District of Schröttersburg

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The district of Schröttersburg (Polish: Płock, then German initially: Plock) existed between 1939 and 1945 in occupied Poland . On January 1, 1945, it comprised thirteen administrative districts with cities and municipalities.

Schröttersburg district in the province of East Prussia

Administrative history

Poland

The Polish district of Płock, with the old Mazovian bishopric town of Płock as the district town, belonged to Poland at the beginning of the Second World War , namely to the Warszawa Voivodeship .

German Empire

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

On November 20, 1939, a part of the Sochaczew district was incorporated into the General Government for the occupied Polish territories , namely a strip on the south bank of the Vistula .

On December 29, 1939, the district of Płock was initially renamed Plock and Germanized in Schröttersburg on May 21, 1941 , after the former Prussian President Friedrich Leopold von Schrötter .

The district office was in Plock / Schröttersburg .

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

District administrators

Land commissioner in Płock

1939 -9999: Wolfgang Born (* 1903)

District administrators from 1939 to 1945

1939–1940: Wolfgang Born ( substitute )
1940–1945: Kurt Fehr

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Due to an unpublished decree of December 29, 1939, the previous Polish place names continued to apply.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

However, a complete “wild” (provisional) renaming of all places at district level had already taken place in 1939/1940, e.g. B .:

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