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  kaeding1
All the province of Posen was ceded to Poland in 1920 except the counties of Fraustadt, Meseritz and Schwerin (Warthe).
Henrietta was born in Posen Province, Prussia in 1842.
Louise was born in Posen Province, Prussia in 1844.
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 Poznan Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
During the Napoleonic Wars in 1806 the city was again occupied by the Polish troops under gen. J.H. Dąbrowski and in years 1806-1915 it was the capital of Poznań; province belonging to the Duchy of Warsaw.
After the fall of Napoleon in 1815 according to the Vienna peace congress, Poznań; again fell to Prussia, and was made the capital of Grand Duchy of Posen (1815-1846), an autonomous province under Hohenzollerns with the rights of 'free development of Polish nation, culture and language', and outside the German Confederation.
Later the duchy was renamed Poznań; province (Provinz Posen, 1846-1918) of the Prussian state governed by the royal over-president.
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 faq.posen including South and New East Prussia
A1: Posen (pronounce: POH-zen) was a Prussian province,1815-1919 with the 2 districts of Posen (Poznan) and Bromberg (Bydgoszcz).
The Landrat was in charge of passport and emigration matters and reported to the district Regierung in Posen or Bromberg who in turn gave data to the provincial Oberpräsidium in Posen.
In the latter decades before 1900 there was a strong migration from Posen province to the Western Prussian provinces, most notably to Rheinland and Westfalen where the booming industrial Ruhr area and its coal and steel companies were the main attraction to the new labor force.
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 Reichsgau Wartheland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Its territory roughly corresponded to the previous Province of Posen of the German Empire.
After the invasion of Poland, the conquered territory was partitioned among four different Reichsgau and the General Government area further east.
The name Reichsgau Wartheland was introduced on January 29, 1940.
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 Australian Information from Wikipedia
The council of the Free City of Danzig voted to become a part of Germany again, although Poles and Jews were deprived of their voting rights and all non-Nazi political parties were banned.
Reichsgau Wartheland (initially Reichsgau Posen), which included the entire Poznań Voivodeship, most of the Łódź Voivodeship, five counties of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, and one county of the Warszawa Voivodeship;
Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia (initially Reichsgau West Prussia), which consisted of the remaining area of the Pomeranian Voivodeship and the Free City of Danzig;
www.thinkingaustralia.com /thinking_australia/wikipedia/default.php?title=Polish_areas_annexed_by_Nazi_Germany   (460 words)

  
 Museum of Tolerance Multimedia Learning Center
Until January 9, 1940 the region was called Reichsgau Posen (Reich District Posen).
Its area was 16,966 square miles (43,942 sq km) and included the prewar Posen region and parts of the districts of Bydgoszcz, Lodz, Pomerania, and Warsaw.
From September 14 to October 25, 1939, Arthur Greiser was the head of the civil administration attached to the military commander of Posen, and later was the local Reich commissioner (Reichsstatthalter).
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 Jacoby & Jacobs Family History
Posen’s boundaries have remained generally intact, being generally defined by the watersheds of the rivers Warthe / Warta in the South, and the Netze / Notec in the North.
The number of Lutheran communities in Posen reached 300 by the beginning of World War I. This growth was fueled by the Prussian government's generous support of German (mostly Lutheran) colonization throughout the province that included building new churches.
As economic conditions in Posen deteriorated In the latter decades before 1900, there was a strong migration from Posen Province back to Germany and to the Western Prussian provinces, most notable to Rhineland and Westfalen, where the booming Ruhr area and its coal and steel companies were the main attraction to the new labor force.
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 Historische Landkarten der Provinz Posen: Text zu den Karten
The Grand Duchy of Posen was renamed in 1846 to Province of Posen.
Therefore, the Province of Posen existed from 1846 until 1918 with the (outer) boundaries of in the 1900 map.
Since 1940, the Voivodship of Poznan was part of the Reichsgau Wartheland (Imperial District Warthe River Area, capital Posen), the Voivodship of Polish Pomerania part of the Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia.
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 Province of Posen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-6.cs.princeton.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Province of Posen (German: Provinz Posen, Polish: Prowincja Poznańska) was a province of Prussia from 1848-1918 and as such part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918.
Posen was responsible for the Militärische Unterregion-Hauptsitze at Posen, Lissa (Leszno), Hohensalza (Inowrocław), Leslau (Włocławek), Kalisch (Kalisz), and Litzmannstadt (Łódź).
