Kreis Czarnikau was one of many Kreise (counties) in Regierungsbezirk Bromberg, in the Prussian Province of Posen. It existed from 1816 to 1920 and had its capital at Czarnikau. Today, the area of this district belongs to

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and is part of the

Greater Poland Voivodeship Greater Poland Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo wielkopolskie; ), also known as Wielkopolska Voivodeship, Wielkopolska Province, or Greater Poland Province, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 ...

History

The district area became part of

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after the First Partition of Poland in 1772. The ''district of Czarnikau was'' formed on July 1, 1816. On January 1, 1818, the new district of Chodziesen (later renamed Kolmar in Posen) was formed from the eastern part of the Czarnikau district. On October 1, 1887, the new Filehne district was formed from the western part of the Czarnikau district. By the

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, the district was divided on January 10, 1920. The area south of the Netze river became part of

. The area north of the Netze remained in

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and became part of the Netzekreis in the new province of Grenzmark Posen-West Prussia.

Demographics

The Czarnikau district had a

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majority population and a large

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minority.

Table of Standesämter

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References

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