Angerburg district

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Coat of arms of the district of Angerburg Location of the Angerburg district in Germany in 1944/45
Basic data (status approx. 1945)
Existing period: 1818 - 1945
Country : Prussia
(Germany until 1945)
Province : East Prussia
Administrative region : Gumbinnen
Administrative headquarters : Angerburg
Surface: 929.42 km²
Residents : 42,744 (May 17, 1939)
Population density : 46.0 inhabitants per km²
License plate : IC
1953 planned: AGB
Circle structure: 71 municipalities
3 manor districts
in 31 administrative districts
Location of the circle
Location of the district

The Angerburg district was a Prussian district in East Prussia that was founded in 1818 and existed until 1945.

Administrative history

Kingdom of Prussia

With the Prussian administrative reforms after the Congress of Vienna , the district of Angerburg was created on September 1, 1818 in the administrative district of Gumbinnen in the province of East Prussia .

This included the parishes:

The district office was in Angerburg.

Since December 3, 1829, the district - after the merger of the previous provinces of Prussia and West Prussia - belonged to the new province of Prussia with the seat in Königsberg i. Pr.

North German Confederation and German Empire

Since July 1, 1867, the province of Prussia (and thus also the Angerburg district) belonged to the North German Confederation and from January 1, 1871 to the German Empire . After the division of the province of Prussia into the new provinces of East Prussia and West Prussia, the Angerburg district became part of East Prussia on April 1, 1878. On August 10, 1876, the rural communities Alt Gurren and Neu Gurren and the manor district Gurren from the Darkehmen district were incorporated into the Angerburg district. The estate district Broszeitschen moved from the district of Angerburg to the district of Darkehmen. On September 30, 1929, in line with developments in the rest of the Free State of Prussia, a territorial reform took place in the Angerburg district , in which all previously independent manor districts were dissolved except for two and assigned to neighboring rural communities. At the same time, the Serwillen manor district was incorporated from the Rastenburg district into the Angerburg district.

Towards the end of the Second World War , the district was occupied by the Red Army in January 1945 . In the summer of 1945, the district was placed under Polish administration by the Soviet occupying power in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement . As far as the German population had not fled, she was largely in the aftermath of the circle area sold .

The sponsorship for the former district Angerburg took over after World War II, the district of Rotenburg (Wümme) .

Local constitution

The Angerburg district was initially divided into the town of Angerburg, into rural communities and - until they were almost completely eliminated - into independent manor districts. With the introduction of the Prussian Municipal Constitution Act of December 15, 1933, there was a uniform municipal constitution for all municipalities from January 1, 1934. The previous municipality of Angerburg was now called the city . With the introduction of the German Municipal Code on January 30, 1935, the municipal constitution valid in the German Reich came into force on April 1, 1935, according to which the previous rural municipalities were now referred to as municipalities . These were grouped together in administrative districts .

A new district constitution was no longer created; The district regulations for the provinces of East and West Prussia, Brandenburg, Pomerania, Silesia and Saxony from March 19, 1881 continued to apply .

District administrators

1818–1848: by Köller
1848–1861: Hermann Schmidt
1861–1867: Julius Feige
1867–1869: Ludwig von Staudy
1869–1875: Gustav von Salmuth
1875–1883: Franz Köhn von Jaski
1883–1892: Ernst von Kannewurff
1892–1904: Karl Beeckmann
1904–1915: Wilhelm Heyl
1915–1920: Kurt Wiechert
1920–1928: Otto Streicher
1928–1930: Wilhelm Ellinghaus
1930–1933: Franz Rudnitzki
1933–1937: Otto Braun
1937–1939: Clemens Roßbach
1939–1945: Adolf Westphalen

(Source below)

cities and communes

Administrative structure 1945

On January 1, 1945, the Angerburg district consisted of 71 communities, including the city of Angerburg and three manor districts:

