District of Sichelberg

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Zichenau district

The district of Sichelberg (Polish: Sierpc, then German initially: Schirps) 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 Sierpc 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 district of Sierpc became part of the new Zichenau administrative district of the East Prussian province and thus annexed to the German Reich in violation of international law .

On December 29, 1939, the district of Sierpc was initially renamed Schirps and Germanized in Sichelberg on May 21, 1941 .

The district office was in Schirps / Sichelberg.

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

District administrators

Land Commissioner in Sierpc

1939 -9999: Wittich
1939 -9999: Otto Schmidtke

District administrators from 1939 to 1945

1939–1940: Otto Schmidtke ( substitute )
1940–1945: Hermann Wölk

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Due to an unpublished decree of December 29, 1939, the previous Polish place names continued to apply.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 Sierpc / Schirps to "Sichelberg". The renaming of all localities had already been prepared, but was no longer carried out.

However, at the district level, a complete “wild” (provisional) renaming of all places took place as early as 1939/1940, e.g. B .:

  • Białyszewo: Weissenbach
  • Bieżuń : Lauffen
  • Gójsk: Glaubitz
  • Gradzanowo: Hagelsheim
  • Gutkowo: Gutkau
  • Koziebrody: Goat ford
  • Mochowo: Machau
  • Raciąż: Harnau
  • Rościszewo: Kittlitz
  • Zawidz Koscielny: Hermenau
  • Żuromin: Görtzen

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