Grobin County

Location of Tuckum County within the Courland Governorate

Courland Governorate, 1820

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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[1] Das Kaiserthum Russland

[2] Baltische Verkehrs- und Adressbücher, Band 2, Kurland, 1912

[3] ttps://www.prlib.ru/item/404525 S. 140

[4] "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.