Upper Silesia is in Poland, to the north-east of the Czech Republic (present day)
Silesian independence (Silesian: Samostanowjyńo Ślůnska; Polish: Niepodległość Śląska) is the political movement for Upper Silesia and Cieszyn Silesia to become a sovereign state.
Cieszyn Silesia (present day)
Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, the Duchy of Bohemia, the Piast Kingdom of Poland, again of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and the Holy Roman Empire, as well as of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526. In 1742 the greater part of Upper Silesia was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia, and in 1871 it became part of the German Empire. After the First World War the region was divided between Poland (East Upper Silesia) and Germany (West Upper Silesia).[1]
After the Second World War, West Upper Silesia also became Polish as the result of the Potsdam Conference.
From 1920 to 1939 the Silesian Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Śląskie) was an autonomous province (voivodeship) of the Second Polish Republic with its own parliament.[2] Autonomous powers was formally repealed by a law of 6 May 1945.[3]
Organizations supporting the Silesian independence in 20th century was Silesian People's Party, Association of Defense of Upper Silesians, Union of Upper Silesians. According to some, the party supporting the independence of Upper Silesia is the Silesian Autonomy Movement (RAŚ), established in 1990. Fear of separatism, instead of officially declared autonomy, was flamed up by some publications in RAŚ's official magazine. Articles were published that openly called for a sovereign, independent Silesian state.[4] Also politicians of Silesians Together does not exclude the support of the project of the independent Silesian state in the event that this project is supported by the majority of Silesians.[5]
^"Wha's Like Us: Thousands back movement for self-determination in the Polish region of Upper Silesia". The National. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
^"Ustawa Konstytucyjna z dnia 15 lipca 1920 r. zawierająca statut organiczny Województwa Śląskiego". isap.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
^"Internetowy System Aktów Prawnych". 2011-08-07. Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
^"Związek Polskich Korporacji Akademickich – BIULETYN KORPORACYJNY". 2008-02-24. Archived from the original on 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
^"Partie regionalne na Górnym Śląsku odpowiadają na 11 pytań, a Wachtyrz komentuje". wachtyrz.eu. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
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