Beuthen District
Beuthen
Landkreis Beuthen | |
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| Province | Silesia |
| Seat | Beuthen (not part of the district) Tarnowitz (1818) |
| Population (1910) | |
| • Total | 195,844[1] |
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Beuthen District, or Beuthen Rural District (German: Landkreis Beuthen, Polish: Powiat ziemski Bytom) was a Upper Silesian rural district with its seat in Beuthen (Polish: Bytom), which itself was a separate district - an urban district (German: Stadtkreis Beuthen, Polish: Powiat miejski Bytom).
In 1927 the district became Beuthen-Tarnowitz District.
History
In 1742 King Friedrich II of Prussia introduced Prussian administrative structures to the Silesia Province. Lands belonging to the Free State County of Bytom/Beuthen became a Prussian district - District of Beuthen (German: Kreis Beuthen)[2].
In 1873 the Beuthen District was divided up: The Kattowitz, Tarnowitz and Zabrze districts were partially formed from the lands of the district. In 1890 Beuthen became a stadtkreis (urban district), subsequently leaving the Beuthen District and on April 1, 1898 the town of Köningshütte (Polish: Królewska Huta) split off from the Beuthen District to become its own district[2].
In 1927 Roßberg municipality became part of the city of Beuthen[2] while the Beuthen District transformed into the Beuthen-Tarnowitz District, although the city of Tarnowitz (Polish: Tarnowskie Góry) was in Poland until the German invasion of Poland in September, 1939.
Demographics
Population of the District of Beuthen by year[3]:
| 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | |||||||
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| Stadtkreis | 36,905 | 51,404 | 67,718 | ||||||
| Landkreis | 121,763 | 195,758 | 195,844 | ||||||
Czechs
A small Czech minority inhabited Upper Silesia, including the Beuthen District. In 1905 there were 253 Czechs living in Beuthen[3]. This number however kept fluctuating up and down: by 1910 there were only 149 Czechs left in Beuthen.
Municipalities
Municipalities of the Beuthen District in 1910[4]:
| Gemeinde | Populaiton (1910) | Powiat/City (2020) | |||
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| Beuthen District | |||||
| Stadtkreis Beuthen | 67718 | 
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Bytom
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| Birkenhain | 4804 | _COA.svg){kind=small}
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Piekary Śląskie 
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| Bismarckhütte | 22687 | 
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Chorzów 
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| Bobrek | 8821 | Bytom
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| Brzezowitz | 2224 | 
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Piekary Śląskie
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| Deutsch Piekar | 9733 | .png){kind=small}
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Piekary Śląskie
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| Groß Dombrowka | 3591 | _COA.svg){kind=small}
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Piekary Śląskie
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| Hohenlinde | 10853 | 
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Bytom
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| Karf | 6083 | Bytom
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| Kamin | 1887 | _COA.svg){kind=small}
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Piekary Śląskie
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| Lipine | 18190 | Świętochłowice 
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| Miechowitz | 12248 | 
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Bytom
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| Neu Heiduk | 6240 | Chorzów
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| Orzegow | 14166 | Ruda Śląska 
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| Rokittnitz | 2848 | Zabrze 
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| Roßberg | 20435 | Bytom
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| Scharley | 11009 | _COA.svg){kind=small}
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Piekary Śląskie
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| Schlesiengrube | 10313 | 
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Świętochłowice
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| Schomberg | 5999 | Bytom
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| Schwientochlowitz | 23640 | 
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Świętochłowice
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References
- ^ "Gemeindeverzeichnis Deutschland 1900". gemeindeverzeichnis.de.
- ^ a b c "Landkreis Beuthen-Tarnowitz". territorial.de.
- ^ a b Leszek, Belzyt (1998). Sprachliche Minderheiten im preussischen Staat. Marburg. p. 263.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Wyniki plebiscytu na Górnym Śląsku. Dziewulski, Stefan. p. 12-13. http://polona.pl/item/67859822
Sources
- [Gemeindeverzeichnis Deutschland 1900] gemeindeverzeichnis.de. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- [Landkreis Beuthen-Tarnowitz] www.territorial.de. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- Wyniki plebiscytu na Górnym Śląsku. Dziewulski, Stefan. Warszawa 1922.
- Sprachliche Minderheiten im preussischen Staat. Belzyt, Leszek. Marburg 1998.