Grobin district
Grobin District ( Russian Гробинский уезд , Latvian Grobiņas apriņķis ) was an administrative unit in the Courland Governorate , which was established in 1795 , in the Russian Empire . The main town was Grobin . During the German occupation in World War I, it existed as a district under the administration of Upper East .
Limits
In the west it bordered the Baltic Sea, in the north and northeast on the district of Hasenpoth , in the east on the Vilna governorate .
In the south near Polangen the border changed several times. In 1819 the Wolost Polangen was transferred to the Courland Governorate by decree of Tsar Alexander I. As a result, the governorate bordered directly on the northernmost point of the province of East Prussia near Nimmersatt . According to Paul Anton Fedor Konstantin Possart in "Das Kaiserthum Russland" the area around Polangen came back to the Vilna governorate in 1827 .
Breakdown
In 1912 there were 13 pagasti and 3 pilsētas:
3 cities
- Durbe ( Durben )
- Grobiņa ( Grobin )
- Liepāja ( Libau )
13 pagasts:
Latvian | German | > Cyrillic / Russian |
---|---|---|
Asites | Assistants | Асситен |
Bārtas | Oberbartau | Обербартау |
Durbes | Durben | Дурбен |
Gaviezes | Gawesen | Гавезен |
Grobiņas | Coarse | Гробин |
Medzes-Vērgales | Medsen-Virginahlen | Медзен-Вирцниленская |
Nīcas | Niederbartau | Нидербартау |
Pērkones | Perkuhnen | Перкунен |
Priekules | Preekuln | Прекульн |
Rucavas | Rutzau | Рутцау |
Tadaiķu | Tadaiken | Тадайкен |
Talsu | Talsen | Тальзен |
Vecpils | Altenburg | Альтенбург |
Demographics
The 1897 census in the Russian Empire showed a population of 110,878 for the Grobin district. 1490 in Grobin, 64489 in Libau, 1400 in Polangen.
Native language:
- 58.5% Latvian
- 15.3% German
- 6.9% Russian
- 6.5% Yiddish
- 5.8% Polish
- 5.5% Lithuanian
- 0.3% Belarusian
- 0.2% Danish / Norwegian
- 0.2% Ukrainian
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Russian Empire [1]
- ↑ Adolf Richter. Baltic traffic and address books. Volume 2. Courland. Riga 1912
- ↑ http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=658
- ↑ http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=659
- ↑ Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России ( Russian ) Демоскоп Weekly. Retrieved December 22, 2013.