Oppeln (region)
Region of Silesia, Prussia
Regierungsbezirk Liegnitz Regierungsbezirk Breslau Regierungsbezirk Oppeln
Regierungsbezirk Oppeln in Silesia, 1905
Districts in Gau Upper Silesia (1943)
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.
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):
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]
0 377,100
67.2%
0 162,600
29.0%
0 21,503
3.8%
1828[ 2]
0 418,437
61.1%
0 255,483
37.3%
0 10,904
1.6%
1831[ 2]
0 456,348
62.0%
0 257,852
36.1%
0 13,254
1.9%
1834[ 2]
0 468,691
62.6%
0 266,399
35.6%
0 13,120
1.8%
1837[ 2]
0 495,362
62.1%
0 290,168
36.3%
0 12,679
1.6%
1840[ 2]
0 525,395
58.6%
0 330,099
36.8%
0 41,570
4.6%
1843[ 2]
0 540,402
58.1%
0 348,094
37.4%
0 42,292
4.5%
1846[ 2]
0 568,582
58.1%
0 364,175
37.2%
0 45,736
4.7%
1852[ 2]
0 584,293
58.6%
0 363,990
36.5%
0 49,445
4.9%
1855[ 2]
0 590,248
58.7%
0 366,562
36.5%
0 48,270
4.8%
1858[ 2]
0 612,849
57.3%
0 406,950
38.1%
0 49,037
4.6%
1861[ 2]
0 665,865
59.1%
0 409,218
38.3%
0 51,187
4.6%
1867[ 2]
0 742,153
59.8%
0 457,545
36.8%
0 41,611
3.4%
1890[ 2]
0 918,728
58.2%
0 566,523
35.9%
0 92,480
5.9%
1900[ 2]
1,048,230
56.1%
0 684,397
36.6%
0 135,519
7.3%
1905[ 2]
1,158,805
56.9%
0 757,200
37.2%
0 117,651
5.8%
1910[ 2]
1,169,340
53.0%
0 884,045
40.0%
0 154,596
7.0%
Ethnolinguistic structure of the districts in Regierungsbezirk Oppeln (1910) [ 3]
District
Population
Polish
%
German
%
Bilingual
%
Czech
%
Landkreis Beuthen
195,844
123,016
62.8%
59,308
30.3%
11,695
6.0%
94
0.0%
Stadtkreis Beuthen
67,718
22,401
33.1%
41,071
60.7%
3,504
5.2%
55
0.1%
Falkenberg
37,526
3,815
10.2%
33,286
88.7%
365
1.0%
1
0.0%
Stadtkreis Gleiwitz
66,981
9,843
14.7%
49,543
74.0%
7,461
11.1%
46
0.1%
Groß Strehlitz
73,383
58,102
79.2%
12,616
17.2%
1,783
2.4%
870
1.2%
Grottkau
40,610
825
2.0%
39,589
97.5%
129
0.3%
26
0.1%
Landkreis Kattowitz
216,807
140,592
64.8%
65,763
30.3%
7,430
3.4%
98
0.0%
Stadtkreis Kattowitz
43,173
5,766
13.4%
36,891
85.4%
365
0.8%
13
0.0%
Stadtkreis Königshütte
72,641
24,687
34.0%
39,276
54.1%
8,366
11.5%
26
0.0%
Kosel
75,673
56,794
75.1%
16,433
21.7%
2,303
3.0%
90
0.1%
Kreuzburg
51,906
24,487
47.2%
24,363
46.9%
3,002
5.8%
10
0.0%
Leobschütz
82,635
5,178
6.3%
69,901
84.6%
1,200
1.5%
6,311
7.6%
Lublinitz
50,388
39,969
79.3%
7,384
14.7%
2,885
5.7%
138
0.3%
Neisse
101,223
1,752
1.7%
98,860
97.7%
380
0.4%
95
0.1%
Neustadt
97,537
43,787
44.9%
51,489
52.8%
2,182
2.2%
63
0.1%
Landkreis Oppeln
117,906
89,323
75.8%
23,740
20.1%
2,955
2.5%
1,852
1.6%
Stadtkreis Oppeln
33,907
5,371
15.8%
27,128
80.0%
1,385
4.1%
6
0.0%
Pleß
122,897
105,744
86.0%
16,464
13.4%
447
0.4%
24
0.0%
Landkreis Ratibor
118,923
56,765
47.7%
13,316
11.2%
1,576
1.3%
47,209
39.7%
Stadtkreis Ratibor
38,424
11,525
30.0%
22,914
59.6%
3,684
9.6%
247
0.6%
Rosenberg
52,341
42,234
80.7%
8,586
16.4%
1,514
2.9%
2
0.0%
Rybnik
131,630
102,430
77.8%
24,872
18.9%
3,636
2.8%
24
0.0%
Tarnowitz
77,583
51,858
66.8%
20,969
27.0%
4,742
6.1%
3
0.0%
Tost-Gleiwitz
80,515
61,509
76.4%
16,408
20.4%
2,535
3.1%
0
0.0%
Zabrze
159,810
81,567
51.0%
63,875
40.0%
13,973
8.7%
44
0.0%
Total
2,207,981
1,169,340
53.0%
884,045
40.0%
89,497
4.1%
57,347
2.6%
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