Mackeim district

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The district of Mackeim ( Maków in Polish , then initially in German: Makow) existed in occupied Poland between 1939 and 1945 . On January 1, 1945, it comprised ten administrative districts with the corresponding number of cities and municipalities.

Administrative history

Poland

The Polish Powiat Makowski (German Maków District ) belonged to Poland at the beginning of the Second World War , namely to the Warszawa Voivodeship (= Warsaw).

German Empire

After the invasion of Poland on October 26, 1939, the Maków district was incorporated into the East Prussian province of East Prussia as part of the new Zichenau district and thus incorporated into the German Reich in violation of international law .

On December 29, 1939, the district was first renamed Makow and Germanized in Mackeim on May 21, 1941 .

The district office was in Makow / Mackeim .

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

District administrators

Land commissioner in Maków

District administrators from 1939 to 1945

  • 1939–1940: Gerhard Pannenborg ( substitute )
  • 1940–1945: Herbert Seiler

Local constitution

After the incorporation into the German Reich, all cities and municipalities were combined in administrative districts and administered by official commissioners .

Place names

Due to an unpublished decree of December 29, 1939, the previous Polish place names continued to apply. It remained until the end of the war, with the exception of the official renaming of Maków in "Mackeim". The renaming of all localities had already been prepared, but was no longer carried out.

Web links

  • District Mackeim Administrative history and the district administrators on the website territorial.de (Rolf Jehke), as of August 11, 2013.