Oppeln (region)

{{Short description|Region of Silesia, Prussia}} [[File:Schlesien_Verwaltungsgliederung_1905.svg|thumb|236x236px|{{Farbindex|29CF77|Regierungsbezirk Liegnitz}}

{{Farbindex|CEA7DD|Regierungsbezirk Oppeln}}]] thumb|300x300px|Regierungsbezirk Oppeln in Silesia, 1905 [[File:Gau_Oberschlesien.png|thumb|416x416px|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): {| | align="left" style="vertical-align:top;" valign="top" width="50%" | '''Urban districts'''

# Beuthen # Gleiwitz # Kattowitz # Königshütte # Oppeln # Ratibor (since 1904) | align="left" style="vertical-align:top;" valign="top" width="50%" | '''Rural districts'''

# Kreis Beuthen # Kreis Cosel # Kreis Falkenberg # Kreis Groß Strehlitz # Kreis Grottkau # Kreis Zabrze (from 1915 "Hindenburg O. S.") # Kreis Kattowitz # Kreis Kreuzburg # Kreis Leobschütz # Kreis Lublinitz # Kreis Neiße # Kreis Neustadt # Kreis Oppeln # Kreis Pleß # Kreis Ratibor # Kreis Rosenberg # Kreis Rybnik # Kreis Tarnowitz # Kreis Tost-Gleiwitz |}

== Population ==

=== Ethno-linguistic structure === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |+Number of Polish and German speakers in Regierungsbezirk Oppeln ! rowspan="2" |Year ! colspan="2" |Polish ! colspan="2" |German ! colspan="2" |Other (including bilingual) |- !Number !Percentage !Number !Percentage !Number !Percentage |- |1819<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=31DMAJgQV28C&pg=PA42|title=Statistischer Umriss der Sammtlichen Europaischen und der Vornhemsten Aufseuropaischen Staaten|date=1823|language=de}}</ref> |{{0}}377,100 |67.2% |{{0}}162,600 |29.0% |{{0}}21,503 |3.8% |- |1828<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Weber|first=Paul|url=http://archive.org/details/diepoleninobersc00webeuoft|title=Die Polen in Oberschlesien; eine statistische Untersuchung|date=1913|publisher=Berlin, J. Springer|others=Robarts - University of Toronto}}</ref> |{{0}}418,437 |61.1% |{{0}}255,483 |37.3% |{{0}}10,904 |1.6% |- |1831<ref name=":0" /> |{{0}}456,348 |62.0% |{{0}}257,852 |36.1% |{{0}}13,254 |1.9% |- |1834<ref name=":0" /> |{{0}}468,691 |62.6% |{{0}}266,399 |35.6% |{{0}}13,120 |1.8% |- |1837<ref name=":0" /> |{{0}}495,362 |62.1% |{{0}}290,168 |36.3% |{{0}}12,679 |1.6% |- |1840<ref name=":0" /> |{{0}}525,395 |58.6% |{{0}}330,099 |36.8% |{{0}}41,570 |4.6% |- |1843<ref name=":0" /> |{{0}}540,402 |58.1% |{{0}}348,094 |37.4% |{{0}}42,292 |4.5% |- |1846<ref name=":0" /> |{{0}}568,582 |58.1% |{{0}}364,175 |37.2% |{{0}}45,736 |4.7% |- |1852<ref name=":0" /> |{{0}}584,293 |58.6% |{{0}}363,990 |36.5% |{{0}}49,445 |4.9% |- |1855<ref name=":0" /> |{{0}}590,248 |58.7% |{{0}}366,562 |36.5% |{{0}}48,270 |4.8% |- |1858<ref name=":0" /> |{{0}}612,849 |57.3% |{{0}}406,950 |38.1% |{{0}}49,037 |4.6% |- |1861<ref name=":0" /> |{{0}}665,865 |59.1% |{{0}}409,218 |38.3% |{{0}}51,187 |4.6% |- |1867<ref name=":0" /> |{{0}}742,153 |59.8% |{{0}}457,545 |36.8% |{{0}}41,611 |3.4% |- |1890<ref name=":0" /> |{{0}}918,728 |58.2% |{{0}}566,523 |35.9% |{{0}}92,480 |5.9% |- |1900<ref name=":0" /> |1,048,230 |56.1% |{{0}}684,397 |36.6% |{{0}}135,519 |7.3% |- |1905<ref name=":0" /> |1,158,805 |56.9% |{{0}}757,200 |37.2% |{{0}}117,651 |5.8% |- |1910<ref name=":0" /> |1,169,340 |53.0% |{{0}}884,045 |40.0% |{{0}}154,596 |7.0% |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Ethnolinguistic structure of the districts in Regierungsbezirk Oppeln (1910) <ref>{{Cite book|last=Belzyt|first=Leszek|url=https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/search?isbn|title=Sprachliche Minderheiten im preussischen Staat: 1815 - 1914; die preußische Sprachenstatistik in Bearbeitung und Kommentar|date=1998|publisher=Herder-Inst.|isbn=978-3-87969-267-5|location=Marburg}}</ref> !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%''' |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:1945 disestablishments in Germany Category:1813 establishments in Prussia Category:Opole Category:Government regions of Prussia Category:Province of Upper Silesia Category:Province of Silesia