Cieszyn Silesia
Cieszyn Silesia (Polish: Śląsk Cieszyński, Czech: Těšínské Slezsko, German: Teschener Schlesien) is a historical region in south-eastern Silesia, between the Vistula and Oder rivers. It covers the area between the north-western part of the Carpathians, Oświęcim Valley, part of the Silesian Valley and eastern Sudetes. The historical boundaries of the region are identical to those of the independent Duchy of Cieszyn. Currently most of Cieszyn Silesia forms one of the euroregions, the Euroregion Cieszyn Silesia.
Geography
The region is separated from the rest of Silesia (and Upper Silesia in particular) by Vistula river (the part beginning in Strumień neighbourhood), while from the region of Lesser Poland by Biała and Barania Góra mountain, the highest peak of the region (1220 metres a.s.l.). It also borders Slovakia through the Polom mountain range (Przełęcz Jabłonkowska in Mosty u Jablunkova) and with Czech Moravia across the rivers Ostravica and Oder. Geographically the area of Cieszyn Silesia is further subdivided onto:
- Silesian Hills (Pogórze Śląskie)
- Silesian Beskides (Beskid Śląski), without Szczyrk neighbourhood
- Silesian-Moravian Beskides (eastern part; Beskid Morawsko-Śląski)
- Moravian Gate (northern part; Brama morawska)
- Oświęcim Valley (western part; Kotlina oświęcimska)
Major towns of the region include Cieszyn and Bielsko (western part of Bielsko-Biała), as well as Czechowice-Dziedzice, Skoczów, Ustroń, Wisła and Strumień. The Czech part of the region includes Ostrava (eastern part of the town called Slezská Ostrava), Karviná (and in past Frysztat - nowadays a district of Karviná), Frýdek-Místek (eastern part of the city, that is Frýdek), Havířov, Český Těšín, Jablunkov, Třinec and Bohumín.
See also
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