Oppeln (region)
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Regierungsbezirk Liegnitz Regierungsbezirk Breslau Regierungsbezirk Oppeln
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Regierungsbezirk Oppeln in Silesia, 1905
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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):
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Rural districts
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Population[]
Ethno-linguistic structure[]
Year | Polish | German | Other (including bilingual) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
1819[1] | 377,100 | 67.2% | 162,600 | 29.0% | 21,503 | 3.8% |
1828[2] | 418,437 | 61.1% | 255,483 | 37.3% | 10,904 | 1.6% |
1831[2] | 456,348 | 62.0% | 257,852 | 36.1% | 13,254 | 1.9% |
1834[2] | 468,691 | 62.6% | 266,399 | 35.6% | 13,120 | 1.8% |
1837[2] | 495,362 | 62.1% | 290,168 | 36.3% | 12,679 | 1.6% |
1840[2] | 525,395 | 58.6% | 330,099 | 36.8% | 41,570 | 4.6% |
1843[2] | 540,402 | 58.1% | 348,094 | 37.4% | 42,292 | 4.5% |
1846[2] | 568,582 | 58.1% | 364,175 | 37.2% | 45,736 | 4.7% |
1852[2] | 584,293 | 58.6% | 363,990 | 36.5% | 49,445 | 4.9% |
1855[2] | 590,248 | 58.7% | 366,562 | 36.5% | 48,270 | 4.8% |
1858[2] | 612,849 | 57.3% | 406,950 | 38.1% | 49,037 | 4.6% |
1861[2] | 665,865 | 59.1% | 409,218 | 38.3% | 51,187 | 4.6% |
1867[2] | 742,153 | 59.8% | 457,545 | 36.8% | 41,611 | 3.4% |
1890[2] | 918,728 | 58.2% | 566,523 | 35.9% | 92,480 | 5.9% |
1900[2] | 1,048,230 | 56.1% | 684,397 | 36.6% | 135,519 | 7.3% |
1905[2] | 1,158,805 | 56.9% | 757,200 | 37.2% | 117,651 | 5.8% |
1910[2] | 1,169,340 | 53.0% | 884,045 | 40.0% | 154,596 | 7.0% |
District | Population | Polish | % | German | % | Bilingual | % | Czech | % |
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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[]
- ^ Statistischer Umriss der Sammtlichen Europaischen und der Vornhemsten Aufseuropaischen Staaten (in German). 1823.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- 1945 disestablishments
- 1813 establishments
- Opole
- History of Silesia
- Government regions of Prussia