Zichenau district
The district of Zichenau (Polish: Ciechanów ) existed between 1939 and 1945 in occupied Poland . On January 1, 1945, it comprised nine administrative districts with the corresponding number of cities and municipalities.
Administrative history
Poland
The Polish district of Ciechanów belonged to Poland at the beginning of the Second World War , namely to the Warszawa Voivodeship (= Warsaw).
German Empire
After the attack on Poland , on October 26, 1939, the district of Ciechanów - renamed Zichenau - as part of the new administrative district of the same name in the province of East Prussia and thus annexed by the German Reich in violation of international law .
The district office and the authority of the district president were in Zichenau .
On July 1, 1943, parts of the Mielau military estate were reclassified from the Zichenau district to the Mielau district .
In January 1945 the district was occupied by the Red Army and then became part of Poland again .
District administrators
Land Commissioner in Ciechanów
- 1939 : Theodor Parisius (1896–1985)
- 1939 : Horst-Hildebrandt von Einsiedel (1904–1945)
District administrators from 1939 to 1945
- 1939–1940: Horst-Hildebrandt von Einsiedel ( substitute )
- 1940–1943: Erich Matthes
- 1943–1945: Paul Funk ( substitute )
Local constitution
After the incorporation into the German Reich, all cities and municipalities were combined in administrative districts and were administered by official commissioners.
All districts and parts of office districts that belonged to the military training area "North" was dissolved on 1 July 1943 and the new Heeresgutsbezirk summarized Mielau. This extended over the districts of Mielau , Praschnitz and Zichenau. On the same day he was completely assigned to the Mielau district.
Place names
Due to an unpublished decree of December 29, 1939, the previous Polish place names continued to apply. It remained until the end of the war, with the exception of the official renaming of Ciechanów to "Zichenau". The renaming of all localities had already been prepared, but was no longer carried out.