The Province of Lower Silesia (German : Provinz Niederschlesien ; Silesian German : Provinz Niederschläsing ; Polish : Prowincja Dolny Śląsk ; Silesian : Prowincyjŏ Dolny Ślůnsk ) was a province of the Free State of Prussia from 1919 to 1945. Between 1938 and 1941 it was reunited with Upper Silesia as the Province of Silesia . The capital of Lower Silesia was Breslau (now Wrocław in Poland ). The province was further divided into two administrative regions (Regierungsbezirke ), Breslau and Liegnitz.[ 1]
The province was not congruent with the historical region of Lower Silesia , which now lies mainly in Poland . It additionally comprised the Upper Lusatian districts of Görlitz , Rothenburg and Hoyerswerda in the west, that until 1815 had belonged to the Kingdom of Saxony , as well as the former County of Kladsko in the southeast.
The province was disestablished at the end of World War II and with the implementation of the Oder–Neisse line in 1945, the area east of the Neisse river fell to the Republic of Poland . The smaller western part was incorporated into the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg .
Administrative regions[ 2] [ edit ]
Regierungsbezirk Breslau [ edit ]
Urban districts / Stadtkreise [ edit ]
City of Breslau
City of Brieg
City of Schweidnitz
City of Waldenburg
Rural districts / Landkreise [ edit ]
Landkreis Breslau
Landkreis Brieg
Landkreis Frankenstein
Landkreis Glatz
Landkreis Groß Wartenberg
Landkreis Guhrau
Landkreis Habelschwerdt
Landkreis Militsch
Landkreis Namslau
Landkreis Neumarkt
Landkreis Oels
Landkreis Ohlau
Landkreis Reichenbach (im Eulengebirge)
Landkreis Schweidnitz
Landkreis Strehlen
Landkreis Trebnitz
Landkreis Waldenburg
Landkreis Wohlau
Regierungsbezirk Liegnitz [ edit ]
1905 administrative map of Silesia, showing Lower Silesia in green, Middle Silesia in yellow, and Upper Silesia in pink
Urban districts / Stadtkreise [ edit ]
City of Glogau
City of Görlitz
City of Hirschberg im Riesengebirge
City of Liegnitz
Rural districts / Landkreise [ edit ]
Landkreis Bunzlau
Landkreis Fraustadt
Landkreis Freystadt i. Niederschles.
Landkreis Glogau
Landkreis Görlitz
Landkreis Goldberg
Landkreis Grünberg
Landkreis Hirschberg
Landkreis Hoyerswerda
Landkreis Jauer
Landkreis Landeshut
Landkreis Lauban
Landkreis Liegnitz
Landkreis Löwenberg
Landkreis Lüben
Landkreis Rothenburg (Ob. Laus.)
Landkreis Sprottau
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