Silesian Treasury
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Silesian Treasury - name of the treasury of the Silesian Voivodeship.
. The voivodship produced about 46% Polish PKB; 90% of the local income remained in the autonomous region, while the remaining 10% used to be become part of the state budget.
. At the outbreak of the second world war, there was about a ton of gold in staffs kept inside. The walls of the vault were thicker than in the rest of the building, they were about 1,5 metre thick, and so were the ceilings. The vault contains a mechanism which, if a stranger attempted to open the manhole, sinks the treasure in a pool below. The vault serves today as a place where archive documents are being formed.
General information
The Silesian Treasury consisted of about 1 ton of gold in 1939. It was managed by the Silesian ParliamentSilesian Parliament
Silesian Parliament or Silesian Sejm was the governing body of the Silesian Voivodeship , an autonomous voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic between 1920 and 1945. It was elected in democratic elections and had certain influence over the usage of taxes collected in Silesia...
. The voivodship produced about 46% Polish PKB; 90% of the local income remained in the autonomous region, while the remaining 10% used to be become part of the state budget.
Vault
A vault containing the Treasury of Silesia was placed in the basements of the building of the Silesian ParliamentSilesian Parliament
Silesian Parliament or Silesian Sejm was the governing body of the Silesian Voivodeship , an autonomous voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic between 1920 and 1945. It was elected in democratic elections and had certain influence over the usage of taxes collected in Silesia...
. At the outbreak of the second world war, there was about a ton of gold in staffs kept inside. The walls of the vault were thicker than in the rest of the building, they were about 1,5 metre thick, and so were the ceilings. The vault contains a mechanism which, if a stranger attempted to open the manhole, sinks the treasure in a pool below. The vault serves today as a place where archive documents are being formed.