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Kreis Filehne was a district in
As a result of the
Kreis Filehne was a district in Regierungsbezirk Bromberg
Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia () was an administrative division of Nazi Germany created on 8 October 1939 from annexed territory of the Free City of Danzig, the Greater Pomeranian Voivodship (Polish Corridor), and the ''Regierungsbezirk'' West ...
, in the Prussia
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n Province of Posen
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from 1887 to 1920.
History
On 1 October 1887 the new ''Filehne district was'' formed from the western part of the Czarnikau district as part of a major district reform in the province of Posen. The capital of the new district was Filehne.
As a result of the Treaty of Versailles
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, the district was dissolved and divided on 10 January 1920. The area south of the Netze river became part of Poland
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. The area north of the river remained in Germany
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and became part of the Netzekreis in the province of Posen-West Prussia.
Demographics
According to the Prussian census of 1905, the district had a population of 32,669, of which 72% wereGermans
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and 28% were Poles
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Table of Standesämter
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