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    after Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire in 1850 as Politischer Bezirk Teschen, one of the seven counties in Austrian Silesia. After World War...
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    (Wadowice) Bezirk Biała/Biala; Powiat bialski (Biała Krakowska, today part of Bielsko-Biała) Bezirk Saybusch  [de; pl]; Powiat żywiecki (Żywiec) Bezirk Myślenice  [de;...
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    Ukrainian and Byelorussian republics were organized by the Germans as follows: Bezirk Bialystok (district of Białystok), which included the Białystok, Bielsk...
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    000–20,000 Poles from Żywiec County were forced to leave their homes in what became known as the Action Saybusch (German name for Żywiec). Bach-Zelewski provided...
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    Bischofshofen, Austria Le Vésinet, France Witney, England, United Kingdom Żywiec, Poland Unterschleißheim Le Crès, France Zengőalja (microregion), Hungary...
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    Będzin, Olkusz, Sosnowiec, Zawiercie Kraków Voiv. Chrzanów, Oświęcim, Żywiec 1 Gau or Regierungsbezirk only partially comprised annexed territory 2 the...
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    Sosnowiec, Będzin, Chrzanów, and Zawiercie Counties, and parts of Olkusz and Żywiec Counties. The territories had an area of 94,000 km2 and a population of...
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    ob Bleiburg Brda, Slovenia Feldbach Adelsdorf, Germany Siklós, Hungary Żywiec, Poland Feldkirch Sigmaringen, Germany Feldkirchen bei Graz Hennstedt, Germany...
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    Będzin, Chrzanów, Oświęcim, and Zawiercie counties, and parts of Olkusz and Żywiec counties, which became a part of the Province of Upper Silesia. The area...
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    Kingdom Algemesí, Spain Nördlingen, Germany Viana do Castelo, Portugal Żywiec, Poland Riorges Calasparra, Spain Donzdorf, Germany Elland, England, United...
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