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Oppeln (region)

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 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):

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%
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%

References

  1. ^ Statistischer Umriss der Sammtlichen Europaischen und der Vornhemsten Aufseuropaischen Staaten (in German). 1823.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Weber, Paul (1913). Die Polen in Oberschlesien; eine statistische Untersuchung. Robarts - University of Toronto. Berlin, J. Springer.
  3. ^ Belzyt, Leszek (1998). Sprachliche Minderheiten im preussischen Staat: 1815 - 1914 ; die preußische Sprachenstatistik in Bearbeitung und Kommentar. Marburg: Herder-Inst. ISBN 978-3-87969-267-5.

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