List of municipalities in Silesia
Cities
The list below contains existing and former towns in Silesia with the territorial status as of December 31, 1937.
| German name |
Polish name ( Sorbian name ) |
County 1910 |
Government district 1910 |
City since |
Inhabitants 1910 |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auras | Uraz | Wohlau | Wroclaw | 1432-1945 | 1,295 | |
| Bauerwitz | Baborów | Leobschütz | Opole | 1340 | 2,662 | |
| Bernstadt | Bierutów | Oils | Wroclaw | before 1266 | 4,591 | |
| Beuthen OS | Bytom | Urban district | Opole | 1254 | 67,718 | |
| Bytom Or | Bytom Odrzański | Freystadt | Liegnitz | 1289 | 3,068 | |
| Bolkenhain | Bolków | Bolkenhain | Liegnitz | 1272 | 3,876 | |
| Wroclaw | Wroclaw | Urban district | Wroclaw | 1242 | 512.105 | |
| Breslau-German Lissa | Wrocław-Leśnica | Neumarkt | Wroclaw | before 1261 | 4,634 | 1928 incorporated into Breslau |
| Breslau-Hundsfeld | Psie Pole | Oils | Wroclaw | 1473 | 2,225 | 1928 incorporated into Breslau |
| Brieg | Brzeg | Urban district | Wroclaw | 1250 | 29,035 | |
| Brockau | Brochów | Wroclaw | Wroclaw | 1939-1945 | 7,085 | 1950 incorporated into the city of Wroclaw |
| Broslawitz (Dramatal) | Zbrosławice | Tarnowitz | Opole | ~ 1300 | 493 | |
| Bunzlau | Bolesławiec | Bunzlau | Liegnitz | 1251 | 16,125 | |
| Cosel | Koźle | Cosel | Opole | 1281 | 7,832 | |
| German Neukirch (Altstett) | Nowa Cerekwia | Leobschütz | Opole | -1742 | 971 | |
| German Wartenberg | Otyń | Grünberg | Liegnitz | 1313-1946 | 863 | |
| Dyhernfurth | Brzeg Dolny | Wohlau | Wroclaw | 1663-1945 1955 |
1,265 | |
| Falkenberg OS | Niemodlin | Falkenberg | Opole | 1283 | 2,057 | |
| Festenberg | Twardogóra | Gross Wartenberg | Wroclaw | 1293 | 3,350 | |
| Frankenberg | Przyłęk | Frankenstein | Wroclaw | 1250 | 1,366 | |
| Frankenstein | Ząbkowice Śląskie | Frankenstein | Wroclaw | ~ 1286 | 8,737 | |
| Woman city | Wschowa | Woman city | Poses | 1273 | 7,538 | 1919 from the province of Poznan |
| Freiburg | Świebodzice | Schweidnitz | Wroclaw | 1279 | 9,763 | |
| Freiwaldau | Gozdnica | Sagan | Liegnitz | 1315-1750 1967 |
2,947 | |
| Freyhan | Cieszków | Militsch | Wroclaw | 14__- 1741 | 1,047 | |
| Freystadt | Kożuchów | Freystadt | Liegnitz | 1295 | 4,765 | |
| Friedeberg am Queis | Mirsk | Löwenberg | Liegnitz | 1337 | 2,553 | 1945–47 Polish Spokojna Góra |
| Friedland OS | Korfantów | Falkenberg | Opole | -1945 | 1,947 | |
| Friedland NS | Mieroszów | Waldenburg | Wroclaw | 1356 | 5,068 | |
| Bald | Kłodzko | Bald | Wroclaw | 1275 | 17.121 | |
| Gliwice | Gliwice | Urban district | Opole | 1276 | 66,981 | |
