The Peace of Aachen ended the conflict in 1748 and formally ceded Silesia to Prussia, a triumph for the new Prussian king. Timeline: Frederick’s Life.

For 1,000 years the dynamic Germans pushed the Slavic peoples eastward, across the Spree, across the Oder, out of Pomerania and Silesia, out of the flatlands of East Prussia. Now Germans—at ...

St. Hedwig of Silesia was a princess, wife, mother, and builder of bridges between the German and Polish people. Monday, July 07, 2025. A service of EWTN News.