During the Cold War, Posen, along with Silesia and Pomerania, were still claimed by West Germany as the German Eastern Territories under Polish Administration; during and after Ostpolitik, however, Germany formally rescinded their claims, acknowledging the facts on the ground in the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Province_of_Posen   (1578 words)

  
 Upstream Vistula - Glossary
It mainly consisted of the former "Grand Duchy of Warsaw" without the "Grand Duchy of Posen" which was assigned to Prussia.
Was founded in 1939 as "Reichsgau Posen" and was renamed in 1940 to "Reichsgau Wartheland".
It was formed from areas of the former Prussian province of Poznan that had been handed over to Poland in 1920 and bigger parts of Central Poland that had not belonged to the "Deutsches Reich" before 1919.
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 Shoah- The Holocaust
On October 8, 1939 the Germans annexed the western section of Poland to the Reichsgau Posen that on January 9, 1940 was renamed into Reichsgau Wartheland.
One of these "amusements" was to drag men studying the Talmud out of the Bet-hamidrash and have them clean the market square from horse-dung, of course without using any shovels or brooms, but with their bare hands.
This action of dispossession was directed by the Haupttreuhandstelle-Ost (HTO) with its main offices in Berlin and a branch in Posen that was set up to confiscate the property of the Jews and Poles in the territories that were annexed to the Reich.
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 Prieske - Map-Room - Netze County
With effect of August 2nd, 1919 the remaining parts of the former counties “Czarnikau”, “Filehne” and “Kolmar in Posen” were temporarily administrated by the Schönlanke administration.
On November 20th, 1919 the remaining parts of the counties “Czarnikau”, “Filehne” and “Kolmar in Posen” were assigned to the administration of the “Verwaltungsbezirk Grenzmark Westpreußen-Posen (rough translation: district administration “Border Region Western Prussia and Posen”)” in Schneidemühl.
So, all areas of the former Prussian counties “Czarnikau”, “Filehne” and “Kolmar in Posen” south of the river Netze (Notec) belonged to Poland, while the remainder north of the river Netze belonged to the German Reich.
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 FAQ-I: German-Posen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
After 1815 most of the Posen District became the Prussian province of Posen, whereas the Kalisch and Warschau Districts became part of Russian-Poland (Congress Poland).
A9: In addition to the deed and mortgage records deposited at the courts (Amtsgerichte) a prime and practically unknown source is the Generalkommission fuer Westpreussen und Posen zu Bromberg with records deposited at the state archives in Bydgoszcz and comprising 116118 volumes for the years 1812-1920.
In the latter decades before 1900 there was a strong migration from Posen province to the Western Prussian provinces, most notably to Rheinland and Westfalen where the booming Ruhr area and its coal and steel companies were the main attraction to the new labor force.
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 Bydgoszcz - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In 1815 it returned to Prussian rule as part of the autonomous Grand Duchy of PoznaЕ„ and capital of Bromberg district.
After 1871 the city was part of the German Empire's Province of Posen.
From 1939-45 during World War II, Bydgoszcz was occupied by Germany and annexed to the Reichsgau Wartheland.
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 Fw: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Warthegau / surname Krueger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
On the head there were the Gau-leaders (Gauleiter), who had to prevail the political will of the "leader"(Fuehrer - Adolf Hitler) and the Parliamant leadership (Reichsparteileitung).
To the Gaue of 1933 there were added in 1939 the Austrian-, the Sudetengau, the Reichsgau Danzig-Westprussia and Posen-Wartheland.
Into 1945 Posen was returned to Poland and the German population was expelled.
www.sggee.org /pipermail/ger-poland-volhynia/2002-July/000765.html   (184 words)

  
 NAZI plans for the occupied East World War II -- Poland borders
One report indicates a start in the Germinization process was mase with the expelling of 120,000 Poles from the Posen District, 35,000 from Danzig-West Prussia, and 15,000 from East Upper Silesia.
Much of western and norther Poland were annexed to the Reich and thus became part of Germany.
Reichsgau Wartheland: This was created from all of Poznan province, most of the Lodz province, five Pomeranian districts, and one county of the Warsaw province.
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 [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Research in "Dobriner Land", counties Lipno and Rypin
The Nazis did that because in their opinion this was an old-german-belonging area, there were living a lot of settlers of german culture.
I don't know why and how, but the EZA (http://www.ezab.org) is keeping a lot of sources of the Dobriner Land.
I assume, they came from the northern part of what is known later as South Prussia (later province Posen).
