Kreis Wongrowitz
- Regierungsbezirk Bromberg
- Government district of Posen
The circle Wongrowitz ( until 1875 Wongrowiec circle ) on the northern edge of the Prussian province of Posen existed from 1815 until 1919.
History ( 1772-1807 )
The northern tip of the later county area around the city Smogulec was temporarily after the first partition of Poland from 1772 to 1807 for Netzedistrict in the Prussian province of West Prussia. The actual circular area around the town Wągrowiec was after the Second Partition of Poland from 1793 to 1807 as a separate district of the province of South Prussia Wangrowitz temporarily. After the peace of Tilsit, the area was returned to Poland in 1807.
Administrative history
The area around the western Polish city Wągrowiec ( Wongrowiec ) 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 Wongrowiec was redefined on January 1, 1818.
Seat of the district administration has been the county seat Wongrowiec.
As part of the province of Posen of the circle Wongrowiec 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.
1875, the county was renamed Wongrowiec circle Wongrowitz.
On October 1, 1887 Znin were transferred to the newly formed eastern neighboring district:
- Township and eastern part of the district police Janowiec Wielkopolski and
- Almost entire police district Juncewo.
On December 27, began in 1918 in the Posen province of Wielkopolska Uprising of the Polish majority population against German rule, and already on December 30, 1918, the county seat Wongrowitz 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 Wongrowitz officially to the newly founded Poland from.
From the circle Wongrowitz the Polish powiat Wągrowiec was.
Municipal outline
The circle Wongrowitz was divided initially into five, by 1887 in four municipalities, the remaining villages were grouped into six police districts.
The circle Wongrowitz consisted on 1 January 1908:
- 4 townships ( Wongrowitz, Golla sealed, Mietschisko and Schokken )
- 136 rural communities and
- 74 agricultural estates.
District administrators
District Administrators 1887-1920
District Administrators 1939-1945
Size
The circle Wongrowitz had recently an area of 1037 km ².
Population
The circle Wongrowitz had in 1890 43.818 inhabitants. Of these, approximately 78 % were Polish, 20 % German and 2% Jews. Part of the German inhabitants left after 1918 the area.
Towns
List of localities in the district Wongrowitz 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. During the German occupation in the Second World War all the resorts were given German names. )