Krakow district
Krakow district refers to an area of the Republic of Poland which was occupied by the German Empire during the Second World War , but not incorporated into the Reich territory . The district existed from October 26, 1939 to January 18, 1945, when Krakow, also the capital of the General Government , was liberated by the Red Army . In 1943 it had about 4 million inhabitants.
The district largely comprised the Polish Voivodeship Krakow (1920–1939) (excluding the districts of Bielitz , Saybusch and Krenau , which were directly attached to the Third Reich), the western part of the Lemberg Voivodeship , and the southern part of the Kielce Voivodeship (Miechow district) .
The German occupiers more than doubled the area of the city of Krakow with many incorporations in 1941 and made it an independent city. In addition, the district was divided into twelve counties:
- Debica
- Jaroslau
- Jaslo
- Krakow country
- Krosno
- Miechow
- New Sandez
- Neumarkt (Dunajec)
- Przemysl
- Reichshof
- Sanok
- Tarnow
Governors of the Krakow district (seat: Adolf-Hitler-Platz 27):
- Otto Wächter (October 26, 1939 to January 22, 1942)
- Richard Wendler (January 31, 1942 to May 26, 1943)
- Ludwig Losacker (May 26 to October 10, 1943)
- Curt Ludwig Ehrenreich von Burgsdorff (November 23, 1943 to January 18, 1945)
literature
- Markus Roth, gentlemen. The German District Heads in Occupied Poland - Career Paths, Rule Practice and Post-History , Göttingen 2009.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Josef Bühler . The Government General, its administration and its economy: Collection of lectures from the first academic lecture series of the Government General Administration Academy. Administrative Academy. Burgverlag, March 1, 1943; P. 33
- ↑ Krakow district on www.territorial.de