Grobin district

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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

  1. ↑ The Russian Empire [1]
  2. ↑ Adolf Richter. Baltic traffic and address books. Volume 2. Courland. Riga 1912
  3. ↑ http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=658
  4. ↑ http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=659
  5. ↑ 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.