Passage: Lower Silesia  is the northwestern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia; Upper Silesia is to the southeast. Throughout its history Lower Silesia has been under the control of the medieval Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy from 1526. In 1742 nearly all of the region was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia and became part of the German Empire in 1871, except for a small part which formed the southern part of the Lower Silesian Duchy of Nysa and had been incorporated into Austrian Silesia in 1742. 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 and historical parts of Austrian Lower Silesia  remained as a part of Czechoslovakia.
How many countries gained Lower Silesia territory after 1945? How many countries was Lower Silesia divided between after 1945? How many years Austrian Habsburg Monarchy? How many years after Lower Silesia being annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia did it become a part of the German empire? How many years did these events span? How many years passed between the region being annexed by the Kingdom of Prusia and it becoming part of the German Empire? How many years passed from Lower Silesia being under control of Poland until it cam under the control of Prussia? How many years passed from when Lower Silesia came under the control of Prussia until it became part of the German Empire? How many years was the region part of the Kingdom of Prussia before it became part of the German Empire? What event happened first, Lower Silesia falling to the Republic of Poland, or The Kingdom of Prussia becoming part of the German Empire? What is the part of the Lower Silesia? Which is further north, lower Silesia or Upper Selesia? Who controlled Lower Silesia first, the Germans or the Kingdom of Poland? Who controlled Lower Silesia first, the Kingdom of Poland or the Kingdom of Prussia?