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Silesia Province

Province of Silesia
Provinz Schlesien
Province of Prussia

1815–1919
1938–1941

 

Flag Coat of arms
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Silesia
Silesia Province (red) within Prussia (yellow),
within the German Empire, 1871
Capital Breslau
51°7′N 17°2′E / 51.117°N 17.033°E / 51.117; 17.033Coordinates: 51°7′N 17°2′E / 51.117°N 17.033°E / 51.117; 17.033
History
 •  Established 1815
 •  Disestablished 1919
 •  Briefly re-established 1938–1941
Area
 •  1905 40,319 km2(15,567 sq mi)
Population
 •  1905 4,935,823 
Density 122.4 /km2  (317.1 /sq mi)
Political subdivisions Breslau
Liegnitz
Oppeln

The Province of Silesia (German: Provinz Schlesien; Polish: Prowincja Śląska; Silesian: Prowincyjŏ Ślōnskŏ) was a province of the German Kingdom of Prussia, existing from 1815 to 1919, when it was divided into the Upper and Lower Silesia provinces, and briefly again from 1938 to 1941. As a Prussian province, Silesia became part of the German Empire during the Prussian-led unification of Germany in 1871. The provincial capital was Breslau (present-day Wrocław, Poland).

The territory on both sides of the Oder river formed the southeastern part of the Prussian kingdom. It comprised the bulk of the former Bohemian crown land of Upper and Lower Silesia as well as the adjacent County of Kladsko, which the Prussian King Frederick the Great had all conquered from the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy under Empress Maria Theresa in the 18th century Silesian Wars. It furthermore included the northeastern part of Upper Lusatia around Görlitz and Lauban, ceded to Prussia by the Kingdom of Saxony according to the resolutions of the Vienna Congress in 1815.


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