Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz was a Regierungsbezirk, or administrative region, of Nazi German Provinz Schlesien (Province of Silesia) from 1939 to 1941, and Provinz Oberschlesien (Province of Upper Silesia) from 1941 to 1945. The regional capital was Kattowitz (Katowice).
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The region was created after German invasion of Poland in 1939 from territories annexed by Germany. The Kattowitz region was composed of former Polish Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship (without the Lubliniec County), and parts of the Kielce Voivodeship (Będzin county and parts of Olkusz County) and parts of Kraków Voivodeship (Biała Krakowska County, Żywiec County, and parts of Chrzanów and Wadowice Counties). Auschwitz concentration camp was located there
In Spring 1945 the territory was occupied by the Soviet Red Army. The district was dissolved when the land was restored to Polish control.