Darkehmen (district)

Its former territory is now divided between the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of Poland and the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.

This included the parishes of Ballethen, Darkehmen, Dombrowken, Groß Karpowen, Kleszowen, Rogahlen, Szabienen, Trempen and Wilhelmsberg.

With the Soviet advance into East Prussia which began in January 1945, the district was gradually occupied by the Red Army.

[3] Only a small part of the district south of the demarcation line remained under Polish administration and was attached to the Węgorzewo County.

The remaining German population was subsequently expelled by the local Polish authorities.