Province of Upper Silesia [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Province of Upper Silesia
The Province of Upper Silesia (; Silesian German: "Provinz Oberschläsing"; ; ) was a province of the Free State of Prussia from 1919 to 1945. It comprised much of the region of Upper Silesia and was eventually divided into two government regions ("Regierungsbezirke") called "Kattowitz" (1939-1945), and "Oppeln" (1819-1945). The provincial capital was Oppeln (1919–1938) and Kattowitz (1941–1945), while other major towns included Beuthen, Gleiwitz,
Silesian Voivodeship (1920–39)
The Silesian Voivodeship () was an autonomous province (voivodeship) of the interwar Second Polish Republic. It became part of the newly reborn Poland as a result of the 1921 Upper Silesia plebiscite, the Geneva Conventions, three Upper Silesian Uprisings, and the eventual partition of Upper Silesia between Poland, Germany and Czechoslovakia. The capital of the voivodeship was Katowice.
The voivodeship was dissolved on October 8, 1939 following the German invasion of Poland, and its territory was incorporated into the German Province