Kreis Grätz
- Regierungsbezirk Bromberg
- Government district of Posen
The circle Kralove in the west of the Prussian province of Posen was in the period from 1887 until 1918.
Prehistory
1793-1807
The area around the western Polish city Grodzisk Wielkopolski ( Gratz ) was after the Second Partition of Poland from 1793 to 1807 temporarily to the Prussian province of South Prussia. After the peace of Tilsit, the area was returned to Poland in 1807.
1815-1887
The area fell again after the Congress of Vienna on 15 May 1815, the Kingdom of Prussia. Until October 1, 1887, belonged to the circle Buk in the province of Posen.
Administrative history
On October 1st, 1887 Gratz new circle was formed, while the western part of the new county Neutomischel was from the eastern part of the circle Buk.
For new circle Králové arrived:
- The municipalities Kralove, Buk and Opalenitza,
- The police district Kralove,
- The police district and Buk
- Parts of the neighboring police district Kuschlin (Town Łęczyce, as well as rural communities and estate districts Rudniki, Śliwno, Trzcianka and Turkowo ).
Seat of the district administration has been the county seat Kralove.
On December 27, began in 1918 in the Posen province of Wielkopolska Uprising of the Polish majority population against German rule, and already on 29 December 1918, the county town of Gratz 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 Gratz officially to the newly founded Poland from. From the circle Gratz Polish powiat Grodzisk was. On April 1, 1932, the powiat Grodzisk was disbanded and reunited with the powiat Nowy Tomyśl.
District administrators
Municipal outline
The circle Gratz was divided into three townships, the remaining villages were grouped into police districts.
The circle consisted of Gratz on 1 January 1908:
- Three municipalities ( Gratz, Buk and Opalenitza )
- 52 rural communities and
- 26 agricultural estates.
Size
The circle Gratz had an area of 429 km ².
Population
The circle Gratz had in the year 1890 32.707 inhabitants, of whom 82 % Polish and 18% German. The majority of the German population left after 1918 the area.
Towns
List of localities in the district Gratz 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. )