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 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.
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 | Rural districts
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| 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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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