Circle Putzig

The Putzig district was a Prussian district that existed from 1887 to 1920. It was located in the part of West Prussia that fell to Poland after the First World War through the Treaty of Versailles in 1920 and was called the Polish Corridor . The district town was Putzig , earlier also Pautzke (Polish Puck ). The Hela Peninsula belonged to the district area . Today the former district area is in the Polish Pomeranian Voivodeship .

The Putzig district from 1878 to 1920

West Prussia Province in 1919

Gdansk administrative district

Marienwerder administrative district

history

Due to the continuous increase in the population of West Prussia in the 19th century, some districts turned out to be too large and a reduction in size appeared necessary. On April 1, 1887, the new Putzig district with the district office in the town of Putzig was formed from the northern part of the Neustadt district in West Prussia . The district was on the Baltic coast and included, among other things, the Hela peninsula .

After the First World War , the Putzig district had to be ceded to Poland by the German Reich on January 10, 1920 due to the provisions of the Peace Treaty . The circle continued in Poland as Powiat Pucki .

During the German occupation of Poland from 1939 to 1945 , the district belonged to the district of Neustadt (Westpr.) In the Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia .

population

Ethnic composition

In 1905 approx. 30% of the population of the district were German-speaking and approx. 70% Polish or Kashubian-speaking.

Population development

• 1890: 24.060
• 1900: 25.216
• 1910: 26,548

Denominations

year	evangelical		Catholic		Jewish
	absolutely	%	absolutely	%	absolutely	%
1890	5,308	22.1	18,679	77.6	71	0.3
1910	5,398	20.3	21,084	79.4	60	0.2

politics

District administrators

• 1887–1900 00Albrecht
• 1900–1918 00Karl Tappen
• 1918–1919 00Abramowski ( substitute )
• 1919 by Maercker ( acting )-999900
• 1919 Heinrich Kobbenbrink ( acting )-999900

elections

In the German Reich, the districts of Neustadt, Karthaus and Putzig formed the Reichstag constituency of Danzig 4 . This constituency was won by candidates from the Polish parliamentary group in all elections to the Reichstag between 1871 and 1912 .

cities and communes

In 1910 the Putzig district comprised the city of Putzig and 53 rural communities:

Blansekow Bresin Bridge Brusdau Ceynowa Chlapau Danzig Heisternest Darslub Eichenberg Gelsin Gnesdau Goshin Groß Dommatau Großendorf

Groß Schlatau Big Starsin Hela Karlekau Cartoquin Karwen Karwenbruch Casimir Klein Dommatau Kossakau Kiss field Leßnau Löbsch Luebkau

Mechau Mech links Menkewitz Mirushin Oblush Odargau Oslanin Ostrau Oxhöft Piervozin Pogorsch Polchau Polzin Cute town

Cute heister's nest Rewa Schmollin Schwarzau Schwetzin Sellistrau Slavoshin Sobiensitz Strellin Tupadel Werblin Zarnowitz

Numerous manor districts also belonged to the district .

literature

• Franz Schultz : History of the districts Neustadt and Putzig. Danzig 1907 ( e-copy )

Web links

• District of Putzig Administrative history and district council list on the website territorial.de (Rolf Jehke), as of July 16, 2013.
• Uwe Kerntopf: Index of the localities in the Putzig district, West Prussia province (December 1, 1905)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Leszek Belzyt: Linguistic minorities in the Prussian state from 1815 to 1914 . Marburg 1998, p. 17 f.
2. ↑ Database of members of the Reichstag ( memento of the original from January 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Victory candidates in the Reichstag elections in the Neustadt-Putzig-Karthaus constituency
4. ↑ Municipal directory 1910 with population figures