PESA SA | PESA SA134 of Opole Voivodeship in Opole, Poland

Opole Voivodeship, or Opole Province ( Polish: województwo opolskie ; ), is a Polish voivodeship, or province, created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Opole Voivodeship and parts of Częstochowa Voivodeship, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998.

Opole Voivodeship is bordered by Lower Silesian Voivodeship to the west, Greater Poland and Łódź Voivodeships to the north, Silesian Voivodeship to the east, and the Czech Republic to the south.

The towns of Brzeg and Namysłów were later transferred to Opole from the neighbouring Lower Silesian Voivodeship.

Finally, as the result of a 1999 land reform ; the objective of which was to restore the historical voivodeships of Poland, the Opole Voivodeship as we know it today came into being.

The solution came in late 1999, when Olesno was, after 24 years apart, finally reunited with the Opole Voivodeship to form the new legally defined region.

The Opole Voivodeship is the smallest region in the administrative makeup of the country in terms of both area and population.

Moszna, Opole Voivodeship | Moszna Castle, near Opole

Protected areas in Opole Voivodeship include the following three areas designated as Landscape Parks:

# The Silesian language is spoken in the Upper Silesia region, mainly in the Silesian Voivodeship and Opole Voivodeship in Poland and also in the Moravian – Silesian Region in Czech Republic.

Since 1999 it has been divided between Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Opole Voivodeship, Silesian Voivodeship and Lubusz Voivodeship.

The Opole voivodeship is a green region with three large lakes: Turawskie, Nyskie, and Otmuchowskie ( the latter two are connected ).

It is also bordered by four other Polish voivodeships: those of Opole ( to the west ), Łódź ( to the north ), Świętokrzyskie ( to the north-east ), and Lesser Poland ( to the east ).

It is bordered by seven other voivodeships: West Pomeranian to the northwest, Pomeranian to the north, Kuyavian-Pomeranian to the north-east, Łódź to the south-east, Opole to the south, Lower Silesian to the southwest and Lubusz to the west.

Opole (, Silesian German: Uppeln, Silesian: Uopole ) is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River ( Odra ).

It has a population of 125, 992 ( June 2009 ) and is the capital of the Upper Silesia, Opole Voivodeship and, also the seat of Opole County.

In the early 13th century Duke Casimir I of Opole decided to move the settlement from the Pasieka island into the right shore of the Odra river ( since the 17th century it is the old stream bed of Odra known as Młynówka ).

( Note: The deportation of Viennese Jews to Opole most likely is a reference to a historical event that happened in " the other Opole ," a town by the same time in Lublin, in eastern Poland.

Today Opole, along with the surrounding region, is known as a centre of the German minority in Poland that recruits mainly from the descendants of the positively verified autochthons.

Lower Silesian Voivodeship is bordered by Lubusz Voivodeship to the north-west, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the north-east, Opole Voivodeship to the south-east, the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany ( the State of Saxony ) to the west.

Łódź Voivodeship is bordered by six other voivodeships: Masovian to the north and east, Świętokrzyskie to the south-east, Silesian to the south, Opole to the south-west, Greater Poland to the west, and Kuyavian-Pomeranian for a short stretch to the north.

Upon the implementation of the Oder-Neisse line according to the 1945 Potsdam Agreement, most of the Prussian Silesia Province is now within Poland, incorporated into the Lubusz, Lower Silesian, Opole and Silesian Voivodeships.

Nysa ( or Neiße ) is a town in southwestern Poland on the Nysa Kłodzka river with 47, 545 inhabitants ( 2006 official estimate ), situated in the Opole Voivodeship.

Brzeg () is a town in southwestern Poland with 38, 496 inhabitants ( 2004 ), situated in Silesia in the Opole Voivodeship on the left bank of the Oder.

Kluczbork () is a town in southwestern Poland with 26, 670 inhabitants ( 2003 ), situated in the Opole Voivodeship.

Schles., 1908 – 1945 Neustadt O. S ') is a town in Poland, located in the southern part of Opole Voivodeship.

Strzelce Opolskie () is a town in south-western Poland with 19, 628 inhabitants ( 2006 ), situated in the Opole Voivodeship.

Henry divided his forces into four sections: the Bavarian miners led by Boleslav of Moravia ; the conscripts from Greater Poland along with some Cracovians led by Sulisław ; the brother of the killed palatine of Kraków ; the army of Opole under Mieszko, possibly with some Teutonic Knights ; and, under Henry's personal command, the Silesians, Moravians, Templars and Hospitallers.

An enlarged Silesian Voivodeship ( unofficially called Silesia-Dąbrowa Voivodeship, województwo śląsko-dąbrowskie ) continued in existence until 1950, when it was divided into Katowice Voivodeship and Opole Voivodeship.

The second castle of Opole was probably founded in the 14th century by duke Władysław Opolczyk, though some sources claim that it was originally a wooden stronghold of Opole's castellan dating into 12th century.

Kaluza himself was born in Wilhelmsthal ( a village that was incorporated into Oppeln ( present-day Opole ) in 1899 ).

He was born at Oppeln, Silesia ( now Opole, Poland ), into a Jewish merchant family, went to Leipzig University and then in 1887 to Berlin University, where he wrote his thesis De Gente Valeria under the supervision of Otto Hirschfeld.

It remained part of the Upper Silesian Duchy of Opole, since 1327 a Bohemian fief, until in 1532 it was incorporated into the Lands of the Bohemian Crown.

The western half of Lower Silesia was incorporated into Regierungsbezirk Liegnitz ( Legnica ), the adjacent Upper Silesian land in the east into Regierungsbezirk Oppeln ( Opole ).

* Calendar of events of MSZZ Solidarity in Opole Note: Dead link ( 404 ) as of 12 Jan 2009

The Polish Upper Silesian territory covers most of the Opole Voivodeship (" Opole Silesia "), except for the Lower Silesian counties of Brzeg and Namysłów, and the Silesian Voivodeship, except for the Lesser Polish counties of Będzin, Bielsko ( eastern part ), Częstochowa with the city of Częstochowa, Kłobuck, Myszków, Zawiercie and Żywiec as well as the cities of Dąbrowa Górnicza, Jaworzno and Sosnowice.

In 1948, people born in the Eastern Borderlands made up 47, 5 % of the population of Opole, 44, 7 % of Baborów, 47, 5 % of Wołczyn, 42, 1 % of Głubczyce, 40, 1 % of Lewin Brzeski, and 32, 6 % of Brzeg.

In June 2 Plus 1 performed for the third time at Opole Festival, where their song " Codzienność " got an award from the journalists.

In 1983 2 Plus 1 gave an avant-garde performance at National Festival of Polish Song in Opole where they presented songs from the forthcoming album.

In Opole Voivodeship, RAŚ won 1. 46 % of all ballots.

The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole, pronounced.

Today, many German Upper Silesians and Poles of German ancestry live in the Opole region ; in the city itself, Germans make up less than 3 % of population.

Żory is one of the oldest towns in Silesia, it was granted city rights according to Magdeburg Law on 24 February 1272 by Duke Władysław of Opole.

The town located in Silesian Foothills dates its earliest document from 1277 when Polish prince of Opole Władysław confirmed sale of the settlement and adoption of Lviv city rights.

Wołczyn () is a city in Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 6, 033 inhabitants ( 2010 ).

The following is a list of monarchs who used the title Duke of Opole and controlled the city and the surrounding area either directly or indirectly ( see also Duchy of Opole ).

While looking for a third that would continue the theme, he decided on a mid-15th century folk song from the southern city of Opole.