Allenstein (region)
Regierungsbezirk Allenstein was a Regierungsbezirk, or government region, of the Prussian province of East Prussia from 1905 until 1945. The regional capital was Allenstein (present-day Olsztyn). The territory today is part of the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
History
The government region was created on 1 November 1905 as the third East Prussian Regierungsbezirk out of the southern districts of the two original administrative regions Gumbinnen and Königsberg, which had been established in 1815. It comprised the south of the former Duchy of Prussia; the lands of the Allenstein and Rößel districts had belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Warmia, annexed by Prussia in 1772. In the 1920 East Prussian plebiscite all the Allenstein Region plus the Template:Interlanguage link multi was part of the Allenstein Plebiscite precinct, with the electorate voting for remaining with Germany by more than 97%.
In 1945 following World War II, Regierungsbezirk Allenstein was dissolved when East Prussia was partitioned between the Republic of Poland and the Soviet Union (Kaliningrad Oblast) according to the resolutions at the Potsdam Conference.
Demographics
The Allenstein region was ethnically mixed in 1910, with German, Polish and Masurian speakers.
| 1910 census | Population | German | Masurian | Polish | Bilingual | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allenstein Region | 543,469 | 274,320 | 50.48% | 175,016 | 32.20% | 73,154 | 13.46% | 19,532 | 3.59% |
| Allenstein Urban | 33,077 | 29,344 | 88.71% | 99 | 0.30% | 2,249 | 6.80% | 1,325 | 4.01% |
| Allenstein Rural | 57,919 | 22,825 | 39.41% | 520 | 0.90% | 32,766 | 56.57% | 1,782 | 3.08% |
| Johannisburg | 51,399 | 16,379 | 31.87% | 29,141 | 56.70% | 4,203 | 8.18% | 1,620 | 3.15% |
| Lötzen | 41,209 | 26,352 | 63.95% | 11,412 | 27.69% | 1,595 | 3.87% | 1,802 | 4.37% |
| Lyck | 55,579 | 27,138 | 48.83% | 19,407 | 34.92% | 6,348 | 11.42% | 2,590 | 4.66% |
| Neidenburg | 59,416 | 20,871 | 35.13% | 25,150 | 42.33% | 10,462 | 17.61% | 2,645 | 4.45% |
| Ortelsburg | 69,935 | 20,218 | 28.91% | 43,513 | 62.22% | 3,390 | 4.85% | 2,463 | 3.52% |
| Osterode | 74,666 | 43,508 | 58.27% | 26,695 | 35.75% | 2,130 | 2.85% | 2,279 | 3.05% |
| Rössel | 50,472 | 43,189 | 85.57% | 48 | 0.10% | 6,512 | 12.90% | 723 | 1.42% |
| Sensburg | 50,097 | 24,496 | 48.90% | 19,031 | 37.99% | 3,499 | 6.98% | 2,310 | 4.61% |
Districts
As of 31 December 1937:
| District | Capital (present name) | Area | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allenstein, urban district | (Olsztyn) | Script error: No such module "convert". | 46,513 (1939) |
| Template:Interlanguage link multi | Allenstein (Olsztyn) | Script error: No such module "convert". | 57,077 (1939) |
| Template:Interlanguage link multi | Johannisburg in East Prussia (Pisz)[2] | Script error: No such module "convert". | 52,672 (1939) |
| Template:Interlanguage link multi | Lötzen (Giżycko)[3] | Script error: No such module "convert". | 47,681 (1939) |
| Template:Interlanguage link multi | Lyck (Ełk) | Script error: No such module "convert". | 56,129 (1939) |
| Template:Interlanguage link multi | Neidenburg (Nidzica)[4] | Script error: No such module "convert". | 39,486 (1939) |
| Template:Interlanguage link multi | Ortelsburg (Szczytno) | Script error: No such module "convert". | 72,146 (1939) |
| Template:Interlanguage link multi | Osterode in East Prussia (Ostróda) | Script error: No such module "convert". | 75,879 (1939) |
| Template:Interlanguage link multi | Bischofsburg (Biskupiec) | Script error: No such module "convert". | 51,086 (1939) |
| Template:Interlanguage link multi | Sensburg (Mrągowo)[5] | Script error: No such module "convert". | 52,746 (1939) |
| total | Allenstein | Script error: No such module "convert". | 568,024 |
Notes
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