Oppeln (region)

Regierungsbezirk Oppeln was a Regierungsbezirk, or government region, in the Prussian Province of Silesia, from 1813 to 1945, which covered the south-eastern part of Silesia.

 Regierungsbezirk Liegnitz  Regierungsbezirk Breslau  Regierungsbezirk Oppeln
Regierungsbezirk Oppeln in Silesia, 1905
Districts in Gau Upper Silesia (1943)

Geography

The capital of the Regierungsbezirk was the Upper Silesian city of Oppeln. Other important cities in the region included Kattowitz, Gleiwitz, Beuthen, Königshütte, Hindenburg, Ratibor, Neustadt, Neisse and Kreuzburg.

It comprised the following districts (as of 1910):

Urban districts

  1. Beuthen
  2. Gleiwitz
  3. Kattowitz
  4. Königshütte
  5. Oppeln
  6. Ratibor (since 1904)

Rural districts

  1. Kreis Beuthen
  2. Kreis Cosel
  3. Kreis Falkenberg
  4. Kreis Groß Strehlitz
  5. Kreis Grottkau
  6. Kreis Zabrze (from 1915 "Hindenburg O. S.")
  7. Kreis Kattowitz
  8. Kreis Kreuzburg
  9. Kreis Leobschütz
  10. Kreis Lublinitz
  11. Kreis Neiße
  12. Kreis Neustadt
  13. Kreis Oppeln
  14. Kreis Pleß
  15. Kreis Ratibor
  16. Kreis Rosenberg
  17. Kreis Rybnik
  18. Kreis Tarnowitz
  19. Kreis Tost-Gleiwitz

Population

Ethno-linguistic structure
Number of Polish and German speakers in Regierungsbezirk Oppeln
Year Polish German Other (including bilingual)
Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage
1819[1] 0377,100 67.2% 0162,600 29.0% 021,503 3.8%
1828[2] 0418,437 61.1% 0255,483 37.3% 010,904 1.6%
1831[2] 0456,348 62.0% 0257,852 36.1% 013,254 1.9%
1834[2] 0468,691 62.6% 0266,399 35.6% 013,120 1.8%
1837[2] 0495,362 62.1% 0290,168 36.3% 012,679 1.6%
1840[2] 0525,395 58.6% 0330,099 36.8% 041,570 4.6%
1843[2] 0540,402 58.1% 0348,094 37.4% 042,292 4.5%
1846[2] 0568,582 58.1% 0364,175 37.2% 045,736 4.7%
1852[2] 0584,293 58.6% 0363,990 36.5% 049,445 4.9%
1855[2] 0590,248 58.7% 0366,562 36.5% 048,270 4.8%
1858[2] 0612,849 57.3% 0406,950 38.1% 049,037 4.6%
1861[2] 0665,865 59.1% 0409,218 38.3% 051,187 4.6%
1867[2] 0742,153 59.8% 0457,545 36.8% 041,611 3.4%
1890[2] 0918,728 58.2% 0566,523 35.9% 092,480 5.9%
1900[2] 1,048,230 56.1% 0684,397 36.6% 0135,519 7.3%
1905[2] 1,158,805 56.9% 0757,200 37.2% 0117,651 5.8%
1910[2] 1,169,340 53.0% 0884,045 40.0% 0154,596 7.0%

References
  1. Statistischer Umriss der Sammtlichen Europaischen und der Vornhemsten Aufseuropaischen Staaten (in German). 1823.
  2. Weber, Paul (1913). Die Polen in Oberschlesien; eine statistische Untersuchung. Robarts - University of Toronto. Berlin, J. Springer.
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