Location of the Czarnikau district in the Province of Posen
Location of the Czarnikau district in the Province of Posen

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 Poland and is part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship.

History

The district area became part of Prussia 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 Treaty of Versailles, the district was divided on January 10, 1920. The area south of the Netze river became part of Poland. The area north of the Netze remained in Germany and became part of the Netzekreis in the new province of Grenzmark Posen-West Prussia.

Demographics

Northern part of Kreis Czarnikau incorporated into Netzekreis

The Czarnikau district had a German majority population and a large Polish minority.[1]

Ethnolinguistic structure of Kreis Czarnikau [1]
Year Population German Polish / Bilingual
1890 38,678 28,604 74.0% 10,070 26.0%
1900 39,585 28,672 72.4% 10,911 27.6%
1905 41,127 29,273 71.2% 11,851 28.8%
1910 42,287 30,016 71.0% 12,206 28.9%

Table of 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.

Standesamt Polish name
Behle Biała
Bismarckshöhe Stajkowo
Czarnikau Czarnków
Hammer Kuźnica Czarnkowska
Runau Runowo
Sarben Sarbia
Schönlanke Trzcianka
Stieglitz Siedlisko

References

  1. 1 2 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.

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