Goldingen district
Goldingen District ( Russian Гольдингенский уезд Goldingensky uezd , Latvian Kuldīgas apriņķis ) was an administrative unit in Courland from 1819 to 1949 . The main town was Goldingen .
location
The circle Goldingen bordered on the northeast by the county Talsi , on the east by the county Tuckum , on the south by the Kovno Governorate .
administration
Insinuation
From 1819 to 1915 the district belonged to the Courland Governorate in the Russian Empire , from 1915 to 1918 it was occupied by German troops. From 1918 to 1940 the district belonged to the Republic of Latvia . In 1940/1941 the district was occupied by the Soviet Union, occupied by German troops from 1941 to 1945 and part of the Latvian SSR from 1945 to 1949 .
Dissolution in 1949 and subsequent reclassifications
On December 31, 1949 the division into the Rajone Auces (1949-1959), Kuldīgas (1949-2009), Saldus (1949-2009) and Skrundas (1949-1959) took place.
From 2009 Latvia was divided into districts (novad). Four districts bear the name of Rajone 1949: auce municipality , district Kuldīga , Saldus , district Skrunda .
Auce
Kuldīga
Balance
Skrunda
population
Census of the Russian Empire
The first all-Russian census of 1897 showed 66,335 inhabitants. 57,415 of these people (86.6%) spoke Latvian, 5,626 (8.5%) German , 2,639 (4.0%) Yiddish , 212 (0.3%) Lithuanian , 180 (0.3%) Romani , 161 ( 0.2%) Russian and 51 (0.1%) Polish as mother tongue .
Established noble families
- Recke (noble family) , owner: Berghof-Brotzen , near Frauenburg (owned by the family from 1576 to 1919)
- Thülen (noble family) : Kimahlen and Barutzen (pledge possession)
- Black (Prussian noble family) : Satticken , Scheden and Klein Nitten (until 1729)