Central Europe Czechoslovakia Upper Silesia Poland Province of Posen Poznań Greater Poland Uprising Pomerelia Polish Corridor East Prussia plebiscite Soldau area Warsaw Danzig Memel Vistula River Baltic Sea Free City of Danzig League of Nations Europe
In Central Europe Germany was to recognize the independence of Czechoslovakia (which had actually been controlled by Austria) and cede parts of the province of Upper Silesia.
Germany had to recognize the independence of Poland and renounce "all rights and title over the territory". Portions of Upper Silesia were to be ceded to Poland, with the future of the rest of the province to be decided by plebiscite. The border would be fixed with regard to the vote and to the geographical and economic conditions of each locality.
The Province of Posen (now Poznań), which had come under Polish control during the Greater Poland Uprising, was also to be ceded to Poland.
Pomerelia (Eastern Pomerania), on historical and ethnic grounds, was transferred to Poland so that the new state could have access to the sea and became known as the Polish Corridor.
The sovereignty of part of southern East Prussia was to be decided via plebiscite while the East Prussian Soldau area, which was astride the rail line between Warsaw and Danzig, was transferred to Poland outright without plebiscite.
An area of 51,800 square kilometres (20,000 square miles) was granted to Poland at the expense of Germany.
Memel was to be ceded to the Allied and Associated powers, for disposal according to their wishes.
Germany was to cede the city of Danzig and its hinterland, including the delta of the Vistula River on the Baltic Sea, for the League of Nations to establish the Free City of Danzig.
