Masurian District

The Masurian District,[lower-alpha 1] also known as the District of East Prussia,[lower-alpha 2] and designated as the 4th District,[lower-alpha 3] was a district that acted as an provisional administrative division of Poland, during the administration of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland in 1945, and the Provisional Government of National Unity from 1945 to 1946.[1][2] It was centered around the areas of Masuria, Powiśle and Warmia. It was established as one of four provisional districts on 14 March 1945.[1][3] On 25 September 1945, areas near its western border were incorporated into the Gdańsk Voivodeship, while the areas near its eastern border, to the Białystok Voivodeship.[4] It existed until 28 June 1946, when it was abolished and replaced with the Olsztyn Voivodeship.[2] The head of the district was the attorney-in-fact Stanisław Piaskowski.[1]

Masurian District
District of the Republic of Poland
1945–1946

The administrative subdivisions of Poland in 1945, including the Masurian District
History
Government
Attorney-in-fact 
• 1945–1946
Stanisław Piaskowski
History 
• Established
14 March 1945
• Disestablished
24 June 1946
Contained within
 • Country Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland (1945)
Provisional Government of National Unity (1945–1946)
Preceded by		Succeeded by
East Prussia
Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia
Olsztyn Voivodeship
Gdańsk Voivodeship
Białystok Voivodeshipe
  • The administrative subdivisions of Poland from 25 September to 24 June 1945, including the District of Western Pomerania.
    The administrative subdivisions of Poland from 25 September to 24 June 1945, including the District of Western Pomerania.

Notes
  1. Polish: Okręg mazurski
  2. Polish: okręg Prusy Wschodnie
  3. Polish: Okręg IV

References
  1. Stanisław Jackowiak: Trudny powrót do macierzy, Warsaw: Biuletyn Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej, 9-10/2005, ISSN 1641-9561.
  2. Journal of Laws, no. 28, position: 177, 1946.
  3. Andrzej Gawryszewski: Ludność Polski w XX wieku. Warsaw: Polska Akademia Nauk – Instytut Geografii i Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania im. Stanisława Leszczyckiego, 2005, series: Monografie. ISBN 83-87954-66-7. ISSN 1643-2312. p. 43.
  4. Uchwała Rady Ministrów z dnia 7 lipca 1945 r. w sprawie wyłączenia z Okręgów Pomorze Zachodnie, Mazurskiego (Prusy Wschodnie) i Śląsk Dolny niektórych powiatów i przyznania na terenie tychże powiatów wojewodom: Gdańskiemu, Białostockiemu, Pomorskiemu i Poznańskiemu uprawnień Pełnomocników Okręgowych Rządu R. P.

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