| Glogau | Głogów | Glogau | Liegnitz | 1253 | 24,524 | |
| Goerlitz | Zgorzelec | Urban district | Liegnitz | 1238 | 85,806 | The eastern part received its own town charter after 1945 |
| Goldberg | Złotoryja | Goldberg-Haynau | Liegnitz | 1211 | 6,988 | |
| Gold dream | Złotniki Lubańskie | Lauban | Liegnitz | 1677-1815 | 312 | |
| Goschütz | Goszcz | Gross Wartenberg | Wroclaw | 1650 | 1,096 | |
| Gottesberg | Boguszów | Waldenburg | Wroclaw | 1499 | 10,644 | |
| Greiffenberg | Gryfów Śląski | Löwenberg | Liegnitz | 1354 | 3,462 | |
| Great Strelitz | Strzelce Opolskie | Great Strelitz | Opole | 1323 | 6,060 | |
| Gross Wartenberg | Syców | Gross Wartenberg | Wroclaw | 1323 | 2,287 | |
| Grottkau | Grodków | Grottkau | Opole | 1324 | 4,695 | |
| Grünberg | Zielona Góra | Grünberg | Liegnitz | 1323 | 23,168 | |
| Guhrau | Góra | Guhrau | Wroclaw | 1310 | 4,877 | |
| Hello | Dobrodzień | Lublinitz | Opole | ~ 1374 | 3,186 | |
| Habelschwerdt | Bystrzyca Kłodzka | Habelschwerdt | Wroclaw | 1319 | 6.159 | |
| Half building | Iłowa | Sagan | Liegnitz | 1679-1830 1962 |
1,333 | |
| Haynau | Chojnów | Goldberg-Haynau | Liegnitz | 1288 | 10,461 | |
| Herrnstadt | Wąsosz | Guhrau | Wroclaw | 1312-1945 | 1,975 | |
| Hindenburg | Zabrze | Zabrze | Opole | 1922 | 63,373 | |
| Hirschberg | Jelenia Gora | Hirschberg | Liegnitz | 1281 | 20,564 | |
| Hohenfriedeberg | Dobromierz | Bolkenhain | Liegnitz | 1356-1975 | 707 | |
| Hoyerswerda | Wojerecy | Hoyerswerda | Liegnitz | 1423 | 5,983 | remains German after 1945 |
| Yeah | Yes | Yeah | Liegnitz | 1275 | 13,549 | |
| Juliusburg | Dobroszyce | Oils | Wroclaw | 1663-1928 | 759 | |
| Kanth | Kąty Wrocławskie | Neumarkt | Wroclaw | 1298 | 3,013 | |
| Karlsmarkt | Karlowice | Brieg | Wroclaw | 1740-1843 | 866 | |
| Karlsruhe OS | Pokój | Opole | Opole | 1860 | 2,523 | |
| Katscher | Kietrz | Leobschütz | Opole | 1321 | 3,667 | |
| Kieferstädtel | Sośnicowice | Tost-Gliwice | Opole | 1383-1742 1853-1945 1996 |
align = "right" | 969 | |
| Klein Strehlitz | Strzeleczki | Neustadt (Upper Silesia) | Opole | 1327-1742 | 1,801 | |
| Koben | Chobienia | Steinau | Wroclaw | before 1300-1945 | 1.107 | |
| Konstadt | Wołczyn | Kreuzburg | Opole | 1261 | 3,644 | |
| Account | Konotop | Grünberg | Liegnitz | 1706-1 ___ | 979 | |
| Cost blood | Kostomłoty | Neumarkt | Wroclaw | 1278-1742 | 963 | |
| Kotzenau | Chocianów | Lüben | Liegnitz | 1713 | 4,243 | |
| Kranowitz (Kranstädt) | Krzanowice | Opole | Opole | 1265-17__ | 2,999 | |
| Krappitz | Krapkowice | Opole | Opole | before 1294 | 3,705 | |
