Kreis Strelno was a district in Regierungsbezirk Bromberg in the

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...

n Province of Posen, from 1886 to 1919.

History

On July 1, 1886, the new ''Strelno district was'' formed from the southern part of the Inowrazlaw district with the towns of Strelno and Kruschwitz. The town of Strelno became the seat of the district administration. On December 27, 1918, the Greater Poland uprising began in the province of Posen, and by January 5, 1919, the town of Strelno was under Polish control. On February 16, 1919, an armistice ended the Polish-German fighting, and on June 28, 1919, the

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government officially ceded the Strelno district to the newly founded

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with the signing of the

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Demographics

According to the Prussian census of 1910, the district had a population of 37,620, of which 80% were

Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in C ...

and 20% were

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. Most German residents left the area after 1919.

Geographical features

Military command

Kreis Strelno was part of the military command in Posen (German: ''Bezirkskommando'') at Hohensalza.

Court system

The main court (German: ''Landgericht'') was in Bromberg, with lower courts (German: ''Amtsgericht'') in Strelno and Hohensalza.

Standesämter

"Standesamt" is the German name of the local civil registration offices which were established in October 1874 soon after the German Empire was formed. Births, marriages and deaths were recorded. Previously, only the church records were used for Christians. In 1905, these Standesämter served towns in Kreis Strelno:

Officials

References

External links

List of genealogical records
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