Regierungsbezirk Allenstein

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Regierungsbezirk Allenstein was a former administrative district of East Prussia in the Kingdom of Prussia and later Germany, centered around the city of Allenstein (now Olsztyn in Poland).

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Label Occurrences
Regierungsbezirk Allenstein canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Regierungsbezirk
former administrative district
administrativeCenter Allenstein
administrativeLevel second-level subdivision
borderedBy Regierungsbezirk Gumbinnen
Regierungsbezirk Königsberg
Russian Empire (until 1918)
linked to: Russian Empire

Second Polish Republic (interwar period)
capital Allenstein
Olsztyn
country German Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic
dissolvedFollowing World War II
endTime 1945
ethnicComposition Germans
Masurians
Poles
Warmians
event East Prussian plebiscite
followedBy Olsztyn Voivodeship
governingState Germany
Prussia
historicalRegion Masuria
Warmia
languageOfAdministration German
locatedInPresentDay Poland
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
locatedOnContinent Europe
majorCity Allenstein
Neidenburg
Ortelsburg
Osterode in Ostpreußen
namedAfter Allenstein
partOf East Prussia
Province of East Prussia
linked to: East Prussia
plebisciteDate 1920
precededBy Regierungsbezirk Königsberg
reasonForDissolution post-World War II border changes
religiousComposition mixed Catholic and Protestant population
resultOfPlebiscite remained in East Prussia
startTime 1905
status defunct
subdivisionType governmental district
territoryTransferredFrom Germany
territoryTransferredTo Poland
timePeriod 20th century

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Allenstein locatedInAdministrativeUnit Regierungsbezirk Allenstein
Hohenstein in Ostpreußen locatedIn Regierungsbezirk Allenstein
Regierungsbezirk Königsberg borderedBy Regierungsbezirk Allenstein