Kreis Posen-West
- Government district of Posen
- Regierungsbezirk Bromberg
The circle Posen - West in the Prussian province of Posen was in the period from 1887 until 1919.
Administrative history
The Prussian Posen - West district was formed on 1 October 1887 the western half of the previous circle poses.
Seat of the district administration was the city of Poznan.
On December 27, began in 1918 in the province of Posen of the Wielkopolska Uprising of the Polish majority population against German rule, and in January 1919 the area of the circle Posen - West 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 district Posen - West officially to the newly founded Poland from.
District administrators
Municipal outline
The circle Posen - West was divided into the township Stęszew ( Stenschewo ), rural communities and independent estate districts were grouped into larger police districts.
The circle Posen - West was made on 1 January 1908:
Size
The circle Posen - West 1887 had a size of 637 km ².
Population
The circle Posen - West had in the year 1890 35.235 inhabitants. Of these, 87 % Polish and 13% German. The majority of the German population after 1919 left the area.
Towns
List of localities in the district of Posen -West 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. )