South Prussia
South Prussia was a
province of the
Kingdom of Prussia from 1793 to 1806. It was created after the
second partition of
Poland and included the region of
Greater Poland. The main city was Posen and in 1806 it had 1,503,508 inhabitants.
South Prussia was administered by the General-Direktorium in Berlin until 1806.
Following the conquest of the
Napoleonic armies and a Polish rebellion in 1806, it became part of the
Duchy of Warsaw, a
French client state. After the
Congress of Vienna, in 1815 it was divided between the Prussian
Province of Posen and
Congress Poland as a part of the
Russian Empire.
Encyclopedia
South Prussia was a
province of the
Kingdom of Prussia from 1793 to 1806. It was created after the
second partition of
Poland and included the region of
Greater Poland. The main city was Posen and in 1806 it had 1,503,508 inhabitants.
South Prussia was administered by the General-Direktorium in Berlin until 1806.
Following the conquest of the
Napoleonic armies and a Polish rebellion in 1806, it became part of the
Duchy of Warsaw, a
French client state. After the
Congress of Vienna, in 1815 it was divided between the Prussian
Province of Posen and
Congress Poland as a part of the
Russian Empire.
The Prussian General-Direktorium records dealing with the history
and genealogy of the Prussian part of Poland were taken from the
Prussian archives by Napoleon Bonaparte soon after 1806 and
transferred to Warsaw.
This transfer had the effect that they slumbered there up to this day
and have not been used as often as their importance merits.
The LDS camera people apparently made no attempt to examine or film them
which has been a severe loss to the genealogy of that period.
The new Guide to the holdings of the Archiwum Glowne Akt Dawnych
in Warsaw apparently is the first attempt to give a very
brief listing of the Prussian holdings and hopefully will initiate a
wider interest among resarchers to compile a more detailed inventory:
- General Ober Finanz-Kriegs-und-Domänen Direktorium
Departement Südpreussen, 1793/1795 - 1807
Abt.I : Universalia , Nr.4 - 1908; 1698 vols.
Abt.II: Hauptverordnungen - Royal Decrees
Abt.III: Dept. Kalisch, Nr.1 - 244; 241 vols.
Abt. IV: Dept. Posen, Nr.1-273; 268 vols.
Abt. V: Dept. Warschau, Nr.1-168; 168 vols.
Abt.VI: Ortschaften - locality matters, Nr.13 - 3890; 2375 vols.
Abt.VII: Ämter, Nr. 2-1973; 1342 vols.
Districts
In 1806 the Province of South Prussia had three districts :
- Posen included the counties of:
- Posen
- Oborniki
- Meseritz
- Bomst
- Fraustadt
- Krebe
- Schrim
- Kosten
- Krotoschin
- Peisern
- Schroda
- Gnesen
- Wangrowitz
- Powitz
- Brzesk
- Radziejow
- Kowal
- Kalisch included the counties of:
- Kalisch
- Adelnau
- Konin
- Ostreschow
- Wielun
- Lumtomiersk
- Warta
- Schadek
- Sieradz
- Petrikau
- Radomsk
- Czenstochau
- Warschau included the counties of:
- Warschau
- Blonin
- Tschersk
- Rawa
- Sochaczew
- Gostin
- Orlow
- Lenczyca
- Zgierz
- Brzezin
See also
