Landkreis Regenwalde

The Prussian Landkreis Regenwalde in Pomerania was a rural district that existed between 1818 and 1945.

On January 1, 1945, the district included:

  • four cities
  • Administrative divisions of the Province of Pomerania (1939).
    99 more municipalities with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants.

Administrative History

Kingdom of Prussia

After the reorganization of the district borders in the Kingdom of Prussia following the Congress of Vienna, the rural district of Regenwalde was created in the government region of Stettin in the Prussian province of Pomerania on 1 January 1818. In 1939, it was reorganized into the government region of Köslin. The district consisted of mostly rural areas around the cities of Labes, Plathe, Regenwalde and Wangerin. The district council (German: Landratsamt) was in Labes.

North German Confederation / German Empire

From 1 July 1867, the district was part of the North German Confederation and from 1 January 1871 it was part of the German Empire.

On 30 September 1929, there was a reorganization of borders in the district of Regenwalde, as in the rest of Prussia, in the course of which all of the formerly independent manors (German: Gutsbezirke) were dissolved and assigned to neighbouring municipalities (German: Landgemeinden).

On 1 October 1938, the district of Regenwalde was transferred from the government region of Stettin to the government region of Köslin. As of 1 January 1939, the district of Regenwalde had the title Landkreis (rural district), in accordance with nationwide naming conventions.

In the spring of 1945, the territory of the district of Regenwalde was occupied by the Red Army, and after the War, it was placed under Polish administration. Today, the area covered by the district is mainly in Łobez County in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Local government

The district of Regenwalde comprised the urban districts (German: Stadtgemeinden) Labes, Plathe, Regenwalde and Wangerin, several rural municipalities and – until their complete dissolution – a number of independent manors (German: Gutsbezirke).

After the Prussian local government reform of 15 December 1933, from 1 January 1934 there was a uniform local government constitution for all Prussian districts (German: Gemeinden). The former "urban municipalities" were now "towns".

When the German Municipal Code (Deutsche Gemeindeordnung) of 30 January 1935 came into force on 1 April 1935, there was a uniform municipal constitution throughout the Reich, and the former "rural municipalities" (Landgemeinden) became just "municipalities" (German: Gemeinden).

No new constitution for the districts was created; the Kreisordnung für die Provinzen Ost- und Westpreußen, Brandenburg, Pommern, Schlesien and Sachsen of 19 March 1881 remained in effect.

Districts

In 1932, there were 19 local government districts (Amtbezirke) in the rural district of Regenwalde:

  1. Bonin
  2. Elvershagen
  3. Grabow
  4. Henkenhagen
  5. Lessenthin
  6. Maldewin
  7. Neukirchen
  8. Plathe A
  9. Plathe B
  10. Regenwalde, Land
  11. Roggow A
  12. Ruhnow
  13. Schönwalde
  14. Silligsdorf
  15. Stargordt
  16. Stramehl
  17. Wisbu
  18. Witzmitz
  19. Wolkow

Municipalities in 1932

In 1932, the district of Regenwalde included four urban municipalities and 99 rural municipalities:

Towns
  1. Labes
  2. Plathe
  3. Regenwalde
  4. Wangerin
Rural municipalities
  1. Aalkist
  2. Alt Döberitz
  3. Altenfließ
  4. Bernsdorf
  5. Blankenhagen
  6. Bonin
  7. Christinenhof
  8. Daberkow
  9. Dorotheenthal
  10. Dorow
  11. Dübzow
  12. Elvershagen
  13. Fier
  14. Gardin
  15. Geiglitz
  16. Gerdshagen
  17. Gienow
  18. Glietzig
  19. Groß Borckenhagen
  20. Groß Raddow
  21. Haseleu
  22. Henkenhagen
  23. Heydebreck
  24. Horst
  25. Justemin
  26. Justin
  27. Kankelfitz
  28. Karnitz
  29. Karolinenhof
  30. Karow
  31. Klaushagen
  32. Klein Raddow
  33. Kratzig
  34. Kummerow
  35. Kutzer
  36. Kümken
  37. Labuhn
  38. Lasbeck
  39. Lessenthin
  40. Lietzow
  41. Lowin
  42. Ludwigshorst
  43. Mackfitz
  44. Maldewin
  45. Meesow
  46. Mellen
  47. Muddelmow
  48. Muhlendorf
  49. Natelfitz
  50. Natzmersdorf
  51. Neu Natelfitz
  52. Neu Schönwalde
  53. Neuenhagen
  54. Neuhof
  55. Neukirchen
  56. Niederhagen
  57. Ornshagen
  58. Paatzig
  59. Piepenburg
  60. Piepenhagen
  61. Piepstock
  62. Pinnow
  63. Polchow
  64. Premslaff
  65. Prütznow
  66. Radem
  67. Reckow
  68. Rienow
  69. Roggow A
  70. Roggow B
  71. Rosenfelde
  72. Rosenow
  73. Ruhnow
  74. Saagen
  75. Sallmow
  76. Schmelzdorf
  77. Schwerin
  78. Schöneu
  79. Schönwalde
  80. Silligsdorf
  81. Stargordt
  82. Stramehl
  83. Tarnow
  84. Teschendorf
  85. Unheim
  86. Wangerin B
  87. Winningen
  88. Wisbu
  89. Witzmitz
  90. Woitzel
  91. Woldenburg
  92. Wolkow
  93. Wurow
  94. Zachow
  95. Zeitlitz
  96. Zimmerhausen
  97. Zowen
  98. Zozenow
  99. Zülzefitz

