Volost Polangen
The Wolost Polangen (Russian Полангенская волость, lit. Palangos valsčius , Lat. Palangas pagasta ) was an administrative unit ( Wolost ) in the Russian Empire . The center was Polangen , now a place in the township of Palanga .
administration
The area belonged to the Duchy of Samogitia as "Palangos valsčius" .
In 1819 the Wolost Polangen was handed over to the Courland Governorate by decree of Tsar Alexander I ; thus the government bordered directly on the province of East Prussia . As part of Kurland, the Wolost Polangen belonged to the Grobin district .
According to Paul Anton Fedor Konstantin Possart in “The Russian Empire”, the area around Polangen was torn away from the “ Wilna Gouvernement ” in 1819 and returned to the same in 1827. It moved in 1819 from the county Telschi for county Grobin . The Kovno governorate was not formed until 1843, so that the Vilna governorate reached as far as Polangen at that time. The reason given for the transfer to Courland was "more convenient administration".
After the formation of the Baltic States, Palanga was returned to Lithuania in 1920 as part of a border adjustment with Latvia.
On September 28, 1920, the Lithuanian-Latvian border treaty was signed in Riga. On March 21, 1921, strips from Palanga and Sventoji were assigned to Lithuania.
During the Second World War the area belonged to Krottingen County, Schaulen-Land County, General District Lithuania.
cards
1820 map of the Gouv. Courland - Polangen in Courland
1835 map of the Gouv. Courland - Polangen not in Courland
Map of the Baltic Sea Governments, Meyers, mid-1890s - Polangen in Courland
Map of the Gouv. Courland and Kovno around 1900 - Polangen in Courland
Map of the Govern. Kovno and environs 1876–1914 - Polangen in Courland
1888 - Polangen in Courland
1902 - Polangen in Courland
1910 - Polangen in Courland
Map of Upper East , WWI - Polangen in Courland
1920 map of Poland and the Balitcs - Polangen in Kurzeme
Map of RK Ostland , WW II - Polangen in the general district of Lithuania , Krottingen district
Palanga municipality in Lithuania
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population
In 1923 there were 4053 inhabitants:
| nationality | proportion of | number |
|---|---|---|
| Lithuanians | 65.33% | 2648 |
| Latvians | 18.6% | 754 |
| Jews | 11.23% | 455 |
| German | 1.97% | 80 |
| Poland | 1.73% | 70 |
| other | 1.13% | 46 |
Individual evidence
- ^ The Russian Empire - Google Books
- ↑ Palanga. Svarbiausios istorijos datos
- ↑ 1923 m. surašymo duomenys ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