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 Reichsgau Posen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the rest of World War II, the official Nazi Germany name was Reichsgau Wartheland.
The main parts of Reichsgau Wartheland had been part of Prussia (later Germany) for most of the period between 1793 and 1919 (refer to "See Also" section below).
This page was last modified 09:11, 26 July 2006.
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 Poznań, Poland
Located by the Warta River, it is one of the oldest Polish cities, an important historical center and the capital of Greater Poland, the cradle of the Polish state, and Poland's capital in the mid-tenth century during the early Piast dynasty.
From the time of the Revolutions in the mid 1800s, it was an official Prussian province (see Province of Posen), as well as a part of the German Empire after the unification of German states in 1871 (but it was outside of German Confederation).
As an effect of the Great Poland Uprising (1918-1919), the area was restored to Poland and made the capital of Poznań Voivodship.
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 Bydgoszcz
After 1871 was included into German Empire as part Province of Posen.
1939-1945 occupied by Germany and became part of the Reichsgau Wartheland.
Nazi Propaganda claims there had been an early reprisal against Germans in Bydgoszcz, known as Bromberg Bloody Sunday.
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 Poznań - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
[ˈpɔznaɲ]; full official name: The Capital City of Poznań, Latin: Posnania, German: Posen, Yiddish: פּױזן "Poyzn") is a city in west-central Poland with over 578,900 inhabitants (2002).
Located by the Warta River, it is one of the oldest cities in Poland, making it an important historical center.
It is also referred to in Polish as Stołeczne Miasto Poznań (name used on special occasions), in German as Posen (Haupt- und Residenzstadt Posen between 20 August 1910 and 28 November 1918), and in Latin as Posnania and civitas Posnaniensis.
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 General Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Reichsgau Wartheland (initially Reichsgau Posen), which included the entire Poznan Voivodship, most of the Lodz Voivodship, five counties of the Pomeranian voivodship, and one county of the Warsaw voivodship;
the remaining area of Pomeranian voivodship, which was incorporated into the Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreussen (initially Reichsgau Westpreussen);
Ciechanow District (Regierungsbezirk Zichenau) consisting of the five northern counties of Warszawa Voivodship (Plock, Plonsk, Sierpc, Ciechanow and Mlawa), which became a part of East Prussia;
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 Polish Shtetls
A wooden model is on display at Kibbutz Yakum Israel created by Moshe Verbin and another part of the display is at Beth Ha'tefutsorth Museum.
It was formerly known as Dobberschutz, Posen, German, but now Dobrzyca (Pleszew) Poznan, Poland.
It was part of the former province of Posen, Prussia (Germany) during pre-WWI.
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 sudetenland - Results By Free Genealogy Search
After the "Münchner Abkommen" (The Munich Agreement), 1938, Sudetenland was the official term (1938-1945) for the Reichsgau Sudetenland.
After the end of WWII Sudetenland was again reintegrated into Czechoslovakia and its German ethnic group was expelled.
Provinzen Posen, Ost- und Westpreußen, Pommern und Schlesien.
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 Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen
Die Flagge der Provinz Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen ist eine interessante Kombination aus den Flaggen Posens (linke Hälfte) und Wetspreußens (rechte Hälfte).
The flag of the border-province Posen-West Prussia is an interesting combination from the flags of Posen (left half) and West Prussia (right half).
The eagle with the sword arm is the west Prussian eagle, however shows his breast shield the heraldry of the flag of Posen-West Prussia.
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 Dąbcze - Wikipedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-6.cs.princeton.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Es wurde dem Reichsgau Posen und später dem Wartheland und dem Landkreis Lissa (Wartheland) zugeordnet.
Mit dem des Krieges wurde die Stadt wieder Teil Polens.
Zugehörigkeit staatlich: Land Preußen, Provinz Posen, Regierungsbezirk Posen
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 Prussian provinces
7 Feb 1849 Province of Posen (autonomy abolished).
26 Oct 1939 Part of occupied Poland annexed as Reichsgau Posen.
1 Nov 1939 Part of occupied Poland annexed as Reichsgau Posen.
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 Ciechocinek - Wikipedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-6.cs.princeton.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Als Teil des polnischen Landkreises Nieszawa (Nessau) wurde sie am 26.
Oktober 1939 nach dem Polenfeldzug in das Deutsche Reich eingegliedert, und zwar in den Reichsgau Posen, später Wartheland.
Ciechocinek erhielt die Bezeichnung Hermannsbad und wurde zunächst von einem Amtskommissar verwaltet.
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