| Province of Silesia Provinz Schlesien (German) | |||||||||||||
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| Province of Prussia | |||||||||||||
| 1815–1919 1938–1941 | |||||||||||||
 Silesia Province (red) within the Kingdom of Prussia (blue), within the German Empire, 1871 | |||||||||||||
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| Capital | Breslau (Wrocław) | ||||||||||||
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| • Coordinates | 51°7′N 17°2′E / 51.117°N 17.033°E | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1815 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1919 | ||||||||||||
• Briefly re-established | 1938–1941 | ||||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | Breslau Liegnitz Oppeln | ||||||||||||
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| 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.