Pogranichny (Kaliningrad, Krasnosnamensk)
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Pogranitschny
Schillehnen (Waldheide) and Dirwehlen (Wehlen) Пограничный
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Pogranitschny ( Russian Пограничный , German Schillehnen , 1938 to 1946 Waldheide , also: Dirwehlen , 1938 to 1946 Wehlen , Lithuanian Šilėnai , also: Dirveliai ) is a place in the Russian Oblast Kaliningrad . It belongs to the local government unit Stadtkreis Krasnoznamensk in Krasnoznamensky District .
Geographical location
Pogranitschny is located in the extreme northeast of the Kaliningrad Oblast , directly on the border with Lithuania . Three side streets meet in town, leading from the Lithuanian Jurbarkas ( German Georgenburg ), from the Memel neighboring town of Nemanskoje (Trappönen / Trappen) and from the Rajonzentrum Krasnosnamensk (Lasdehnen / Haselberg) . Before 1945 there was a ferry connection to Schmalleningken (now Lithuanian Smalininkai ), from where there was a connection to the now defunct small train to Pogegen .
history
Schillehnen (Waldheide (Ostpr.))
Due to its location on the southern bank of the Memel (Russian: Neman) and directly on the Russian-Lithuanian border, the village once called Schillehnen has lost its former special importance. Between 1874 and 1945 the place was the official seat and gave its name to an administrative district , which was renamed in 1939 to "District Waldheide (Ostpr.)". Until 1922 he was part of the district of Ragnit , then of the district of Tilsit-Ragnit in the administrative district of Gumbinnen in the Prussian province of East Prussia .
In 1910 there were 422 inhabitants registered in Schillehnen. On January 1, 1931, the place expanded when the neighboring village of Dirwehlen (1938 to 1946 Wehlen) was incorporated. The total number of inhabitants was 453 in 1933 and was still 424 in 1939.
On June 3rd - officially confirmed on July 16th - of the year 1938, Schillehnen was renamed "Waldheide (East Prussia)" for political and ideological reasons to defend against foreign-sounding place names. In 1945 the village was assigned to the Soviet Union as a result of the war with northern East Prussia .
District of Schillehnen / Waldheide (1874–1945)
The district of Schillehnen (1939 to 1945: district of Waldheide (Ostpr.)) Included five localities:
| Surname | Change name from 1938 to 1946 |
Russian name | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Lubönen | Friedenswalde | Osjornoje | |
| Dirwehlen | Wehlen | Pogranichny | 1931 incorporated into Schillehnen |
| Königswald, forest | |||
| New Lubönen | Memelwalde | Zelenodolye | |
| Schillehnen | Waldheide (East Pr.) | Pogranichny |
Dirwehlen (Wehlen)
South of Schillehnen is the much smaller village, once called Dirwehlen , through which the side road (27K-105) to Krasnosnamenskoje runs. Before 1945 it consisted of a few smaller farms. In 1874 Dirwehlen came to the district of Schillehnen in the district of Ragnit in the administrative district of Gumbinnen in the Prussian province of East Prussia . In 1910 there were 16 residents registered here.
Until December 31, 1930 Dirwehlen was independent. It was then incorporated into the community of Schillehnen together with the Wolfswinkel forestry department. Renamed "Wehlen" in 1938, the village came to the Soviet Union in 1945 like all other places in northern East Prussia .
Pogranichny
In 1950 the two villages of Schillehnen and Dirwehlen were combined under the Russian name "Pogranitschny" and at the same time assigned to the village soviet Nemanski selski Sowet in Krasnosnamensk Raion . Later (before 1975) the place came to the Chlebnikowski selski Sowet . From 2008 to 2015 Pogranichny belonged to the rural municipality Alexejewskoje selskoje posselenije and since then to the urban district of Krasnosnamensk.
church
Both in Schillehnen (Waldheide) and in Dirwehlen (Wehlen) the population was almost without exception Protestant . Both places, as well as the Wolfswinkel forestry, were parish in the parish of the Schmalleningken Church (today Lithuanian: Smalininkai) and before 1945 belonged initially to the Ragnit parish , later to the Pogegen parish (now Lithuanian: Pagėgiai) in the Memel area (with its own regional consistory) within the ecclesiastical province East Prussia of the Church of the Old Prussian Union .
Today Pogranitschny is in the catchment area of the newly established Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Sabrodino (Lesgewangminnen , 1938 to 1946 Lesgewangen) , which belongs to the Kaliningrad (Königsberg) provost of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of European Russia .
school
Schillehnen resp. Waldheide was a school location before 1945. Since around 1800 there has been a single-class school here, which was also attended by the children from Dirwehlen (Wehlen). The building was completely renovated in 1930. It survived the war, and in 1996 it was already in a ripe condition.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Kaliningradskaya oblastʹ. (Results of the 2010 all-Russian census. Kaliningrad Oblast.) Volume 1 , Table 4 (Download from the website of the Kaliningrad Oblast Territorial Organ of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
- ^ Dietrich Lange, Geographical Register of Places East Prussia (2005): Waldheide (Ostpr.)
- ↑ a b Schillehnen, border town on the Memel River
- ↑ a b Rolf Jehke, District Schillehnen / Waldheide (Ostpr.)
- ↑ a b Uli Schubert, municipality directory, Ragnit district
- ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City of Tilsit and district of Tilsit – Ragnit / Pogegen. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ↑ Dietrich Lange, Geographical Location Register East Prussia (2005): Wehlen
- ↑ Указ Президиума Верховного Совета РСФСР от 5 июля 1950 г., №745 / 3, "О переименовании населённых пунктов Калининградской области» (Regulation 745/3 of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR "About renaming of places in the Kaliningrad region" from 5 July 1950)
- ↑ Walther Hubatsch , History of the Evangelical Church of East Prussia , Volume 3: Documents , Göttingen, 1968, p. 513
- ↑ Evangelical Lutheran Provosty Kaliningrad ( Memento of the original dated August 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
