Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Opole Voivodeship (also known as Opole Province, or by its Polish name of województwo opolskie [v j vut stf p lsk ] or simply Opolskie; German: Woiwodschaft Oppeln/Oppelner Schlesien) is a Polish voivodeship, or province, created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Opole Voivodeship and parts of Cz stochowa Voivodeship, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province''s name derives from that of the region''s capital and largest city, Opole, pronounced [ p l ]. It is part of Silesia.