The Falkenberg O.S. district was a

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...

n district in

Upper Silesia Upper Silesia ( pl, Górny Śląsk; szl, Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; cs, Horní Slezsko; german: Oberschlesien; Silesian German: ; la, Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, locate ...

, which existed from 1743 to 1945. Its capital was the town of Falkenberg O.S. The territory of this district is now located within the

Opole Voivodeship Opole Voivodeship, or Opole Province ( pl, województwo opolskie ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Upper S ...

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History

Kingdom of Prussia

After the conquest of most of

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, King Frederick the Great introduced Prussian administrative structures in

Lower Silesia Lower Silesia ( pl, Dolny Śląsk; cz, Dolní Slezsko; german: Niederschlesien; szl, Dolny Ślōnsk; hsb, Delnja Šleska; dsb, Dolna Šlazyńska; Silesian German: ''Niederschläsing''; la, Silesia Inferior) is the northwestern part of the ...

in 1742 and in

in 1743. This included the establishment of two war and domain chambers in Breslau and Glogau as well as their division into districts. The district of Falkenberg was initially under the War and Domain Chamber of Breslau. In the course of the

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, the administrative region of Oppeln was created in the

Province of Silesia The Province of Silesia (german: Provinz Schlesien; pl, Prowincja Śląska; szl, Prowincyjŏ Ślōnskŏ) was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1919. The Silesia region was part of the Prussian realm since 1740 and established as an official p ...

, which included the Falkenberg district. During the district reform of January 1, 1818, the district boundaries were changed as follows: * The villages of Budzieszowice, Bielitz, Groß Mahlendorf, Hermannshof, Kaltecke, Lamsdorf and Schaderwitz were transferred from the

Neisse The Lusatian Neisse (german: Lausitzer Neiße; pl, Nysa Łużycka; cs, Lužická Nisa; Upper Sorbian: ''Łužiska Nysa''; Lower Sorbian: ''Łužyska Nysa''), or Western Neisse, is a river in northern Central Europe.Grüben and

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were transferred from the Grottkau district to the Falkenberg district. * The villages of

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, Ellguth-Friedland, Ellguth-Tillowitz, Floste, Groditz,

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, Jamke, Michelsdorf, Piechotzütz, Plieschnitz, Puschine ,

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, Schedliske, Schiedlow, Seifersdorf, Sokollnik, Tillowitz, Weiderwitz and Woistrasch were transferred from the Oppeln district to the Falkenberg district.

German Reich

From 1871, the district belonged to the German Empire. On November 8, 1919, the province of Silesia was dissolved and the new

province of Upper Silesia The Province of Upper Silesia (german: Provinz Oberschlesien; Silesian German: ''Provinz Oberschläsing''; szl, Prowincyjŏ Gōrny Ślōnsk; pl, Prowincja Górny Śląsk) was a province of the Free State of Prussia from 1919 to 1945. It comprise ...

was formed from Regierungsbezirk Oppeln. In the spring of 1945, the district was occupied by the

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. After the war, the region became part of Poland under the terms of the

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Demographics

The district had a

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majority population, with a significant

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minority.

Communities

The Falkenberg district comprised three towns and 75 rural communities in 1936.

Place Names

In 1936/37 numerous parishes in the district were renamed:

References

{{Authority control Falkenberg O.S. Opole County 1743 establishments in Europe 1740s establishments in Prussia 1945 disestablishments in Germany 1945 disestablishments in Poland 1940s disestablishments in Prussia