District of Plönen
The district of Plhnen (Polish: Płońsk, then German initially: Plonsk) existed between 1939 and 1945 in occupied Poland . On January 1, 1945, it comprised seventeen administrative districts with the corresponding number of cities and municipalities.
Administrative history
Poland
At the beginning of the Second World War, the Płońsk district belonged to Poland , namely to the Warszawa Voivodeship (= Warsaw).
German Empire
After the invasion of Poland , on October 26, 1939, the Płońsk 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 November 20, 1939, part of the Warszawa district was incorporated into the General Government for the occupied Polish territories , namely a strip on the southern bank of the Vistula .
On December 29, 1939, the district of Płońsk was initially renamed Plonsk and Germanized on May 21, 1941 in Plönen .
The district office was in Plonsk / Plönen.
In January 1945 the district was occupied by the Red Army and then became part of Poland again .
Local constitution
After the incorporation into the German Reich, all cities and municipalities were combined in administrative districts and administered by official commissioners . The seat of the district was the eponymous city of Płońsk or Plöhn.
District administrators
Land Commissioner in Płońsk
- 1939 : Hermann Conring (1894–1989)
- 1939 : Ernst Speidel (1879–1957)
District administrators from 1939 to 1945
- 1939–1940: Ernst Speidel ( substitute )
- 1940–1945: Walter Moser
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Due to an unpublished decree of December 29, 1939, the previous Polish place names continued to apply.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 two exceptions:
- Płońsk: 1941: Plan,
- Nowy Dwór: 1939: Neuhof, 1942: Bugmünde.
Web links
- Administrative history of the district of Plhnen and the district administrators on the website territorial.de (Rolf Jehke), as of August 11, 2013.