| Kreuzburg OS | Kluczbork | Kreuzburg | Opole | 1252 | 11,588 | |
| Copper mountain | Miedzianka | Schönau | Liegnitz | 1519-1945 | 582 | |
| Lähn | Wleń | Löwenberg | Liegnitz | 1261 | 1,389 | |
| Bad Landeck | Lądek-Zdrój | Habelschwerdt | Wroclaw | 1325 | 3,337 | |
| State hat | Kamienna Góra | State hat | Liegnitz | 1292 | 13,517 | |
| Landsberg OS | Gorzów Śląski | Rosenberg (Upper Silesia) | Opole | 1294 | 1,058 | |
| Langenbielau | Bielawa | Reichenbach | Wroclaw | 1924 | 18,514 | |
| Lauban | Luban | Lauban | Liegnitz | 1268 | 15,467 | |
| Leobschütz | Głubczyce | Leobschütz | Opole | before 1275 | 13,081 | |
| Leschnitz (mountain town) | Leśnica | Great Strelitz | Opole | 1382 | 1,811 | |
| Leubus | Lubiąż | Wohlau | Wroclaw | 1249-1741 | 1,302 | |
| Lewin (Hummelstadt) | Lewin Kłodzki | Bald | Wroclaw | 1345-1945 | 1,272 | |
| Liebau | Lubawka | State hat | Liegnitz | 1292 | 4,689 | |
| Liebenthal | Lubomierz | Löwenberg | Liegnitz | 1350 | 1,777 | |
| Liegnitz | Legnica | Liegnitz | Liegnitz | 1255 | 66,620 | |
| Lions | Lewin Brzeski | Brieg | Wroclaw | 1284 | 3,514 | |
| Löwenberg | Lwówek Śląski | Löwenberg | Liegnitz | 1241 | 6.339 | |
| Lion's Arch | Koziniec | Frankenstein | Wroclaw | 1244-1288 | 291 | |
| Lüben | Lubin | Lüben | Liegnitz | 1299 | 7,816 | |
| Marklissa | Leśna | Lauban | Liegnitz | 1329-1945 1962 |
2,329 | |
| Bohrau market | Borów | Chasing | Wroclaw | 1292-1741 | 822 | |
| Militsch | Milicz | Militsch | Wroclaw | 1323 | 3,795 | |
| Mittelwalde | Międzylesie | Habelschwerdt | Wroclaw | 1294 | 2,924 | |
| Munsterberg | Ziębice | Munsterberg | Wroclaw | 1253 | 8,632 | |
| Muskau | Mužakov | Rothenburg (Upper Lusatia) | Liegnitz | 1452 | 4,478 | remains German after 1945 |
| Namslau | Namysłów | Namslau | Wroclaw | ~ 1270 | 6.107 | |
| Naumburg (Bober) | Nowogród Bobrzański | Sagan | Liegnitz | 1312-1945 | 870 | |
| Naumburg (Queis) | Nowogrodziec | Bunzlau | Liegnitz | 1271 | 1,920 | |
| Neisse | Nysa | Neisse | Opole | 1223 | 25,938 | |
| Neumarkt | Środa Śląska | Neumarkt | Wroclaw | 1229 | 4,983 | |
| Neumittelwalde | Międzybórz | Gross Wartenberg | Wroclaw | 1637 | 1,399 | |
| Neurode | Nowa Ruda | Neurode | Wroclaw | 1352 | 7,732 | |
| New Salt (Oder) | Nowa Sól | Freystadt | Liegnitz | 1743 | 13,474 | |
| Neustadt OS | Prudnik | Neustadt (Upper Silesia) | Opole | ~ 1279 | 18,856 | |
| Neustädtel | Nowe Miasteczko | Freystadt | Liegnitz | 1296 | 1,580 | |
| Niesky | Niska | Rothenburg (Upper Lusatia) | Liegnitz | 1935 | 2,409 | remains German after 1945 |
| Nikolstadt | Mikołajowice | Liegnitz | Liegnitz | ~ 1345-1622 | 518 | |
