Bromberg (region)
- Regierungsbezirk Bromberg
- Government district of Posen
The Prussian administrative district of Bromberg was as a means authority to manage the Grand Duchy of Posen (later Province of Posen ) was established in 1815. During the period of Nazi occupation was from 1939 to 1945 within the Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia again Regierungsbezirk Bromberg.
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Location
As the seat of government, the city of Bydgoszcz in 1815 determined. To the north of the district bordered to the government district Marienwerderstraße in the province of West Prussia. In the East, the Russian Poland was. In the south, the government district of Posen was. In the West, the government district of Frankfurt was the province of Brandenburg.
Structure
In 1820 the district of the circles was:
- Bromberg
- Chodziesen (1877 renamed Kolmar in Posen)
- Czarnikau
- Gniezno
- Inowraclaw (1904 renamed Hohensalza )
- Mogilno
- Shubin
- Wirsitz
- Wongrowitz
In 1875 the urban district of Bromberg was established. In 1886 the county Strelno, 1887 founded the circles Filehne, Witkowo and Znin.
Geography
The district consisted of 1820 about 11,697 km ². Geographically, the area belonged to the North German lowlands. He was dominated by small lakes and wetlands. Larger rivers were the networks and Brahe. On the eastern border of the Vistula was. The Bromberg canal linked since the 18th century the Vistula River Elbe and Oder.
History
In Prussia
The county of Bromberg was on the annexed by Prussia already during the partitions of Poland area A large part of it fell under the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles after the First World War to the Second Polish Republic.
In the Third Reich
After the occupation of Poland, an administrative district of Bromberg was re- established under the Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia. It consisted of the urban districts Bromberg and Thorn and the districts of Bromberg, Culm, Schwetz, Thorn, Tuchel, Wirsitz and Zempelburg.
Population and Economy
The population was 1820 at 287 145. It rose to 1850 to 491 352 in 1905 and was 723 965.
The main economic activity of the district was agriculture. Mineral resources were promoted only in small amounts. Industrialization was insignificant. Of some importance in the first half of the 19th century was the home commercial textile manufacture.
Traffic
Since the late 1840s, the connection began on the streets of modern art. A first railway to Stettin to Posen and was inaugurated in 1851. More links to Gdansk and Königsberg as well as Frankfurt an der Oder to Berlin followed. Later, the further expansion of the railway and waterway network took place.
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References
Literature sources
- Official Journal of the Royal Prussian Government to Bromberg. Year 1827 ( Online)