Kreis Angerburg

[1][2] As part of the Prussian administrative reforms, the “Ordinance for Improved Establishment of the Provincial Authorities” of April 30, 1815 resulted in a comprehensive district reform in all of East Prussia, as the districts established in 1752 were too large.

Since 1871, the province of Prussia (and thus also the district of Angerburg) belonged to the German Empire.

Towards the end of World War II, the district was occupied by the Red Army in January 1945.

In the summer of 1945, the district was placed under Polish administration in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement.

According to the Prussian census of 1846, the Angerburg district had a population of 31,477, of which 23,650 (75.1%) were Germans, 7,793 (24.8%) were Poles and 34 (0.1%) were Lithuanians.