Kreis Wreschen
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Kreis Wreschen was a county
County
A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...

 in the southern administrative district of Posen
Posen District
Posen was the southern of two Prussian administrative regions, or Regierungsbezirke , of the Grand Duchy of Posen and its successor, the Province of Posen...

, in the Prussian province of Posen
Province of Posen
The Province of Posen was a province of Prussia from 1848–1918 and as such part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918. The area was about 29,000 km2....

. It presently lies in the eastern part of Polish
Poland
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 region of Greater Poland Voivodeship
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Wielkopolska Voivodeship , or Greater Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...

.

History

The area around the two Polish towns of Września
Wrzesnia
Września is a town in central Poland with 28,600 inhabitants . It is situated in the Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship , previously in Poznań Voivodeship , on the Wrzesnica River.- History :...

 and Pyzdry
Pyzdry
Pyzdry is a town in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,163 inhabitants .- History :In 1390 the treaty of Pyzdry was signed there. In 1815 the town was the western most point of the Russian Empire. There was a narrow-gauge railway in Pyzdry....

 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
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