District of Ilkenau

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The district of Ilkenau , previously Olkusz / Olkusch, existed in occupied Poland between 1939 and 1945 . On January 1, 1945, it included a city ​​administered according to the German municipal code of January 30, as well as four administrative districts with 43 municipalities.

Administrative history

Poland

At the beginning of the Second World War , the Olkusz district belonged to Poland , namely to the Kielce Voivodeship .

After the German occupation of Poland in September 1939, the Polish district of Olkusz initially belonged to the German-administered General Government for the occupied Polish territories from October 26, 1939 .

German Empire

On November 20, 1939, the border to the Generalgouvernement was finally determined. The western quarter of the Olkusz district became part of the new administrative district of Katowice in the Prussian province of Silesia .

The larger eastern part of the district remained with the Generalgouvernement, was administered jointly for some time and then joined the new district chief Miechow on January 1, 1940.

The district office was in Olkusz .

On December 29, 1939 the district of Olkusz was temporarily renamed Olkusch .

On January 18, 1941, the province of Silesia was dissolved. The new province of Upper Silesia was formed from the previous administrative districts of Katowice and Opole.

On May 21, 1941, the name of the district of Ilkenau was Germanized, but is already listed under this name in the official register of municipalities for the German Reich, 2nd edition, published by the Reich Statistical Office, as of January 1, 1941.

In the spring of 1945, the district was occupied by the Red Army and then became part of Poland again .

politics

Land Commissioner

1939 -9999: Heinrich Groll

District administrators

1939–1943: Heinrich Groll
194? -9999: Nowack ( representative )

Local constitution

After the attack on Poland until 1945 only the city of Ilkenau (= Olkusz / Olkusch) was subject to the German municipal code of January 30, 1935, which was valid in the Altreich and provided for the implementation of the Führer principle at the municipal level. All other municipalities were grouped together in administrative districts and were administered by office commissioners.

Place names

Due to an unpublished decree of December 29, 1939, the previous Polish place names continued to apply.

There was no final assignment of purely German place names until the end of the war. However, this was already prepared in detail. These were phonetic adjustments, translations, new creations or improvements to the names that have been valid since 1939, for example:

  • Boleslaw: Zinkberg,
  • Ogrodzieniec : Bonerburg,
  • Rabsztyn: Rabenstein OS,
  • Slawkow: Schlockau,
  • Zelazko: Eisenhübel,
  • Zimnodol: Kaltengrund.

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