Back سيليزيا العليا Arabic Yuxarı Sileziya Azerbaijani Верхняя Сілезія Byelorussian Горна Силезия Bulgarian Alta Silèsia Catalan Horní Slezsko Czech Oberschlesien German Άνω Σιλεσία Greek Supra Silezio Esperanto Alta Silesia Spanish
Upper Silesia
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 Location of Upper Silesia on the map of Poland | |
 Contemporary map of Upper Silesia in English | |
| Countries |  Poland Czech Republic |
| Historical capital | Opole |
| Largest city | Katowice |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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Upper Silesia (Polish: Górny Śląsk [ˈɡurnɘ ˈɕlɔw̃sk] ⓘ ; Silesian: Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk;[1] Czech: Horní Slezsko; German: Oberschlesien [ˈoːbɐˌʃleːzi̯ən] ⓘ ; Silesian German: Oberschläsing; Latin: Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located today mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic. The area is predominantly known for its heavy industry (mining and metallurgy).
- ^ This is two leading ways of writing of Silesian alphabet, e.i. used on Silesian Wikipedia and various Silesian websites: http://www.wachtyrz.eu/ Archived 2021-03-02 at the Wayback Machine, http://silling.org Archived 2021-02-28 at the Wayback Machine.