Litzmannstadt district

The administrative district Litzmannstadt was referred to as the administrative district Kalisch until 1941 . From 1939 to 1940 it was an administrative district in the new Reichsgau Posen and from 1940 to 1945 an administrative district in the now renamed Reichsgau Wartheland . Today the area belongs to Poland .

location

The city of Litzmannstadt was designated as the seat of government . To the north, the district bordered the Hohensalza administrative district . The General Government was to the east and south . To the south and west lay Silesia and the administrative district of Posen .

history

After the end of the Second World War , the area of ​​the administrative district fell to the People's Republic of Poland .

Administrative division

City districts

1. Kalisch
2. Litzmannstadt

Counties

1. Kalisch
2. Kempen (Wartheland)
3. Lask (seat: Pabianitz )
4. Lentschütz (seat: Brunnstadt )
5. Litzmannstadt
6. Ostrowo
7. Schieratz
8. Turek
9. Welun

District President

1939 -9999: Justus Weihe (1891–1980) ( acting )

1939–1943: Friedrich Uebelhoer (1893–1950)

1943–1945: Hermann Riediger (1898–1988) ( substitute )

Web links

• Administrative district Litzmannstadt Administrative history and the regional presidents on the website territorial.de (Rolf Jehke), status August 28, 2013.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Markus Roth: Herrenmenschen. The German District Chiefs in Occupied Poland - Career Paths, Rule Practice and Post-History . Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2009, p. 509
2. ↑ www.territorial.de - Reg.Bez. Litzmannstadt