SILESIA, AUSTRIAN

SILESIA, AUSTRIAN
   (602), that portion of the original Silesian country preserved to Austria after the unsuccessful struggle with Prussia; forms a duchy and crownland of Austria, and extends SW. from the border of Prussian Silesia; agriculture and mining are the chief industries.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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