Province of Silesia

Province of Silesia Provinz Schlesien
Province of Prussia
1815–1919 1938–1941
Flag Coat of arms
Silesia Province (red) within Prussia (yellow), within the German Empire, 1871
Capital	Breslau
Area
• Coordinates	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
Political subdivisions	Breslau Liegnitz Oppeln
Preceded by Succeeded by Prussian Silesia Upper Lusatia Province of Lower Silesia Province of Upper Silesia
Today part of	Germany Poland Czech Republic

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.

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