Administration of West Prussia before 1919

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[edit] Danzig district - Regierungsbezirk Danzig

Governing Presidents of Danzig -Regierungspräsidenten of Danzig

  • 1869–1876 — Paul Friedrich Heinrich Gustav von Diest
  • 1876–1878 — Franz Otto Theodor von Hoffmann
  • 1878–1879 — Heinrich Karl Julius von Achenbach
  • 1879–1880 — Karl Adolf August Ernst von Ernsthausen
  • 1881–1882 — Wilhelm A. Theodor von Wiendowski "von Saltzwedell"
  • 1883–1887 — Konrad Anton Robert Rothe
  • 1887–1890 — Adolf Eduard von Heppe
  • 1890–1902 — Friedrich Heinrich Ehrenreich
  • 1902–1902 — Hans von Holwede
  • 1902–1908 — Jaroslaw von Jarotzky
  • 1909–1918 — Lothar Foerster

Due to Treaty of Versailles in 1919 the Regierungsbezirk Danzig ceased to exist and was divided between the Free City of Danzig, Poland and the Prussian Province of East Prussia.

[edit] Berent County

Supervisors/Landräte:

  • 1853–1896 — ... Engler
  • 1896–1919 — ... Trüstedt

[edit] Danzig City County

Lord Mayors/Oberbürgermeister:

  • 1862–1890 — Leopold von Winter
  • 1891–1896 — Karl Adolf von Baumbach
  • 1896–1903 — Clemens G. Ernst Delbruck
  • 1903–1910 — Heinrich Otto Ehlers
  • 1910–1918 — Heinrich Scholtz
  • 1919–1920 — Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Martin Sahm

[edit] Danzig-Land (Rural) County

Supervisor/Landrat:

  • 1867–1887 - Archibald August von Gramatzki

In 1887, Kreis Danzig Land was divided into Danziger Höhe, Danziger Niederung and Dirschau.

[edit] Danziger Höhe County (created in 1887)

Supervisors/Landräte:

  • 1887–1904 — ... Maurach
  • 1904–1915 — Emil Venske
  • 1916–1919 — ... von Unger

[edit] Danziger Niederung County (created in 1887)

Supervisors/Landräte:

  • 1887–1895 — Archibald August von Gramatzki
  • 1895–1919 — ... Brandt

[edit] Dirschau County (created in 1887)

Supervisors/Landräte:

  • 1887–1908 — ... Döhn
  • 1909–1919 — ... von Kries

[edit] Elbing-Land (Rural) County

Supervisors/Landräte:

  • 1868–1879 — ... Bax
  • 1879–1883 — ... Birkner
  • 1883–1888 — Eugen Karl Hugo Dippe
  • 1888–1907 — Rüdiger Etzdorf
  • 1907–1925 — Arthur Adolph Graf von Posadowski-Wehner, after 1919 only for the part that remained German

[edit] Karthaus County

Supervisors/Landräte:

  • 1833–1851 — Georg Kaspar Otto von Kleist
  • 1875–1884 — Werner Freiherr von Schleinitz
  • 1885 — Ernst Ferdinand Julius Bruno von Schwichow*
  • 1885–1893 — ... von Krosigk
  • 1893–1901 — ... Keller
  • 1901–1910 — Gottfried Hagemann
  • 1911–1914 — ... Römhild
  • 1915–1919 — ... Simon

[edit] Marienburg County

Supervisors/Landräte:

  • 1871–1877 — Gustav Gottfried Keil
  • 1877–1890 — ... Doehring
  • 1890–1895 — ... von Zander
  • 1895–1901 — ... von Glasennapp
  • 1901–1910 — ... Freiherr Senfft von Pilsach
  • 1910–1918 — Gottfried Hagemann
  • 1918–1920 — ... von Rönne*, since 1919 only for the part that remained German

[edit] Neustadt County

Supervisors/Landräte:

  • 1868–1879 — Friedrich Eberhard Vormbaum
  • 1879–1881 — ... Wenzel*
  • 1881–1893 — ... Gumprecht
  • 1893–1907 — Robert Graf von Keyserlingk-Cammerau
  • 1907–1919 — Theodor Christian Traugott Graf von Baudissin