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Darkehmen (district)
The Darkehmen district (from 1938: Angerapp district) was a Prussian district in East Prussia from 1818 to 1945. Its former territory is now divided between the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of Poland and the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. History Kingdom of Prussia The area of the Darkehmen district belonged to the former Insterburg district since East Prussia was divided into districts in 1752. As part of the Prussian administrative reforms, a comprehensive district reform was done in all of East Prussia, as the districts established in 1752 had proven to be inexpedient and too large. On 1 September 1818 the new ''Darkehmen district'' was formed in Regierungsbezirk Gumbinnen from parts of the old Insterburg district. This included the parishes of Ballethen, Darkehmen, Dombrowken, Groß Karpowen, Kleszowen, Rogahlen, Szabienen, Trempen and Wilhelmsberg. The district office was in Darkehmen. Germany Since 1871, the district belonged to the German Empire. On 21 July 1875 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostpreussen LK Angerapp
East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian dialect, Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a Provinces of Prussia, 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 Prussia (region), region of Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Sea, 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 Northern Crusades, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
