Czech Silesia (Czech: České Slezsko; German: Tschechisch-Schlesien; Polish: Śląsk Czeski) is an unofficial name of one of the three Czech lands and a section of the Silesian historical region. It is located in the north-east of the Czech Republic, predominantly in the Moravian-Silesian Region, with a section in the northern Olomouc Region. It is almost identical with the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia, also known as Austrian Silesia before 1918; between 1938 and 1945 the area was also named Sudeten Silesia, referring to the Sudetenland.
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