Ostenburg district
The Ostburg district (Polish: Pułtusk, then German initially: Pultusk) existed in occupied Poland between 1939 and 1945 . On January 1, 1945, it comprised thirteen administrative districts with the corresponding number of cities and municipalities.
Administrative history
Poland
The Polish district of Pułtusk 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 Pułtusk district became part of the new Zichenau administrative district of the East Prussian province and was thus annexed to the German Reich in violation of international law .
On December 29, 1939, the district of Pułtusk was first renamed Pultusk and Germanized in Ostenburg on May 21, 1941 .
The district office was in Pultusk / Ostenburg.
In January 1945 the district was occupied by the Red Army and then became part of Poland again.
District administrators
Land commissioner in Pułtusk
- 1939 : Otto Gonnermann (1908-2009)
- 1939 : Paul Uschdraweit (1891–1966)
District administrators from 1939 to 1945
- 1939–1940: Paul Uschdraweit ( substitute )
- 1940–1945: Karl Böttcher
Local constitution
After the incorporation into the German Reich, all cities and municipalities were combined in administrative districts and were 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Due to an unpublished decree of December 29, 1939, the previous Polish place names continued to apply.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 so until the end of the war, with the exception of the official renaming from Pultusk to "Ostenburg". The renaming of all localities had already been prepared, but was no longer carried out.
Web links
- Ostenburg administrative history and the district administrators on the website territorial.de (Rolf Jehke), as of August 11, 2013.