Gemeinde Bobrek-Karf, also referred to as simply Gemeinde Bobrek or Gemeinde Karf-Bobrek (Polish: Gmina Bobrek-Karb, Gmina Bobrek, Gmina Karb-Bobrek[1]), was a municipality in the District of Beuthen-Tarnowitz, part of the Silesian Province of Germany. It was created following the unification of the Bobrek and Karf municipalities in 1928.
Bobrek-Karf
Gemeinde Bobrek-Karf, Gemeinde Bobrek | |
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| Country |
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| Province | Silesia |
| Rural District | Beuthen-Tarnowitz District |
| Seat | Bobrek |
| Population (1939) | |
• Total | 22,095 |
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History
editThe unification of the municipalities of Karf and Bobrek was proclaimed in 1928,[1] the result was the creation of the Bobrek-Karf Municipality.
In 1932 a wooden evangelical church was built in Bobrek.
During the Second World War a volkssturm battalion was levied in Bobrek-Karf.[2]
The municipality was abolished in 1945 following the Polish takeover of Bobrek and Karf, in its place a new municipality (Gmina Bobrek) was created (later renamed to "Gmina Bobrek-Karb").
Demographics
editPopulation of the municipality (Gemeinde) of Bobrek-Karf:[3]
| Population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Number | |
| 1933 | 21974 | |
| 1939 | 22095 | |
Religious beliefs in Bobrek-Karf:[3]
| Catholicism | Evangelicalism | Other Christian denominations | Judaism | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 20773 | 1057 | 4 | 40 | ||||||||||
| 1939 | 20845 | 1094 | 18 | 2 | ||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "An extensive list of Volkssturm-Bataillons? - Page 36 - Axis History Forum".
- ^ a b "Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte Schlesien, Beuthen". treemagic.org. Archived from the original on 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2020-01-04.