Districts & municipalities Population (1939) comment
City of Angerburg
1. Angerburg , city 10,922
District Albrechtswiesen (until 1938 Popiollen)
1. Albrechtswiesen 494 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Popiollen
2. Birkenhöhe (East Pr.) 241 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Brosowken
3. Linden meadow 256 Renamed in 1923, formerly Klein Pillacken
4. Sonnheim 315 Renamed in 1927, formerly Krzywinsken
Benkheim district
1. Benkheim 1,970
2. Rochau (East Pr.) 299 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly classmates
3. Talheim 391 Renamed April 24, 1904, formerly Polish Dombrowken
4. Clouds , Remonte Depot, unincorporated manor district 54 Renamed 17 July 1940, formerly Sperling , parish-free manor district
District Borken
1. Borker Heide, part of Kr.Angerburg, Forst, community-free manor district (partially) 0
District Borkenwalde (until 1931 Regulowken)
1. Borkenwalde 310 Renamed 7th July 1930, formerly Mosdzehnen
2. Jorking 354 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Jorkowen
3. Siewen 259
Buddern District
1. Digging 897
2. Gronden 367
Doben district
1. Above 227 Renamed 8 May 1930, formerly Kühnort
Engelstein district
1. Engelstein 592
2. Rehsau 334
Groß Strengeln district
1. Big stalk 262
2. Schwenten 828 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Ogonken
Großgarten District (until 1938 Possessern)
1. Bergensee 431 Renamed September 23, 1931, formerly Pietzarken
2. Large garden 1,551 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly possessers
Guja District
1. Great Guja 447
2. Raudensee 373 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Groß Wessolowen
3. Wieskoppen 154 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Biedaschken
District of Haarschen (until 1936 Haarßen)
1. Little hair 811 Renamed September 17, 1936, formerly Haarßen
Heidenberg district (until 1926 Grodzisko, until 1938 Schloßberg)
1. Heidenberg 540 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Schloßberg, until March 23, 1936 Grodzisko
2. Steinwalde 363 Renamed February 14, 1923, formerly Groß Pillacken
Heydtwalde district
1. Borker Heide, part of Kr.Angerburg, Forst, parish-free manor district (remainder) 0
District Kanitz (until 1938 Olschöwen)
1. Cooing 402
2. Kanitz 509 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Olschöwen
3. Wensen 240 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Wensowken
Kehlen District
1. Throats 777
District Kruglanken
1. Andreastal 456 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Willudden
2. Kruglanken 1,222
3. Soldiers 430
Kutten district
1. High seas 193 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Zabinken
2. Jakuns 749 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Jakunowken
3. Cowls 413
Lissen district
1. Herbsthausen 385 until March 31, 1938: Sawadden , Mitschkowken and Budzisken
2. Kerschken 311
3. Lissen 749
District Paulswalde
1. Angertal 173 Renamed August 26, 1929, formerly Jakunowen
2. Geroldswalde 215 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Wilkowen
3. Paulswalde 425
4. Stullichen 175
District of Perlswalde
(until 1939: District of Brosowen)
1. Hartenstein (East Pr.) 412
2. Pearl Forest 325
Rosengarten district
1. Langbrück 383
2. mass tendons 374
3. Rose garden 1,139
District Salpen (until 1938 Sobiechen)
1. Salps 537 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Sobiechen
2. Treugenfließ 138 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Pietrellen
Seehausen district
1. Knobbenort 193
2. Seehausen 450 Renamed January 21, 1927, formerly Jesziorowsken
Siewken district
1. Siewken 401
Soltmahnen District
1. New Freudenthal 284
2. Soltmahnen 517
District Steinort
1. Passdorf 377 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Pristani
2. Steinort 629
3. Taberlack 255
Sunkeln District
1. Altheide , part of the district of Angerburg, Forst, community-free manor district 0 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Skallischen
2. Groß Budschen 436
3. Sink 175
Surminnen district
1. Kulsen 330
2. Ostau 229 Renamed 16 July 1938, formerly Sapallen
3. Surminnen 455
Thiergarten district (until 1938 Prinowen)
1. Primsdorf 401 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Prinowen
2. Thiergarten 635
Wenzken district
1. Dowiats 205
2. Wenzken 510
District Wiesental
1. Painting beams 139
2. Small stalking 345
3. Cabins 231 Renamed July 16, 1938, formerly Przytullen
4. Wiesental 364 until 1907 Przerwanken

Place names

On June 3, 1938 - with official confirmation from July 16, 1938 - the Gauleiter and Oberpräsident of East Prussia Erich Koch issued some renaming of place names in the district of Angerburg .

literature

  • Gustav Neumann : Geography of the Prussian State . 2nd edition, Volume 2, Berlin 1874, p. 32, item 11.
  • Bernd Braumüller: Angerburg from A to Z: a ​​reference work on the Angerburg district in East Prussia . Self-published by the district community of Angerburg, Rotenburg (Wümme) 2002, 830 pages.

Web links

Commons : Landkreis Angerburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Braumüller, Erich Pfeiffer: Heimat am Mauersee, an illustrated book about the district of Angerburg / East Prussia. Self-published by the district community of Angerburg, Rotenburg (Wümme) 1977, p. 70 f.
  2. ^ Community encyclopedia for the Free State of Prussia, Volume 1: Province of East Prussia, Berlin 1931
  3. ↑ a b Official directory of the German Reich 1939, 2nd edition 1941
  4. ^ Quarterly Issues for Contemporary History , Volume 51, Issue 2, April 2003, page 141