Talk:Czech Silesia

message: From Wikipedia:German-English translation requests#Geography: -
*Article: :de:Tschechisch Schlesien
*Corresponding English-language article: Czech Silesia
*Worth doing because: German has more info
*Originally Requested by: --Tydaj 18:00, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've completed the translation from the German-language article, but I've also (hopefully) clarified a few points re: the movements back and forth of the area between different states which were a little unclear in the German article. My info is from linked articles in English and German Wikipedia. I've also slightly re-ordered and re-paragraphed as well as translated again for the sake of clarity. Valiantis 15:21, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Translation request

message: The most notable difference between old Austrian Silesia and what is nowadays Czech Silesia is that the Austrian Silesia was an authonomical administrative unit in Austrian Empire (later Austro-Hungarian Empire) beetwin  1763-1782 and 1860-1918. Moreover that unit differ territorially from Czech Silesia with Hlučínsko (which was not in Austrian Silesia and is now in Czech Silesia) and Polish site of Cieszyn Silesia (where I come from btw ;) including Bielsko (especially), Cieszyn, Skoczów, Strumień, Wisła and Ustroń. The citiziens of old Austrian Silesia parts nowadays in Poland would never call it a "Czech Silesia" so the matter is mostly on personal feelings and present article quietly hurts most of inhabitants of Polish site of Cieszyn Silesia and e.g. past German-speaking citiziens of Bielitz (Bielsko). I have been also discussing it in :cs:Diskuse:České Slezsko. If no one opposes I will try some day create distinct article Austrian Silesia (based on :pl:Śląsk Austriacki). Regards, D_T_G (PL) 12:39, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Difference between Czech and Austrian Silesia 

message: I fail to understand the difference between the topics of these articles. --Minorities observer (talk) 02:34, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Zaolzie is only a small part of Czech Silesia, which was named only after 1919, when Czechoslovakia prevailed over Polish army in the area. Czech Silesia is larger geographical entity (formerly also political), which was named after Habsburgs lost the most of Silesia in 1748. At the time the part which was not taken over by Prussia was called Austrian Silesia, after the downfall of Austria-Hungary, this remained as Czech Silesia, part of Czechoslovakia (because it had been a part of the Czech Crown for more than 600 years). There are other articles about specific parts of Czech Silesia, such as Hlučín Region, Opava District, etc. Cimmerian praetor (talk) 07:52, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: This doesn't seem to be in adequation with the discussion just in the above section of the talk page about the distinction between Austrian Silesia and Czech Silesia. For an outside observer like me, this is not at all clear: "Czech Silesia" refers to an historical region of Czechoslovakia. A specific and unambiguous section should explain this, maybe a small section common to all articles about roughly the same region. --Minorities observer (talk) 07:34, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should this article and [[Zaolzie]] be merged ?