Posen (region)
- Government district of Posen
- Regierungsbezirk Bromberg
The government district of Posen was from 1815 to 1919 an administrative district of the Prussian province of Posen. Its territory belongs mostly to the Polish Wielkopolska Region today.
History
The government district of Posen was established in 1815 in the Prussian province of Posen Grand Duchy. It included the southern part of the province, and had at its foundation an area of 17,839 km ². The seat of the provincial government was located in Poznan. The population of the administrative district was majority polnischsprachig. The poses province belonged since 1871 to the German Empire. After the end of World War I, the majority of the administrative district under the provisions of the Versailles peace treaty with Poland had to be ceded. When the German Empire the district of Schwerin remained on the Warta River and parts of circles Bomst, Fraustadt, Meseritz, Krotoschin, Lissa and Ravich.
Population Development
Administrative divisions
1815-1887 city circle
- Stadtkreis poses
Counties
- Adelnau
- Birnbaum
- Bomst
- Buk
- Fraustadt
- Costs
- Kröben
- Krotoschin
- Meseritz
- Obornik
- Pleschen
- Posen
- Samter
- Schildberg
- Schrimm
- Schroda
- Wreschen ( until 1820 Circle Peysern )
1887-1919 city circle
- Stadtkreis poses
Counties
- Adelnau
- Birnbaum
- Bomst
- Fraustadt
- Gostyn
- Gratz
- Jarotschin
- Kempen
- Koschmin
- Costs
- Krotoschin
- Lissa
- Meseritz
- Neutomischel
- Obornik
- Ostrowo
- Pleschen
- Posen - West
- Posen - West
- Rawitsch
- Samter
- Schildberg
- Schmiegel
- Schrimm
- Schroda
- Schwerin on the Warta River
- Wreschen