Kreis Pleschen
- Regierungsbezirk Bromberg
- Government district of Posen
The circle Pleschen on the southeast edge of the Prussian province of Posen was in the period from 1815 until 1919.
Administrative history
The area around the two Polish cities Pleszew ( Pleschen ) and JAROCIN ( Jarotschin ) fell 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 Pleschen was rescheduled to January 1, 1818, the seat of the district administration was Pleschen.
As part of the province of Posen of the circle Pleschen 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 township and district police Jarotschin, township and police district Neustadt on the Warta River and the district police Kotlin were transferred to the newly formed county Jarotschin.
On December 27, began in 1918 in the Posen province of Wielkopolska Uprising of the Polish majority population against German rule, and in January 1919 was the area of the circle Pleschen 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 Pleschen officially to the newly founded Poland from.
District administrators
Municipal outline
The circle Pleschen divided into the township Pleschen, rural communities and independent estate districts were initially in (smaller) Woytbezirken ( Polish " wójt " = German " Vogt " ) and then collected into larger police districts.
The circle Pleschen consisted on 1 January 1908:
- 01 municipality ( Pleschen )
- 75 rural communities and
- 50 agricultural estates.
Size
The circle Pleschen had recently an area of 482 km ².
Population
The circle Pleschen had in 1890 31.820 inhabitants. Of these, 87 % were Polish, 11 % German and 2% Jews. Two-thirds of the German population lived in the city Pleschen, the majority left after 1919 the area.
Towns
List of localities in the district Pleschen with more than 400 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. )