Kreis Wreschen was a county

County

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 in the southern administrative district of Posen

Posen District

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, in the Prussian province of Posen

Province of Posen

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. It presently lies in the eastern part of Polish

Poland

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 region of Greater Poland Voivodeship

Greater Poland Voivodeship

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.

History

The area around the two Polish towns of Września

Wrzesnia

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 and Pyzdry

Pyzdry

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 were ceded to the Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Prussia

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 in the aftermath of the Vienna Congress. They formed the newly created County of Pyzdry (Ger: Kreis Peysern). The administrative seat was Pyzdry.

On November 11, 1817 the border was corrected and the eastern rim of the county was ceded to
Congress Poland

Congress Poland

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, Wreschen (Września) became the new administrative seat. Consequently the name was changed to Kreis Wreschen (Wreschen County) on July 31, 1819.

Civil registry offices

In 1905, these civil registry

Civil registry

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offices served the following towns in Kreis Wreschen:

List of all communities with more than 400 inhabitants (as of 1910). The table shows the traditional Polish name, the name during the Prussian administration from 1815 to 1919 and the name during the Nazi occupation.

Polish name	Prussian name (1815–1919)	Nazi-regime name (1939–1945)
Biechowo	Biechowo	Lorenzdorf
Bugaj	Bugaj	Bügen
Czeszewo	Czeszewo	Zeugnersruh
Gozdowo	Gozdowo Gosdau (1906–1919)	Gosdau
Kaczanowo	Kaczanowo	Entenau
Miłosław	Miloslaw	Liebenau (1939–1943) Liebenstädt (1943–1945)
Nowa Wieś Królewska	Königlich Neudorf	Königlich Neudorf (1939–1943) Königsneudorf (1943–1945)
Oblaczkowo	Oblaczkowo Oblatschkowo (1906–1919)	Runddorf (1939–1943) Kringeln (1943–1945)
Psary Polskie	Polnisch Psary	Feldkamp
Sędziwojewo	Sendschau	Sendschau
Skarboszewo	Skarboszewo	Karben
Sokolniki	Sokolnik Sockelstein (1906–1919)	Sockelstein
Strzałkowo	Strzalkowo Stralkowo (1906–1919)	Stralkau
Szamarzewo	Szamarzewo	Ellerode
Szemborowo	Szemborowo	Langdorf (1939–1943) Schembau (1943–1945)
Września	Wreschen	Wreschen