Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship (Polish: wojewdztwo dolnolskie, [vjvutstf dlnlskj] ) in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. It covers an area of 19,946 square kilometres (7,701 sq mi) and as of 2019 has a total population of 2,899,986.It is one of the wealthiest provinces in Poland, as natural resources such as copper, brown coal and rock materials are widely present.Its capital and largest city is Wrocaw, situated on the Oder River. The voivodeship is host to several spa towns, many castles and palaces, and the Giant Mountains, with several ski resorts. For this reason, tourism is a large part of this region's economy.

- As a result of the Local Government Reorganisation Act (1975), Poland's administration was reorganized into 49 voivodeships, four of them in Lower Silesia: Jelenia Gra, Legnica, Wabrzych, and Wrocaw Voivodeships (19751998). As a result of the Local Government Reorganisation Act of 1998, these four provinces were joined into the Lower Silesian Voivodeship (effective 1 January 1999), whose capital is Wrocaw.

1 week ago - The current administrative unit of Silesian Voivodeship is just one fraction of the historical Silesia region which is within the borders of today's Poland (there are also fragments of Silesia in the Czech Republic and Germany). Other parts of today's Polish Silesia are administered as the Opole, the Lower Silesian Voivodeships and the Lubusz Voivodeship.

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Woiwodschap Neder-Silezi, Pol'n The Lower Silesian Voivodeship (Polish: Wojewdztwo dolnolskie, [vjvutstf dlnlwskj]) in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided.

- After 1945, the main part of the former Prussian Province of Lower Silesia fell to the Republic of Poland, while a smaller part west of the Oder-Neisse line remained within East Germany. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocaw, Legnica, Wabrzych and Jelenia Gra Voivodeships. Sources: Wikipedia, Lower Silesia and Lower Silesian Voivodeship.

Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province[1] (in Polish, wojewdztwo dolnolskie [vjvutstf dlnlsk]), is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is currently divided.