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Administration Of West Prussia Before 1919
{{unreferenced, date=January 2008 The Administration of West Prussia before 1919 consisted of the following officials: Danzig Region Regional Presidents of Danzig - Regierungspräsidenten von Danzig *1869–1876 — Paul Friedrich Heinrich Gustav von Diest *1876–1878 — Franz Otto Theodor von Hoffmann *1878–1879 — Heinrich Karl Julius von Achenbach *1879–1880 — Karl Adolf August Ernst von Ernsthausen *1881–1882 — Wilhelm A. Theodor von Wiendowski "von Saltzwedell" *1883–1887 — Konrad Anton Robert Rothe *1887–1890 — Adolf Eduard von Heppe *1890–1902 — Friedrich Heinrich Ehrenreich *1902–1902 — Hans von Holwede *1902–1908 — Jaroslaw von Jarotzky *1909–1918 — Lothar Foerster Due to Treaty of Versailles of 1919 the Danzig Region ceased to exist and was ceded in 1920 to the Free City of Danzig, the Polish Pomeranian Voivo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treaty Of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles (french: Traité de Versailles; german: Versailler Vertrag, ) was the most important of the peace treaties of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919 in the Palace of Versailles, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which led to the war. The other Central Powers on the German side signed separate treaties. Although the armistice of 11 November 1918 ended the actual fighting, it took six months of Allied negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to conclude the peace treaty. The treaty was registered by the Secretariat of the League of Nations on 21 October 1919. Of the many provisions in the treaty, one of the most important and controversial was: "The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danzig (region)
300px, Administrative regions of West Prussia: The Danzig Region (Regierungsbezirk Danzig) was a '' government region'', within the Prussian Provinces of West Prussia and of Prussia. The regional capital was Danzig (Gdańsk). Prussian government regions were not bodies of regional self-rule of the districts and cities comprised, but shear top-to-down government agencies to apply federal or state law and supervise local entities of self-rules, such as municipalities, rural and urban districts. History Polish westerly Royal Prussia was annexed by the easterly Kingdom of Prussia during the late 18th century Partitions of Poland, with the city of Danzig becoming part of the Prussian Kingdom in 1793. The territory was administered in the new province of West Prussia (1772-1829, 1878-1920) and the new Province of Prussia (1829-1878). In 1815, after the Napoleonic Wars, West Prussia was divided into the Regions of Marienwerder and Danzig. While the governor and provincial author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free City Of Danzig
The Free City of Danzig (german: Freie Stadt Danzig; pl, Wolne Miasto Gdańsk; csb, Wòlny Gard Gduńsk) was a city-state under the protection of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and nearly 200 other small localities in the surrounding areas. Overview The polity was created on 15 November 1920 in accordance with the terms of Article 100 (Section XI of Part III) of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles after the end of World War I. In line with the treaty provisions, the entity was established under the oversight of the League of Nations. Although predominantly German-populated, the territory was bound by the imposed union with Poland covering foreign policy, defence, customs, railways and post, while remaining distinct from both the post-war German Republic and the newly independent Polish Republic. In addition, Poland was given certain rights pertaining to port facilities in the city. In the 1920 Const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–1939)
The Pomeranian Voivodeship or Pomorskie Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo Pomorskie) was an administrative unit of Second Polish Republic, interwar Poland (from 1919 to 1939). It ceased to function in September 1939, following the Nazi Germany, German and Soviet Union, Soviet Invasion of Poland (1939), invasion of Poland. Most of the territory of Pomeranian province became part of the current Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, of which one of two capitals is the same as the interwar voivodeship's Toruń; the second one is Bydgoszcz. The name ''Pomerania'' derives from the Slavic languages, Slavic ''po more'', meaning "by the sea" or "on the sea". History This was a unit of administration and local government in the Republic of Poland (''II Rzeczpospolita'') established in 1919 after World War I from the majority of the Prussian province of West Prussia (made out of territories taken in Partitions of Poland which was returned to Poland. Toruń was the capital. In 1938–1939, the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Prussia
