Silesians

inhabitants of the Silesia region
Intangible ethnic_group Q140472
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Silesians are a Slavic ethnic group native to the historical region of Silesia, which spans parts of modern-day Poland, Czech Republic, and Germany. The predominant religion among Silesians is Catholicism .

Silesians

Summary

Silesians is an ethnic group[1]. Silesians ranks in the top 5% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (675 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Silesians's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].
  • Silesians's religion is recorded as Lutheranism[4].
  • Silesians is in the country of Poland[5].
  • Silesians is in the country of Czech Republic[6].
  • Silesians is in the country of Slovakia[7].
  • Silesians is in the country of Kingdom of Bohemia[8].
  • Silesians's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[9].
  • Silesians's flag image is recorded as Flag of Silesians.svg[10].
  • Silesians's ancestral home is recorded as Silesia[11].
  • Silesians's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85122490[12].
  • Silesians's part of is recorded as West Slavs[13].
  • Silesians's Commons category is recorded as Silesians[14].
  • Silesians's has part is recorded as Opolans[15].
  • Silesians's has part is recorded as Q9283908[16].
  • Silesians's has part is recorded as Gorals[17].
  • Silesians's has part is recorded as Slensans[18].
  • Silesians's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04qprf[19].
  • Silesians's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph1199502[20].
  • Silesians's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Silesians[21].
  • Silesians's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300386530[22].
  • Silesians's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Silesian[23].
  • Silesians's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Polish[24].
  • Silesians's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as German[25].
  • Silesians's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Silesian German[26].
  • Silesians's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'szl', 'text': 'Ślůnzoki'}[27].

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Personal Life

Religious affiliations include Catholicism[3], a Christian denominational family[28], founded in 1054[29] and Lutheranism[4], a Christian denominational family[30], founded in 1517[31].

Why It Matters

Silesians ranks in the top 5% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (675 views/month).[2] Silesians has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Silesians is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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