Kreis Samter

Government district of Posen
Regierungsbezirk Bromberg

The circle Samter on the northern edge of the Prussian province of Posen was in the period from 1815 until 1918.

History ( 1793-1807 )

The area around the western Polish city Szamotuły ( Samter ) was after the Second Partition of Poland from 1793 to 1807 temporarily to the circle Obornik in the Prussian province of South Prussia. As the rest of " South Prussia " - - After the Peace of Tilsit in 1807, the area was incorporated into the Duchy of Warsaw.

Administrative history

The area around the western Polish city Szamotuły ( Samter ) fell again after the Congress of Vienna on 15 May 1815, the Kingdom of Prussia.

As part of the general reorganization of the circle outline in the Prussian state, a circle Samter was redefined on January 1, 1818.

Seat of the district administration has been the county seat Samter.

As part of the province of Posen of the circle Samter was on 18th January 1871 at the same time part of the newly founded German Empire, whereas the Polish deputies in the new Reichstag on April 1, 1871 protested.

On December 27, began in 1918 in the Posen province of Wielkopolska Uprising of the Polish majority population against German rule, and already on the same day the county seat Samter was under Polish control.

On February 16, 1919 armistice ended the Polish- German battles, and on 28 June 1919, the German government stepped with the signing of the Versailles Treaty, the circle Samter officially to the newly founded Poland from.

District administrators

Municipal outline

The circle Samter was divided into five boroughs, and the remaining villages were grouped into police districts.

The circle consisted of Samter on 1 January 1908:

5 boroughs ( Samter, Obrzycko, tiller, Scharfenort and Wronke )
96 rural communities and
67 agricultural estates.

Size

The circle Samter had an area of 1093 km ².

Population

The circle Samter had in 1890 54.498 inhabitants. Of these, 72 % were Polish, 24 % German and 4% Jews. Part of the German inhabitants left after 1918 the area.

Towns

List of localities in the district Samter with more than 500 inhabitants (1910 ):

( With a few exceptions were after 1815, the Polish place names on, at the beginning of the 20th century, several place names were Germanized. During the German occupation in the Second World War all the resorts were given German names. )