Silesia, Austrian, 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.
Population (circa 1900) given as 602,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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