Kreis Rawitsch

Kreis Rawitsch (Polish: Powiat rawicki) was a district in Regierungsbezirk Posen, in the Prussian province of Posen, which existed from 1887 to 1920, with its capital at Rawitsch. Today, the territory of this district lies in the southern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poland.

History[edit]

On October 1, 1887, the district of Kröben was bifurcated to form the new districts of Rawitsch and Gostyn. The town of Rawitsch became the capital of the Rawitsch district.

On December 27, 1918, the Greater Poland uprising against German rule began in the province of Posen, and the north-eastern part of the Rawitsch district was under Polish control after just a few days. The south-western part around Rawitsch and Bojanowo remained under German control.

On February 16, 1919, an armistice ended the Polish-German fighting, and on June 28, 1919, the German government officially ceded the Rawitsch district to the newly founded Poland with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. On November 25, 1919, Germany and Poland concluded an agreement on the evacuation and surrender of the areas to be ceded, which was ratified on January 10, 1920. The evacuation of the remaining area under German control including the district town of Rawitsch and the handover to Poland took place between January 17 and February 4, 1920.

Demographics[edit]

According to the Prussian census of 1910, Kreis Rawitsch had a population of 50,523, of which 42% were Germans and 58% were Poles.^[1] A large part of the German population left the district after 1919, when it became part of Poland.

Communities[edit]

The district consisted of the following communities:^[2]

Alt Guhle Bärsdorf Bartoschewitz Bojanowo, town Chojno Damme Dlonie Domaradzitz Dombrowka golina Dombrowka konarzewo Dubin Dubinko Friedrichsort Gerlachowo Golejewo Görchen, town Goretschki Gory Gostkowo Gründorf Gußwitz Izbice	Janowo Jeziora Jutrosin, town Karolinenthal Kawitsch Konary Konarzewo Korngut Kubeczki Lang Guhle Laszczyn Lindenhof Lonkta Massel Nadstawen Neu Grombkowo Neu Sielec Niedzwiadki Niemarzyn Osiek Ostoje Ostrobudki	Pakoslaw Pakoswalde Pakowko Pawlowo Piskornia Platschkowo Podborowo Pomotzno Rawitsch, town Rogozewo Rostempniewo Roszkowo Rzyczkowo Sackern Sarnowa, town Sarnowko Schlemsdorf Sikorzyn Slonskowo Slupia Sobialkowo Sonnenthal	Sowiny Sowy Stwolno Sworowo Szkaradowo Szymanowo Szymonki Tarchalin Ugoda Waschke Weißkehle Wilhelmsgrund Woszczkowo Wydawy Zaborowo Zaorle Zawada Zawady Zmyslowo Zolendnice Zylice