Landkreis Regenwalde
The Prussian district Regenwalde in Pomerania existed between 1818 and 1945.
The county Regenwalde included on 1 January 1945:
- Four cities Labes, Plathe, rain forest, and Wangerin
- 99 more municipalities with less than 2,000 inhabitants
Administrative history
Kingdom of Prussia
After the reorganization of the circle outline in the Prussian state after the Congress of Vienna was established on 1 January 1818 Regenwalde in the district of Stettin in the Prussian province of Pomerania, and came in 1939 to the governmental district of Pomerania. The circle consisted mostly rural areas to the cities Labes, Plathe, rain forest, and Wangerin. The District Office was located in Labes.
North German Bund / German Empire
Since 1 July 1867, circle the North German Confederation and from January 1, 1871 belonged to the German Empire.
On September 30, 1929 local government reform took place in Regenwalde according to the development in the rest of the Free State of Prussia place, in which dissolved all previously independent estate districts and neighboring rural towns have been allocated.
By 1 October 1938, the Regenwalde from the administrative district of Stettin joined the governmental district of Pomerania. On January 1, In 1939 the Regenwalde according to the now rich uniform regulation the designation district.
In the spring of 1945, the territory of the district Regenwalde was occupied by the Red Army, and after the war it was placed under Polish administration. The district area is now predominantly in the powiat Lobeski.
Communal Constitution
The district Regenwalde first subdivided into the townships Labes, Plathe, rain forest, and Wangerin, in rural communities, and - until its almost complete resolution - into independent estate districts.
With the introduction of the Prussian municipality constitutional law of 15 December 1933, issued January 1, 1934 a uniform municipal constitution for all Prussian municipalities. The former municipalities now were designated city.
With the introduction of the German church order from January 30, 1935 occurred on 1 April 1935 at the German Reich a uniform municipal constitution into force, after which the existing rural communities were now referred to as communities.
A new circle Constitution was not created; it still was the district regulations for the provinces of East and West Prussia, Brandenburg, Pomerania, Silesia and Saxony on 19 March 1881.
Magisterial districts
In 1932 there were in the district Regenwalde 19 official districts:
Local government units in 1932
In 1932, the Regenwalde included four cities and 99 rural communities:
Population
In the year 1925 50.582 inhabitants were counted in Regenwalde, of which 48 256 Protestant, 1,263 Catholics, 824 supporters of free churches and 159 were Jews. In the year 1933 49.753 inhabitants were counted.
District administrators
Place names
The consistently German place names were essentially maintained until 1945.
Traffic
The first railway line in the district in 1859 by the Berlin- Szczecin railway company on the Stargard section - Belgard taken into operation > 111.0 <- Labes; of their chain in Ruhnow a range of Pomeranian Central Railway to Dramburg from> 111.j <. In the West permeated from 1882 Altdamm - Colberger Railway Company with the stations Piepenburg and Plathe the circle > 111.d <. From Piepenburg from one reached from 1893 to Regenwalde South> 111.g < station.
The Prussian State Railway opened in 1906, a branch line of Wurow on the main line Stargard - Belgard after rain forest north > 111.h < and the following year further to the south station > 111.g <. From North Station you could go from 1909 on the new node Plathe towards Wietstock > 111.h <.
This railway network of 120 km length was complemented by narrow gauge railways of 77 km in length:
The rainforests Kleinbahnen AG conducted their first joint of Labes after Meesow where they branched out after Daber and Sallmow; of this station, it went from 1907 to Regenwalde North next> 113.m ft <.
( The numbers in > < refer to the German course book 1939).