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

Beuthen Gleiwitz Kattowitz Königshütte Oppeln Ratibor (since 1904)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 +Number of Polish and German speakers in Regierungsbezirk OppelnYearPolishGermanOther (including bilingual)NumberPercentageNumberPercentageNumberPercentage1819377,10067.2%162,60029.0%21,5033.8%1828418,43761.1%255,48337.3%10,9041.6%1831456,34862.0%257,85236.1%13,2541.9%1834468,69162.6%266,39935.6%13,1201.8%1837495,36262.1%290,16836.3%12,6791.6%1840525,39558.6%330,09936.8%41,5704.6%1843540,40258.1%348,09437.4%42,2924.5%1846568,58258.1%364,17537.2%45,7364.7%1852584,29358.6%363,99036.5%49,4454.9%1855590,24858.7%366,56236.5%48,2704.8%1858612,84957.3%406,95038.1%49,0374.6%1861665,86559.1%409,21838.3%51,1874.6%1867742,15359.8%457,54536.8%41,6113.4%1890918,72858.2%566,52335.9%92,4805.9%19001,048,23056.1%684,39736.6%135,5197.3%19051,158,80556.9%757,20037.2%117,6515.8%19101,169,34053.0%884,04540.0%154,5967.0% +Ethnolinguistic structure of the districts in Regierungsbezirk Oppeln (1910) DistrictPopulationPolish%German%Bilingual%Czech%Landkreis Beuthen195,844123,01662.8%59,30830.3%11,6956.0%940.0%Stadtkreis Beuthen67,71822,40133.1%41,07160.7%3,5045.2%550.1%Falkenberg37,5263,81510.2%33,28688.7%3651.0%10.0%Stadtkreis Gleiwitz66,9819,84314.7%49,54374.0%7,46111.1%460.1%Groß Strehlitz73,38358,10279.2%12,61617.2%1,7832.4%8701.2%Grottkau40,6108252.0%39,58997.5%1290.3%260.1%Landkreis Kattowitz216,807140,59264.8%65,76330.3%7,4303.4%980.0%Stadtkreis Kattowitz43,1735,76613.4%36,89185.4%3650.8%130.0%Stadtkreis Königshütte72,64124,68734.0%39,27654.1%8,36611.5%260.0%Kosel75,67356,79475.1%16,43321.7%2,3033.0%900.1%Kreuzburg51,90624,48747.2%24,36346.9%3,0025.8%100.0%Leobschütz82,6355,1786.3%69,90184.6%1,2001.5%6,3117.6%Lublinitz50,38839,96979.3%7,38414.7%2,8855.7%1380.3%Neisse101,2231,7521.7%98,86097.7%3800.4%950.1%Neustadt97,53743,78744.9%51,48952.8%2,1822.2%630.1%Landkreis Oppeln117,90689,32375.8%23,74020.1%2,9552.5%1,8521.6%Stadtkreis Oppeln33,9075,37115.8%27,12880.0%1,3854.1%60.0%Pleß122,897105,74486.0%16,46413.4%4470.4%240.0%Landkreis Ratibor118,92356,76547.7%13,31611.2%1,5761.3%47,20939.7%Stadtkreis Ratibor38,42411,52530.0%22,91459.6%3,6849.6%2470.6%Rosenberg52,34142,23480.7%8,58616.4%1,5142.9%20.0%Rybnik131,630102,43077.8%24,87218.9%3,6362.8%240.0%Tarnowitz77,58351,85866.8%20,96927.0%4,7426.1%30.0%Tost-Gleiwitz80,51561,50976.4%16,40820.4%2,5353.1%00.0%Zabrze159,81081,56751.0%63,87540.0%13,9738.7%440.0%Total2,207,9811,169,34053.0%884,04540.0%89,4974.1%57,3472.6%

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