German exonyms (Upper Silesia)

German exonyms (Upper Silesia)

This is a list of German language place names in Poland, now exonyms for towns and villages in the Upper Silesia Region of the Silesian Voivodeship and Opole Voivodeship.

*Gliwice Gleiwitz
*Katowice Kattowitz
*Zabrze Zabrze, from 1915 Hindenburg
*Chorzów Königshütte
*Bytom Beuthen
*Opole Oppeln

See also

List of German exonyms for places in Poland


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