Kreis Karthaus

From 1939 to 1945, the district was re-established as part of Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia in occupied Poland.

Today the territory of the district lies in the Polish Pomeranian Voivodeship.

With the First Partition of Poland in 1772, the territory of the future Karthaus district became part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and it was initially divided between the Dirschau and Stargard districts in the province of West Prussia.

Due to the provisions of the Versailles Treaty, the Karthaus district had to be ceded by the German Reich on January 10, 1920.

Most of the district fell to Poland and continued to exist as Powiat Kartuski in the new Pomeranian Voivodeship.