Reichthaler Ländchen

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The partitions of Silesia in 1919 and 1945

The northeastern part of the former Silesian district of Namslau around the eponymous capital Reichthal is known as Reichthaler Ländchen .

Associated places

The following places belonged to the Reichthaler Ländchen:

Boundary drawing according to the Versailles Treaty

The newly emerging Polish state claimed the districts of Namslau and Oppeln . In the Peace Treaty of Versailles Poland was given the eastern part of the Namslau district.

As part of the Upper Silesian referendum , a referendum took place in the Namslau voting area. The voting area comprised the southeastern part of the former Namslau district. These included the communities of Bachwitz (Polish: Wieloleka), Dammer, Erbenfeld, Erdmannsdorf, Friedrichsberg, Hennersdorf, Johannesdorf, Noldau, Ordenstal, Sophiental, Steinersdorf, Sterzendorf, Wallendorf and the goods Dammer, Moldau and Sterzendorf. Over 97% of the voters voted for this area to remain with Germany . The limit was set with this result in mind.

The Reichthaler Ländchen with 11 towns, about 85 km² and around 4,600 inhabitants was attached to Poland in 1921 without a referendum. A privately organized survey of the population resulted in a clear vote in favor of remaining with Germany. In the absence of international monitoring, this opinion poll did not meet the requirements of a plebiscite and was not taken into account when drawing the boundary.

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Maria Frisé : My Silesian family and I. Memories . Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-351-02577-7 , p. 107.