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Standesamt Margonin

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Standesamt Margonin was a civil registration district (Standesamt) located in Kreis Kolmar, Posen[1] of the German Empire (1871–1918) and administered 21 communities.

Communities
Community Polish name Type 1895 Pop Prot Cath Jew Civil Ofc Police Ofc Court Ofc Cath. Ch Prot. Ch Notes More
Margonin Town 1776 751 916 109 Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar
Alyrode Studzce Village 222 206 16 Mar Kol Kol Kol Mar KM
Josephowo Village 121 110 11 Mar Sam Mar Mar Mar
Klothildenhof Estate 113 97 16 Mar Bud Mar Mar Mar
Kowalewo Village 118 36 73 8 Mar Bud Mar Mar Mar
Lipin Village 254 162 85 Mar Sam Mar Mar Mar
Lipin Hauland Lipinskie Oledry Village 100 93 2 Mar Sam Mar Mar Mar
Margonin F Margonin forestry
Margoninsdorf Margonska Wies Estate 507 133 374 Mar Sam Mar Mar Mar
Margoninsdorf Margonska Wies Village 56 5 51 Mar Sam Kol Mar Mar
Obermühle Estate 47 23 24 Mar Sam Mar Mar Mar
Prochnowo Estate 464 1 463 Mar Bud Mar Wil Mar
Sagemühle Estate 47 26 21 Mar Sam Mar Mar Mar
Schmiedenau
Seeort Sypniewo Village 206 147 53 Mar Bud Mar Mar Mar
Sulaszewo
Sulaszewo F forestry
Wesrednik F Wesrednik forestry
Wilhelmstreu Village 192 28 164 Mar Bud Mar Wil Mar
Wittkowitz Village 35 34 1 Mar Bud Mar Mar Mar
Zbyszewice[2] Estate 396 9 387 Mar Bud Mar Mar Mar

Bud = Budsin; Kol = Kolmar; Mar = Margonin; Wil = Wilhelmstreu

Geography

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Margonin was on the north end of a finger lake, where a mill stream emptied the lake into the Netze (Polish: Noteć) River. The Margonin lake dominated the southern portion of the area, blocking east–west traffic. North of Margonin lay Standesamt Samotschin. A bridge crossed the river, providing access to southern Kreis Wirsitz. West of Margonin, the road and railroad diverged on their way to Kreis' seat of Kolmar (Chodziesen; Polish: Chodzież).

The railroad swung north to Samotschin before following the bluff overlooking the river plain. The road ran westward and then swung north to follow the railroad through to Kolmar. In the other direction, the road and railroad ran east and a little south, towards Gollantsch and Kreis Exin, passing through the strip of Kreis Wongrowitz that claims a small piece of the Netze riverbank. The only major road to the south exited Margonin at the southeast, and arched east on its way to the town of Wongrowitz, seat of its Kreis.

Woods sheltered the east of the lake, ran northeast past the Margoninsdorf estate and forestry school, and northwest, on the western side of the stream. Several mills shared the stream there. Aside from the mills, very little industry existed, save from weavers in the early days, and some brewing, conducted by the small Jewish population.

Margonin was a market town, and had churches for all three faiths. The Catholic parish church belonged to the deanery of Czarnikau, which was part of the Posen diocese.

The town suffered destruction by the Swedes, by floods, and cholera.

References

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  1. ^ Werner, Josef (1988). Hakenkreuz und Judenstern: das Schicksal der Karlsruher Juden im Dritten Reich (in German). Badenia. p. 228. ISBN 978-3-7617-0263-5.
  2. ^ Koerner, Bernhard (1909). Deutsches Geschlecterbuch (in German). C.A. Starke.