| Nimptsch | Niemcza | Nimptsch | Wroclaw | 1282 | 2,166 | |
| Oberglogau OS | Głogówek | Neustadt (Upper Silesia) | Opole | 1285 | 7.136 | |
| Oils | Oleśnica | Oils | Wroclaw | 1255 | 11,717 | |
| Ohlau | Oława | Ohlau | Wroclaw | 1241 | 9,037 | |
| Opole | Opole | Urban district | Opole | 12__ | 33,907 | |
| Ottmachau | Otmuchów | Grottkau | Opole | 1347 | 3,650 | |
| Parchwitz | Prochowice | Liegnitz | Liegnitz | 1298 | 2,204 | |
| Patschkau | Paczków | Neisse | Opole | 1254 | 6.226 | |
| Peiskretscham | Pyskowice | Tost-Gliwice | Opole | 1327 | 5,331 | |
| Pilchowitz (Bilchengrund) | Pilchowice | Rybnik | Opole | 1360-1741 | 1,169 | |
| Pitching | Byczyna | Kreuzburg | Opole | 1268 | 2,500 | |
| Polkwitz (Heerwegen) | Polkowice | Glogau | Liegnitz | before 1291-1945 1967 |
1,613 | |
| Prausnitz | Prusice | Militsch | Wroclaw | 1287-1951 | 1,833 | |
| Priebus | Przewóz | Sagan | Liegnitz | 1311-1945 | 1,543 | |
| Primkenau | Przemków | Sprottau | Liegnitz | 1305-1945 1959 |
2,853 | |
| Proskau | Prószków | Opole | Opole | 1560-1742 | 2,290 | |
| Ratibor | Racibórz | Urban district | Opole | 1258 | 38,424 | |
| Raudten | Rudna | Steinau | Wroclaw | ~ 1300-1945 | 1.406 | |
| Reichenbach (Owl Mountains) | Dzierżoniów | Reichenbach | Wroclaw | 12__ | 16,371 | until 1946 Polish: Rychbach |
| Reichenbach / OL | Rychbach | Goerlitz | Liegnitz | ~ 1230 | 2.164 | remains German after 1945 |
| Reichenstein | Zloty Stok | Frankenstein | Wroclaw | 1344 | 2,100 | |
| Bad Reinerz | Duszniki-Zdrój | Bald | Wroclaw | before 1324 | 3,270 | |
| Rosenberg OS | Olesno | Rosenberg (Upper Silesia) | Opole | 1292 | 5,742 | |
| Rothenburg (Upper Lusatia) | Rózbork | Rothenburg (Upper Lusatia) | Liegnitz | before 1268 | 1,459 | remains German after 1945 |
| Rothenburg (Oder) | Czerwieńsk | Grünberg | Liegnitz | 1690-1945 1969 |
1,122 | |
| Pack city | Ciechanowice | Bolkenhain | Liegnitz | 1754-1809 | 1,500 | |
| Ruhland | Rólany | Hoyerswerda | Liegnitz | 1397 | 2,664 | remains German after 1945 |
| Saabor (Fürsteneich) | Zabór | Grünberg | Liegnitz | 1681-1741 | 316 | |
| Sagan | Żagań | Sagan | Liegnitz | before 1241 | 15,063 | |
| Schlawa (Schlesiersee) | Sława | Freystadt | Liegnitz | 1312 | 848 | |
| Schlichtingsheim | Szlichtyngowa | Woman city | Poses | 1644 | 773 | 1919 from the province of Poznan |
| Schmiedeberg in the Giant Mountains | Kowary | Hirschberg | Liegnitz | 1513 | 5,945 | |
| Schömberg | Chełmsko Śląskie | State hat | Liegnitz | 1283-1945 | 1,657 | |
| Schoenau (Katzbach) | Świerzawa | Schönau | Liegnitz | 1293-1945 1984 |
1,753 | |
| Schönberg (Upper Lusatia) | Sulików | Lauban | Liegnitz | 1268-1945 | 1,316 | |
