Görlitz became the seat of the tiny territorial rest of the Silesian ecclesiastical province, constituting on May 1, 1947 as the independent Evangelical Church of Silesia () - comprising the small parts of Silesia remaining with Germany after 1945.
Görlitz became the center for the Evangelical Church of Silesia, which was formed on May 1, 1947, from the remaining parts of Silesia in Germany following World War II.