Editing Silesian Voivodeship (section)

=== Socialist Poland ===
Following [[World War II]], the new communist government of Poland cancelled the autonomous status of the Silesian voivodeship and established a new Silesian-Dabrowa voivodeship (''województwo śląsko-dąbrowskie''), the area of which roughly corresponded to the German province of Upper Silesia. The name of this region reflected both the Silesian part and the [[Dąbrowa Basin]] part. 

In 1950, [[Opole Voivodeship|Opole voivodeship]] was created from the western part of Silesian-Dabrowa voivodeship, and the name of the remaining area changed to Katowice voivodeship. The new region's borders included, for the first time, the Częstochowa area, and roughly resembled the contemporary Silesian Voivodeship. Between 1956–59, the name of the region was changed to Stalinogród voivodeship (''województwo stalinogrodzkie''), reflecting Katowice's forced name change to Stalinogród following the death of [[Joseph Stalin]]. 

In 1975, a new [[Voivodeships of Poland (1975–1998)|administrative reform]] introduced 49 new voivodeships. The area of today's Silesian Voivodeship was divided between [[Częstochowa Voivodeship|Częstochowa voivodeship]] (''województwo częstochowskie'') in the north, [[Katowice Voivodeship|Katowice voivodeship]] (''województwo katowickie'') in the center, and [[Bielsko Voivodeship|Bielsko-Biała voivodeship]] (''województwo bielskie'') in the south.