| Schreiberhau | Szklarska Poreba | Hirschberg | Liegnitz | 1959 | 5,656 | |
| Schurgast | Skorogoszcz | Falkenberg | Opole | before 1271 | 1,124 | |
| Schweidnitz | Świdnica | Urban district | Wroclaw | 1267 | 31,329 | |
| Seidenberg | Zawidów | Lauban | Liegnitz | 1396-1945 | 2,769 | |
| Silberberg | Srebrna Góra | Frankenstein | Wroclaw | 1536-1945 | 1,084 | |
| Slawentzitz (Ehrenforst) | Sławięcice | Cosel | Opole | before 1260 | 2,441 | |
| Sprottau | Szprotawa | Sprottau | Liegnitz | 1260 | 7,735 | |
| Städtel (Schwirz) | Miejce | Namslau | Wroclaw | 1294-1812 | 406 | |
| Steinau (Oder) | Ścinawa | Steinau | Wroclaw | 1253 | 5,183 | |
| Steinau OS | Ścinawa Mała | Neustadt (Upper Silesia) | Opole | 1243- ~ 1800 | 1,535 | |
| Chasing | Strzelin | Chasing | Wroclaw | 1292 | 9,465 | |
| Striegau | Strzegom | Striegau | Wroclaw | 1242 | 14,587 | |
| Strop | Strupina | Trebnitz | Wroclaw | 1540-1945 | 578 | |
| Sulau | Sułów | Militsch | Wroclaw | 1755-1945 | 1,186 | |
| Tost | Toszek | Tost-Gliwice | Opole | 1309 | 2,526 | |
| Trachenberg | Żmigród | Militsch | Wroclaw | 1296 | 3,400 | |
| Trebnitz | Trzebnica | Trebnitz | Wroclaw | 1250 | 7,676 | |
| Tschirnau (Lesten) | Czernina | Guhrau | Wroclaw | 1515-1945 | 667 | |
| Ujest (Bischofstal) | Ujazd | Groß Strehlitz | Opole | 1260 | 2,058 | |
| Waldenburg | Wałbrzych | Waldenburg | Wroclaw | 1426 | 19,681 | |
| Wansen | Wiązów | Ohlau | Wroclaw | 1252 | 2,354 | |
| Bad Warmbrunn | Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój | Hirschberg | Liegnitz | 1935 | 4,523 | after 1945 district of Hirschberg |
| Waiting | Bardo | Frankenstein | Wroclaw | 1334-1945 1969 |
1,416 | |
| White water | Běła Woda | Rothenburg (Upper Lusatia) | Liegnitz | 1935 | 11,935 | remains German after 1945 |
| Wigandsthal | Pobiedna | Lauban | Liegnitz | 1667-1815 | 505 | |
| Wilhelmsthal | Bolesławów | Habelschwerdt | Wroclaw | 1581-1891 | 537 | |
| Tiny | Wińsko | Wohlau | Wroclaw | 1285-1945 | 1.919 | |
| Wittichenau | Kulow | Hoyerswerda | Liegnitz | 1303 | 2,319 | remains German after 1945 |
| Wohlau | Wołów | Wohlau | Wroclaw | 1285 | 5,812 | |
| Wünschelburg | Radków | Neurode | Wroclaw | 1328 | 2,686 | |
| Goat neck | Głuchołazy | Neisse | Opole | 1263 | 1,975 | |
| Zirkwitz | Cerekwica | Trebnitz | Wroclaw | 1262-1739 | 459 | |
| Zobten (on the mountain) | Sobotka | Schweidnitz | Wroclaw | 1399 | 2,306 | |
| Zülz | Biała | Neustadt (Upper Silesia) | Opole | 1311 | 2,842 |
Cities in Eastern Upper Silesia
This list includes cities that belonged to the German Reich until 1922.
