Grobin County
Grobin County (German: Kreis Grobin, Russian: Гробинский уезд, Latvian: Grobiņas apriņķis) was one of the ten subdivisions of the Courland Governorate of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Grobiņa (Grobin). Kreis Grobin was situated in the westernmost part of the governorate (mostly in present-day southwestern Latvia, partly in northwestern Lithuania).
It was created as a uyezd in 1819.
Administration
Volost Polangen is a small coastal strip. It was transferred in 1819 from Telshi County of Vilna Governorate to Grobin County of Courland Governorate. In 1827 it was transferred back.[1]
Latvian | German | Russian | Note |
---|---|---|---|
Асситенская | not in [2] | ||
Bārtas | Oberbartau | Обербартауская | |
Durbes | Durben | Дурбенская | |
Gaviezes | Gawesen | Гавезенская | |
Grobiņas | Grobin | Гробинская | |
Medzes-Vērgales | Medsen-Virginahlen | Медзен-Вирцниленская | |
Nīcas | Niederbartau | Нидербартауская | |
Palangas | Polangen | Полангенская | not listed for 1913[3] |
Pērkones | Perkuhnen | Перкуненская | |
Priekules | Preekuln | Прекульнская | |
Rucavas | Rutzau | Рутцауская | |
Tadaiķu | Tadaiken | Тадайкенская | |
Talsu | Talsen | Тальсенская | |
Vecpils | Altenburg | Альтенбургская |
- 1820 Polangen in Kurland
- 1835 Polangen not in Kurland
- Map of Baltic governorates, Meyers, ca. mid of 1890s - Polangen in Kurland
- Map of Kurland and Kowno governorates ca 1900 - Polangen in Kurland
- Map of Kowno G. and surrounding area 1876 - 1914 - Polangen in Kurland
- 1888 - Polangen in Kurland
- 1902 - Polangen in Kurland
- 1910 - Polangen in Kurland
- Map of Ober Ost, WWI - Polangen in Kurland
- 1920 map of Poland and the Balitcs - Polangen in Kurland
- Map of RK Ostland, WWII - Polangen im Generalbezirk Litauen, Kreis Krottingen
- Palanga City Municipality in Lithuania
Demographics
At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kreis Grobin had a population of 110,878. Of these, 58.5% spoke Latvian, 15.3% German, 6.9% Russian, 6.5% Yiddish, 5.8% Polish, 5.5% Lithuanian, 0.3% Belarusian, 0.2% Danish or Norwegian and 0.2% Ukrainian as their native language. [4]
References
- ↑ Das Kaiserthum Russland
- ↑ Baltische Verkehrs- und Adressbücher, Band 2, Kurland, 1912
- ↑ https://www.prlib.ru/item/404525 S. 140
- ↑ "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России" (in Russian). Демоскоп Weekly. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
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