOf Austro-Hungarian Empire (historically) ⓘ
Trans-Olza region ⓘ
politicalStatus part of Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic (today) ⓘ
postWWIIStatus returned to Czechoslovakia after 1945 ⓘ
postWWIStatus assigned to Czechoslovakia in 1920 ⓘ
relatedConflict Polish–Czechoslovak border conflicts ⓘ
relatedTo Cieszyn Silesia ⓘ
Polish minority in Zaolzie ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century border disputes ⓘ

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