Kreis Mogilno
- Government district of Posen
- Regierungsbezirk Bromberg
The circle Mogilno in the northeast of the Prussian province of Posen existed from 1818 until 1919.
History ( 1772-1807 )
The area around the western Polish city Mogilno was temporarily after the first partition of Poland from 1772 to 1807 for Netzedistrict in the Prussian province of West Prussia. The south of the district around the city Trzemeszno was after the Second Partition of Poland from 1793 to 1807 to the province of South Prussia temporarily. After the peace of Tilsit, the area was returned to Poland in 1807.
Administrative history
The area 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 Mogilno was redefined on January 1, 1818.
Seat of the district administration has been the county seat Mogilno.
As part of the province of Posen of the circle Mogilno 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 October 1, 1887 Znin were assigned to the newly formed county:
- Township and district police and Rogowo
- Part of the police district Pakosch (municipalities United Lasken, Small Lasken and Piastowo ).
On December 27, began in 1918 in the Posen province of Wielkopolska Uprising of the Polish majority population against German rule, and already on 31 December 1918, the county seat Mogilno 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 Mogilno officially to the newly founded Poland from.
District administrators
Municipal outline
The circle was divided Mogilno first in five, after 1887 in four municipalities, the remaining villages were grouped into police districts.
The circle consisted of Mogilno on 1 January 1908:
- Four municipalities ( Mogilno, Guben, Pakosch and Tremessen )
- 107 rural communities and
- 52 agricultural estates.
Expansion
The circle Mogilno had recently an area of 733 km ².
Population
The circle Mogilno had in 1890 40.158 inhabitants. Of these, approximately 75 % were Poles and 25 % German. The majority of the German population left after 1918 the area.
Place names
List of localities in the district Mogilno with more than 500 inhabitants (1910 ):
( With a few exceptions were after 1815, the Polish place names on, after the founding of the German Empire several place names were Germanized. During the German occupation in the Second World War all the resorts were given German names. )
Personalities
- Ulrich von Wilamowitz- Moellendorff (1848-1931), German classical scholar