Administration of West Prussia before 1919

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1 Danzig district - Regierungsbezirk Danzig

1.1 Berent County
1.2 Danzig City County
1.3 Danzig-Land (Rural) County
1.4 Danziger H�he County (created in 1887)
1.5 Danziger Niederung County (created in 1887)
1.6 Dirschau County (created in 1887)
1.7 Elbing-Land (Rural) County
1.8 Karthaus County
1.9 Marienburg County
1.10 Neustadt County

Danzig district - Regierungsbezirk Danzig

Governing Presidents of Danzig -Regierungspr�sidenten of Danzig

1869–1876 — Paul Friedrich Heinrich Gustav von Diest
1876–1878 — Franz Otto Theodor von Hoffmann
1878–1879 — Heinrich Karl Julius von Achenbach
1879–1880 — Karl Adolf August Ernst von Ernsthausen
1881–1882 — Wilhelm A. Theodor von Wiendowski "von Saltzwedell"
1883–1887 — Konrad Anton Robert Rothe
1887–1890 — Adolf Eduard von Heppe
1890–1902 — Friedrich Heinrich Ehrenreich
1902–1902 — Hans von Holwede
1902–1908 — Jaroslaw von Jarotzky
1909–1918 — Lothar Foerster

Due to Treaty of Versailles in 1919 the Regierungsbezirk Danzig ceased to exist and was divided between the Allied Territory of Freistadt Danzig, Poland and the Prussian Province Ostpreussen

Berent County

Supervisors/Landr�te:

1853–1896 — ... Engler
1896–1919 — ... Tr�stedt

Danzig City County

Lord Mayors/Oberb�rgermeister:

1862–1890 — Leopold von Winter
1891–1896 — Karl Adolf von Baumbach
1896–1903 — Clemens G. Ernst Delbruck
1903–1910 — Heinrich Otto Ehlers
1910–1918 — Heinrich Scholtz
1919–1920 — Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Martin Sahm

Danzig-Land (Rural) County

Supervisor/Landrat:

1867–1887 - Archibald August von Gramatzki

In 1887, Kreis Danzig Land was divided into Danziger H�he, Danziger Niederung and Dirschau

Danziger H�he County (created in 1887)

Supervisors/Landr�te:

1887–1904 — ... Maurach
1904–1915 — Emil Venske
1916–1919 — ... von Unger

Danziger Niederung County (created in 1887)

Supervisors/Landr�te:

1887–1895 — Archibald August von Gramatzki
1895–1919 — ... Brandt

Dirschau County (created in 1887)

Supervisors/Landr�te:

1887–1908 — ... D�hn
1909–1919 — ... von Kries

Elbing-Land (Rural) County

Supervisors/Landr�te:

1868–1879 — ... Bax
1879–1883 — ... Birkner
1883–1888 — Eugen Karl Hugo Dippe
1888–1907 — R�diger Etzdorf
1907–1925 — Arthur Adolph Graf von Posadowski-Wehner, after 1919 only for the part that remained German

Karthaus County

Supervisors/Landr�te:

1851–1875 — Georg Kaspar Otto von Kleist
1875–1884 — Werner Freiherr von Schleinitz
1885 — Ernst Ferdinand Julius Bruno von Schwichow*
1885–1893 — ... von Krosigk
1893–1901 — ... Keller
1901–1910 — Gottfried Hagemann
1911–1914 — ... R�mhild
1915–1919 — ... Simon

Marienburg County

Supervisors/Landr�te:

1871–1877 — Gustav Gottfried Keil
1877–1890 — ... Doehring
1890–1895 — ... von Zander
1895–1901 — ... von Glasennapp
1901–1910 — ... Freiherr Senfft von Pilsach
1910–1918 — Gottfried Hagemann
1918–1920 — ... von R�nne*, since 1919 only for the part that remained German

Neustadt County

Supervisors/Landr�te:

1868–1879 — Friedrich Eberhard Vormbaum
1879–1881 — ... Wenzel*
1881–1893 — ... Gumprecht
1893–1907 — Robert Graf von Keyserlingk-Cammerau
1907–1919 — Theodor Christian Traugott Graf von Baudissin