Poznan-West district
The Posen-West district in the Prussian province of Posen existed from 1887 to 1919. The former district area is now part of the Polish Greater Poland Voivodeship .
size
In 1887, the Posen-West district had an area of 637 km².
Administrative history
The Prussian Posen-West district was formed on October 1st, 1887 from the western half of the dissolved Posen district. The seat of the district office was the city of Poznan . On December 27, 1918, the Wielkopolska uprising against German rule began in the Posen Province , and in January 1919 the area of the Posen-West County was under Polish control. On February 16, 1919, an armistice ended the Polish-German fighting, and on June 28, 1919 the German government officially ceded the Posen-West district to the Second Polish Republic with the signing of the Peace Treaty of Versailles .
Population development
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1895 | 35,235 | |
| 1895 | 35,808 | |
| 1900 | 36,471 | |
| 1910 | 43,129 |
Of the population in 1890, 87% were Poles and 13% German. The majority of the German residents left the area after 1919.
politics
District administrators
- 1887–1890 Emil von Tempelhoff (1840–1908)
- 1890–1895 Hans Ukert (1857–1930)
- 1895–1899 Walter Iffland († 1899)
- 1899-1904 Rasch
- 1904–1911 Alfred von Tilly
- 1911–1919 Arthur Schack von Wittenau
elections
The district of Posen-West belonged together with the district of Posen-Ost and the city district of Posen to the Posen 1 Reichstag constituency . The constituency was won by candidates from the Polish parliamentary group in the Reichstag elections between 1887 and 1912 :
- 1887 Stephan Cegielski
- 1890 Stephan Cegielski
- 1893 Stephan Cegielski
- 1898 Stanislaus Motty
- 1903 Bernard von Chrzanowski
- 1907 Bernard von Chrzanowski
- 1912 Stanislaw Nowicki
Municipal structure
The town of Stenschewo belonged to the Posen-West district . The (as of 1908) 96 rural communities and 47 manor districts were combined to form larger police districts.
Communities
At the beginning of the 20th century the following communities belonged to the district:
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With a few exceptions, the Polish place names continued to apply after 1815, and several place names were Germanized at the beginning of the 20th century.
Web links
- District of Posen-West Administrative history and district list on the website territorial.de (Rolf Jehke), as of July 14, 2013.
Individual evidence
- ^ Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia: Province of Posen
- ↑ a b c www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de
Administrative districts: Bromberg | Poses
Districts: Poznan | Bromberg | Schneidemühl
Districts: Adelnau | Pear tree | Bomb | Bromberg | Czarnikau | Filehne | Fraustadt | Gostyn | Gniezno | Grätz | Hohensalza (formerly Inowrazlaw ) | Jarotschin | Kempen i. Poses | Kolmar i. Posen (formerly Chodziesen ) | Koshmin | Cost | Krotoschin | Lissa | Meseritz | Mogilno | Neuto Mischel | Obornik | Ostrowo | Pleschen | Poznan East | Poznan West | Rawitsch | Samter | Schildberg | Schmiegel | Schrimm | Schroda | Schubin | Schwerin an der Warthe | Strelno | We seat | Witkowo | Wongrowitz (formerly Wongrowiec ) | Wreschen (formerly Peysern ) | Tin