Kreis Angerburg

The Angerburg district was a Prussian district in East Prussia that was founded in 1818 and existed until 1945. It was located in the Masurian Lake District in Masuria. The city of Angerburg was the capital of the district.

History

Since the East Prussian district reform of 1752, most of the area of the Angerburg district belonged to what was then the Seehesten district.[1][2]

As part of the Prussian administrative reforms, the “Ordinance for Improved Establishment of the Provincial Authorities” of April 30, 1815 resulted in a comprehensive district reform in all of East Prussia, as the districts established in 1752 were too large. On September 1, 1818, the new Angerburg district was formed from the northern part of the Seehesten district in Regierungsbezirk Gumbinnen.

Towards the end of World War II, the district was occupied by the Red Army in January 1945. In the summer of 1945, the district was placed under Polish administration in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement.

References
  1. Töppen, Max (1858). Historisch-comparative Geographie von Preussen: Nach den Quellen, Namentlich auch Archivalischen (in German). Perthes.
  2. Baczko, Ludwig von (1803). Handbuch der Geschichte, Erdbeschreibung und Statistik Preussens (in German). Nicolovius.
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