East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's Free State of Prussia, until 1945. Its capital city was Königsberg (present-day Kaliningrad). East Prussia was the main part of the region of Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Coast. The bulk of the ancestral lands of the Baltic Old Prussians were enclosed within East Prussia. During the 13th century, the native Prussians were conquered by the crusading Teutonic Knights. After the conquest the indigenous Balts were gradually converted to Christianity. Because of Germanization and colonisation over the following centuries, Germans became the dominant ethnic group, while Masurians and Lithuanians formed minorities. From the 13th century, East Prussia was part of the mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danziger Höhe
The Danziger Höhe (i.e. Danzig Heights; Kreis Danziger Höhe) was an administrative district founded in 1887 and dissolved in 1939. The district administration was based in the City of Danzig, which itself did not form part of the district but was an independent city (Stadtkreis). The area Danziger Höhe covered is now within Poland. History The district was formed from parts of the previous within the Danzig Region in the province of West Prussia, within the Kingdom of Prussia, itself a part of Germany since 1871. In 1910, the district had 53,506 inhabitants, of which 23,955 were Protestant and 29,206 were Catholic. 9.7% had officially declared that they spoke the Kashubian language. After the First World War, when the Treaty of Versailles came into effect in 1920, Danziger Höhe became a district in the new Free City of Danzig. The district was enlarged by a number of municipalities from neighbouring West Prussian districts of Neustadt, Karthaus, Berent and Dirschau, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danziger Niederung
Danziger, being related to Danzig (Gdańsk, Poland), may refer to: Danzig/Gdansk, Poland * Danziger bay, southeastern bay of the Baltic Sea * ''Danziger Deutsch'', Danzig German, Northeastern German dialects spoken in Gdańsk, Poland * ''Danziger Kreuz'', Danzig Cross, a Nazi decoration of the Free City of Danzig * Danziger Willkür, an official set of records of the laws of Danzig People with the surname *Adolphe Danziger De Castro (1859–1959), Jewish scholar, journalist, lawyer * Aharon Danziger (fl. 1976–1984), Israeli paralympic volleyball player * Allen Danziger (born 1942), American actor *Avraham Danziger (1748—1820), rabbi, posek and codifier * Cory Danziger, American actor, political activist * Fred Danziger (1906–1948), American football player * Harry Danziger (born 1938), American rabbi *Jazzy Danziger (born 1984), American poet and editor *Jeff Danziger (born 1943), syndicated political cartoonist and author * Joan Danziger (born 1934), American sculptor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karthaus County
__NOTOC__ Kartuzy County ( pl, powiat kartuski; csb, kartësczi pòwiat) is a county in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with administrative seat and largest town being Kartuzy. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The only other town in the county is Żukowo. The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 137,942, out of which the population of Kartuzy is 14,536, that of Żukowo is 6,691, and the rural population is 116,715. ''Kartuzy County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship'' Kartuzy County is bordered by Wejherowo County to the north, the city of Gdynia to the north-east, the city of Gdańsk and Gdańsk County to the east, Kościerzyna County to the south, Bytów County to the west, and Lębork County to the north-west. Administrative division The county is subdivided into eight gminas (two urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Von Kleist
The House of Kleist is the name of an old and distinguished Pomeranian Prussian noble family, whose members obtained many important military positions within the Kingdom of Prussia and later in the German Empire. Notable members *Henning Alexander von Kleist (1677–1749). Prussian field marshal. * Ewald Jürgen Georg von Kleist (c. 1700–1748); co-inventor of the Leyden jar *Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715–1759); German poet and soldier * Barbara Sophia von Kleist, mother of Adam Stanisław Grabowski (1741–1766) Prince-Bishop of Ermland/Bishopric of Warmia * Friedrich Emil Ferdinand Heinrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf (April 9, 1762 – February 17, 1823), born and died in Berlin, was a Prussian field marshal *Heinrich von Kleist (October 18, 1777 – November 21, 1811), German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer. The Kleist Prize, a prestigious prize for German literature, is named after him *Karl Wilhelm Heinrich von Kleist (1836–1917), General of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marienburg County
__NOTOC__ Malbork County ( pl, powiat malborski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Malbork (site of the historic Malbork Castle), south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Nowy Staw, lying north of Malbork. Until 2002, the county also included the areas which now make up Sztum County. The county covers an area of . As of 2019, its total population is 63,575, out of which the population of Malbork is 38,464, of the urban-rural gmina of Nowy Staw is 4,248, and of the rural gminas is 20,862. ''Malbork County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship'' Malbork County is bordered by Nowy Dwór Gdański County to the north, Elbląg County to the east, Sztum County to the south, Tczew County to the wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
