Bobrek-Karf Municipality

Bobrek-Karf
Gemeinde Bobrek-Karf, Gemeinde Bobrek
Gemeinde
Interactive map of Bobrek-Karf
Country
ProvinceSilesia
Rural DistrictBeuthen-Tarnowitz District
SeatBobrek
Population
 (1939)
 • Total
22,095

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.

History

The 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

Population of the municipality (Gemeinde) of Bobrek-Karf:[3]

 Population
YearNumber
193321974
193922095

Religious beliefs in Bobrek-Karf:[3]

 CatholicismEvangelicalismOther Christian denominationsJudaism
1933207731057440
1939208451094182

References

  1. 1 2 "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)
  2. ↑ "An extensive list of Volkssturm-Bataillons? - Page 36 - Axis History Forum".
  3. 1 2 "Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte Schlesien, Beuthen". treemagic.org. Archived from the original on 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2020-01-04.

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