Gauliga Schlesien

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.

Gauliga Schlesien
Gauligas Niederschlesien
Gauliga Oberschlesien
Founded1933
Folded1945
Replaced byregion became part of Poland
Country Nazi Germany
Provinces
  • Province of Lower Silesia
  • Province of Upper Silesia
  • Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship (from 1939)
Gau (from 1933)
Level on pyramidLevel 1
Domestic cup(s)Tschammerpokal
Last championsGauliga Niederschlesien:
STC Hirschberg Gauliga Oberschlesien:
Germania Königshütte
(1943-44)

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.

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