German minority in Poland Totally Explained

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The German minority in Poland consists of 152,900 people according to a 2002 census. At the end of World War II, the territories of West Prussia, southern East Prussia, Lower Silesia, Upper Silesia, East Brandenburg, and the larger part of Pomerania were granted to Poland. In spite of the flight and expulsion of Germans from Poland during and after World War II, there were those who remained. Recently, more Germans acquired land and property in the areas where they, or their ancestors, used to live, and moved there. The German language is used in certain areas in Opole Voivodship (Oppeln), where most of the minority resides. The German minority electoral list currently has one seat in the Polish parliament (Sejm) benefiting from the provision in the current Polish Election Law which allows national minorities to be exempt from the 5 per cent national threshold (there were four from 1993 to 1997).
There are 325 Polish schools that use the German language as the first language of instruction, with over 37,000 students attending them. Most members of the German minority are Roman Catholic and only some of them are Protestants (the Evangelical-Augsburg Church). A number of German language newspapers and magazines are issued in Poland.

Statistic Data

Most Germans in Poland live in Silesia (93% of all Germans in Poland): Opole Voivodeship - 104,399 for example approx. 69,9% all Germans in Poland, and approx. 10% of the population of this Voivodeship and Silesia Voivodeship - 31,882 for example approx. 20.8% of all Germans in Poland. In the other voivodeships, the percentage of Germans in the population lies between 0.632–0.007%.

region	population	German	% German
Poland	38,557,984	147,094	0.381
Opole Voivodeship	1,055,667	104,399	9.889
Silesian Voivodeship	4,830,000	30,531	0.632
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship	1,428,552	4,311	0.302
Pomeranian Voivodeship	2,192,000	2,016	0.092
Dolny Śląsk Voivodeship	2,898,000	1,792	0.062
West Pomeranian Voivodeship	1,694,865	1,014	0.060
Greater Poland Voivodeship	3,365,283	820	0.024
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship	2,068,142	636	0.031
Lubusz Voivodeship	1,009,005	513	0.051
Mazowsze Voivodeship	5,136,000	351	0.007
Łódź Voivodeship	2,597,000	263	0.010

German media in Poland

Schlesisches Wochenblatt
Polen-Rundschau
Schlesien Aktuell - German-speaking radio station from Opole
Radio Polonia (broadcasting in German for half an hour a day)
Polen am Morgen - Online-newspaper, published daily since 1998

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