Upper Silesia - {Polish} Gorny Slask (http://www.slask.pl) - region containing actulal
Opole Voivodship and
Silesian Voivodship (partyl also
Lesser Poland Voivodship and Northern
Moravia county of
Czech Republic with its towns
Ostrava[?],
Cieszyn[?]/
Cesky Tesin[?],
Karvina[?],
Frydek-Mistek[?]. Historicly the capital of Upper Silesia was
Opole, nowadays the most important is
Katowice, the capital of
Silesian Voivodship, while also the meaning of "Upper Silesia" is being shortened to
Silesian Voivodship. Major cities:
Katowice,
Chorzow,
Opole,
Raciborz[?],
Rybnik,
Bytom,
Jastrzebie Zdroj,
Mikolow[?],
Gliwice,
Zabrze,
Myslowice[?],
Bielsko-Biala,
Kedzierzyn-Kozle[?],
Lubliniec[?],
Cieszyn[?],
Oswiecim.