Population

In 1905, the district had a population of 45,447, of which 45,136 (99.32%) spoke German, 278 (0.61%) spoke Polish, 7 (0.02%) were bilingual and the remainder spoke other languages.[1]

In 1925, the population of the district of Regenwalde was 50,582, of which 48,256 (95.4%) were Protestants, 1,263 (2.5%) were Catholics, 824 (1.6%) were supporters of free churches, and 159 (0.3%) were Jews.[2]

In 1933, the population was 49,753.[3]

District administrators
  • 1818-31 Ernst August Philipp von Borcke (1776-1850)
  • 1832-56 Georg August Adolf Heinrich von der Osten (1785–1855)
  • 1856-64 Kurt Moritz Lebrech von der Osten (1815–88)
  • 1864–71 Johann Georg von Loeper (1819–1900)[4]
  • 1871-77 Ludwig Ferdinand von Lockstedt (1837–1877)
  • 1877-84 Johann Georg von Loeper (1819–1900)
  • 1884-93 August Hans Adam Berthold von der Osten (1855-1895)
  • 1893-1910 Ernst von Döring (1860-1910)
  • 1910-18 Hans Joachim Philipp Hartwig von Normann (1880-1918)
  • 1918-31 Herbert Rudolf von Bismarck (1884–1955)
  • 1931-45 dr Erich Hüttenhein (1889-1945).[5]
  • 1945-46 Pełnomocnik Leopold Płachecki (powiat Ławiczka/powiat łobeski)
  • 1946-48 Leopold Płachecki (powiat łobeski)

Place Names

The German place names were essentially maintained throughout until 1945.

Transport

The first railway line in the district, the Stargard-Labes-Belgard line, started operations in 1859 and was run by the Berlin-Stettiner Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft >111.0<; this line was joined at Ruhnow by a line of the Pommersche Centralbahn to Dramburg ab >111.j<. To the west, as from 1882 there was a line of the Altdamm-Colberger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, with the stations Piepenburg und Plathe >111.d<. From 1893, Piepenburg could be reached from the station Regenwalde South >111.g<.

In 1906, the Prussian state railways opened a subsidiary line to Regenwalde North from Wurow on the Stargard-Belgard line >111.h< and in the following year this was extended to Regenwalde South >111.g<. From 1909 it was possible to travel from Regenwalde North toward Wietstock via the new railway junction at Plathe>111.h<.

This 120-kilometre railway network was complemented by 77 kilometres of narrow-gauge railway:

Regenwalder Kleinbahnen AG built their first line from Labes to Meesow, where it branched off to Daber and Sallmow, from where, as from 1907, there was a line to Regenwalde North >113.m+m2<.

(The numbers in >< refer to the German railway timetable (Deutsches Kursbuch) 1939.

References
  1. Belzyt, Leszek (1998). Sprachliche Minderheiten im preussischen Staat: 1815 - 1914 ; die preußische Sprachenstatistik in Bearbeitung und Kommentar. Marburg: Herder-Inst. ISBN 978-3-87969-267-5.
  2. Gemeindelexikon für den Freistaat Preußen. Provinz Pommern. Nach dem endgültigen Ergebnis der Volkszählung vom 16. Juni 1925 und anderen amtlichen Quellen unter Zugrundelegung des Gebietsstandes vom 1. Oktober 1932 [Municipal Lexicon for the Free State of Prussia. Province of Pommerania. According to the Final Result of the Census of 16 June 1925 and other official sources, based on the borders of 1 October 1932] (in German). Berlin: Statistisches Landesamt (ed.). p. XXVIII.
  3. Der Große Brockhaus (in German). 18 (15 ed.). Leipzig. 1934. p. 153.
  4. Landkreis Regenwalde
  5. Erich Hüttenhein, Landkreis Regenwalde

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