| German name |
Polish name |
County 1910 |
Government district 1910 |
City since |
Inhabitants 1910 |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Berun | Bieruń Stary | Pleas | Opole | 1387-1742 1865 |
2,221 | |
| Georgenberg | Miasteczko Śląskie | Tarnowitz | Opole | 1561-1742 1866-1946 1963-1975 1994 |
2.212 | |
| Hultschin | Hlučín | Ratibor | Opole | 1303 | 3,003 | |
| Katowice | Katowice | Urban district | Opole | 1865 | 43.173 | |
| Koenigshütte | Chorzów | Urban district | Opole | 1869 | 72,641 | |
| Go ahead | Wodzisław Śląski | Rybnik | Opole | 1257 | 3,493 | |
| Lublinitz, praise | Lubliniec | Lublinitz | Opole | 1300 | 4,952 | |
| Myslowitz | Mysłowice | Katowice | Opole | 1360 | 18,115 | |
| Nikolai | Mikołów | Pleas | Opole | before 1366
1547 |
8,377 | |
| Pleas | Pszczyna | Pleas | Opole | before 1375 | 5,315 | |
| Rich valley | Rychtal | Namslau | Wroclaw | 1386-1934 | 1.110 | |
| Rybnik | Rybnik | Rybnik | Opole | 1327 | 11,656 | |
| Laurahütte | Siemianowice Śląskie | Katowice | Opole | 1932 | 16,120
+18,336 |
|
| Sohrau | Żory | Rybnik | Opole | 1272 | 4,936 | |
| Tarnowitz | Tarnowskie Góry | Tarnowitz | Opole | [1526] | 13,582 | |
| Tichau | Tychy | Pleas | Opole | 1931-1945 1951 |
6.002 | |
| Woischnik | Woźniki | Lublinitz | Opole | 1454-1742 1858 |
1,569 |
1939-1945 belonging to the province of Silesia
| German name |
Polish name |
County 1941 |
Government district 1941 |
City since |
Residents |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrichau | Andrychów | Bielitz | Katowice | 1767 | ||
| Auschwitz | Oświęcim | Bielitz | Katowice | 1272 | ||
| Bendsburg | Będzin | Bendsburg | Katowice | 1349 | ||
| Biala | Biała (Biała Krakowska) | Bielitz | Katowice | 1723-1941, 1945-1950 | 1941 merger with Bielitz to Bielitz; 1951 Merger with Bielsko to form Bielsko-Biała | |
| Bielitz | Bielsko | Bielitz | Katowice | 1312 | 1941 merger with Biala zu Bielitz; 1951 Merger with Biala to form Bielsko-Biała | |
| Czeladz | Czeladź | Bendsburg | Katowice | 1262-1870 1919 |
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| Dombrowa | Dąbrowa Górnicza | Bendsburg | Katowice | 1916 | ||
| Free City | Frysztat | Teschen | Katowice | 1327 | Czech Republic | |
| Ilkenau, Olkusch | Olkusz | Ilkenau | Katowice | 1299 | ||
| Jablunkau | Jabłonków | Teschen | Katowice | 1560 | Czech Republic | |
| Jaworzno | Jaworzno | Krenau | Katowice | 1901 | ||
| Karviná | Karwina | Teschen | Katowice | 1923 | Czech Republic | |
| Kenty | Kęty | Bielitz | Katowice | 1277 | ||
| Klobuck | Kłobuck | Blachstädt | Opole | 1244-1870 1917 |
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| Krenau | Chrzanów | Krenau | Katowice | 1393 | ||
| Krzepice | Krzepice | Blachstädt | Opole | 1357-1870 1919 |
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| New Oderberg | Nový Bohumín | Teschen | Katowice | 1920 | align = "right" | | Czech Republic |
| Oderberg | Bogumin | Teschen | Katowice | 1924 | Czech Republic | |
| Orlau | Orlova | Teschen | Katowice | 1922 | align = "right" | | Czech Republic |
| Saybusch | Żywiec | Saybusch | Katowice | 1327 | ||
| Shakova | Szczakowa | Krenau | Katowice | 1933-1956 | ||
| Black water | Strumień | Bielitz | Katowice | 1482 | ||
| Skotschau | Skoczów | Teschen | Katowice | 1267 | ||
| Sosnowitz | Sosnowiec | Sosnowitz | Katowice | 1902 | ||
| Sucha | Sucha | Saybusch | Katowice | 1896 | ||
| Teschen | Cieszyn | Teschen | Katowice | 1374 | ||
| Trzebinia | Trzebinia | Krenau | Katowice | 1817 | align = "right" | | |
| Trzynietz | Trzyniec | Teschen | Katowice | 1931 | align = "right" | | Czech Republic |
| Wadowitz / (Frauenstadt) | Wadowice | Bielitz | Katowice | 1430 | ||
| Warthenau, Zawiercie | Zawiercie | Warthenau | Opole | 1915 | ||
| Wilmesau | Wilamowice | Bielitz | Katowice | 1818 | ||
| Zator | Zator | Bielitz | Katowice | 1292-1896 1934 |