Kreis Samter

Kreis Samter (Polish: Powiat szamotulski) was a district in Regierungsbezirk Posen, in the Prussian Province of Posen from 1818 to 1918. Its territory presently lies in the north-western part of Polish region of Greater Poland Voivodeship.

Location of Kreis Samter

History

The Samter district was formed on January 1, 1818, with its capital at Samter. As part of the Province of Posen, the Samter district became part of the newly founded German Empire on January 18, 1871.

On December 27, 1918, the Greater Poland uprising began in the province of Posen, and on the same day the district town of Samter came under Polish control. On February 16, 1919, an armistice ended the Polish-German fighting, and on June 28, 1919, the German government officially ceded the Samter district to the newly founded Poland with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

Demographics

The district had a majority Polish population, with a significant German minority.

Population by language [1]
	1831		1860
German	10,823	32.2%	16,695	37.1%
Polish	22,760	67.8%	28,312	62.9%
Total	33,583		45,007

References

Belzyt, Leszek (1998). Sprachliche Minderheiten im preussischen Staat: 1815 - 1914 ; die preußische Sprachenstatistik in Bearbeitung und Kommentar. Marburg: Herder-Inst. ISBN 978-3-87969-267-5.

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[1] Belzyt, Leszek (1998). Sprachliche Minderheiten im preussischen Staat: 1815 - 1914 ; die preußische Sprachenstatistik in Bearbeitung und Kommentar. Marburg: Herder-Inst. ISBN 978-3-87969-267-5.