Province of Silesia

The Province of Silesia (German: Provinz Schlesien; Polish: Prowincja Śląska; Silesian: Prowincyjŏ Ślōnskŏ) was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1919. The Silesia region was part of the Prussian realm since 1742 and established as an official province in 1815, then became part of the German Empire in 1871. In 1919, as part of the Free State of Prussia within Weimar Germany, Silesia was divided into the provinces of Upper Silesia and Lower Silesia. Silesia was reunified briefly from 1 April 1938 to 27 January 1941 as a province of Nazi Germany before being divided back into Upper Silesia and Lower Silesia.

This article is about the 19th and 20th-century Prussian province. For the medieval duchy, see Duchy of Silesia. For the present-day subdivision of Poland, see Silesian Voivodeship.
Province of Silesia
Provinz Schlesien
Province of Prussia
1815–1919
1938–1941

Silesia Province (red) within Prussia (yellow),
within the German Empire, 1871
CapitalBreslau
Area
 • Coordinates51°7′N 17°2′E
History 
• Established
1815
• Disestablished
1919
• Briefly re-established
1938–1941
Political subdivisionsBreslau
Liegnitz
Oppeln
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Prussian Silesia
Upper Lusatia
Province of Lower Silesia
Province of Upper Silesia
Today part ofGermany
Poland
Czech Republic

Breslau (present-day Wrocław, Poland) was the provincial capital.

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