# Oppeln (region)

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 Oppeln :
| Year | Polish | Polish | German | German | Other (including bilingual) | Other (including bilingual) |
| Year | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
| 1819 | 0377,100 | 67.2% | 0162,600 | 29.0% | 021,503 | 3.8% |
| 1828 | 0418,437 | 61.1% | 0255,483 | 37.3% | 010,904 | 1.6% |
| 1831 | 0456,348 | 62.0% | 0257,852 | 36.1% | 013,254 | 1.9% |
| 1834 | 0468,691 | 62.6% | 0266,399 | 35.6% | 013,120 | 1.8% |
| 1837 | 0495,362 | 62.1% | 0290,168 | 36.3% | 012,679 | 1.6% |
| 1840 | 0525,395 | 58.6% | 0330,099 | 36.8% | 041,570 | 4.6% |
| 1843 | 0540,402 | 58.1% | 0348,094 | 37.4% | 042,292 | 4.5% |
| 1846 | 0568,582 | 58.1% | 0364,175 | 37.2% | 045,736 | 4.7% |
| 1852 | 0584,293 | 58.6% | 0363,990 | 36.5% | 049,445 | 4.9% |
| 1855 | 0590,248 | 58.7% | 0366,562 | 36.5% | 048,270 | 4.8% |
| 1858 | 0612,849 | 57.3% | 0406,950 | 38.1% | 049,037 | 4.6% |
| 1861 | 0665,865 | 59.1% | 0409,218 | 38.3% | 051,187 | 4.6% |
| 1867 | 0742,153 | 59.8% | 0457,545 | 36.8% | 041,611 | 3.4% |
| 1890 | 0918,728 | 58.2% | 0566,523 | 35.9% | 092,480 | 5.9% |
| 1900 | 1,048,230 | 56.1% | 0684,397 | 36.6% | 0135,519 | 7.3% |
| 1905 | 1,158,805 | 56.9% | 0757,200 | 37.2% | 0117,651 | 5.8% |
| 1910 | 1,169,340 | 53.0% | 0884,045 | 40.0% | 0154,596 | 7.0% |
Ethnolinguistic structure of the districts in Regierungsbezirk Oppeln (1910) :
| 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% |