Gauliga Schlesien

Gauliga Schlesien
Gauligas Niederschlesien
Gauliga Oberschlesien

Founded	1933
Folded	1945
Replaced by	region became part of Poland
Country	Nazi Germany
Provinces	Province of Lower Silesia Province of Upper Silesia Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship (from 1939)
Gau (from 1933)	Gau Schlesien (1933–41) Gau Niederschlesien (1941–45) Gau Oberschlesien (1941–45)
Level on pyramid	Level 1
Domestic cup(s)	Tschammerpokal
Last champions	Gauliga Niederschlesien: STC Hirschberg Gauliga Oberschlesien: Germania Königshütte (1943-44)

The Gauliga Schlesien was the highest football league in the region of Silesia (German:Schlesien), which consisted of the Prussian provinces of Lower Silesia and Upper Silesia from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gau Silesia, later subdivided into Gau Upper Silesia and Gau Lower Silesia, replaced the Prussian provinces.

After the Polish defeat in 1939, the parts of Upper Silesia awarded to Poland after the First World War were reoccupied by Nazi Germany and added to the Gau Oberschlesien.

From 1941, the Gauliga Schlesien was split into two separate leagues, the Gauliga Niederschlesien and the Gauliga Oberschlesien.