Gmina Mokotów

Gmina Mokotów
Rural municipality of Warsaw County
1867–1916
CapitalMokotów
Area
 • Coordinates52°12′16″N 21°00′59″E / 52.204375°N 21.016281°E / 52.204375; 21.016281
Population 
• 1890
8,708
 • TypeRural municipality
History 
• Established
17 January 1867
• Disestablished
8 April 1916
Contained within
 • Country Russian Empire (1867–1915)
Government General of Warsaw (1915–1916)
 • GovernorateWarsaw
 • CountyWarsaw County
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Warsaw Governorate
Warsaw
Municipality of Wilanów

Gmina Mokotów (Polish: [mɔˈkɔt.uf]) was a rural municipality of Warsaw County, located in the Warsaw Governorate, with its seat of government in the village of Mokotów. Currently, the area is part of the Mokotów district within the city of Warsaw, Poland. The municipality was established on 13 January 1867, as a subdivision in the Kingdom of Poland, which was a part of the Russian Empire. During the First World War, the Warsaw Governorate begun being administrated by the Government General of Warsaw on 18 October 1915. The municipality was dissolved on 8 April 1916, being incorporated into the city of Warsaw. In 1890, the municipality had a population of 8,708 people

History

The map of the Warsaw Governorate in 1914, including the municipality of Mokotów.

The rural municipality of Mokotów was established on 13 January 1867, as part of the administrative reform in the Kingdom of Poland, which was part of the Russian Empire. The municipality was part of Warsaw County within the Warsaw Governorate. Its seat was set in the village of Mokotów. It also included the following villages: Czerniaków, Henryków, Królikarnia, Siekierki Małe, Siekierki Wielkie, Sielce, Szopy Niemieckie, Szopy Polskie, and Wierzbno. It also included the Mokotów Aerodrome.[1][2][3][4][5] In 1890, it had a population of 8,708 people.[6]

In 1903, the hamlet of Mokotów-Murowanka was incorporated into the city of Warsaw. The villages of Czerniaków, Szopy Polskie, Szopy Niemieckie, Siekierki Małe, and Siekierki Wielkie were transferred to the municipality of Wilanów in 1909.[2][1]

After the area became occupied by the Imperial German Army during the First World War, the Warsaw Governorate begun being administrated by the Government General of Warsaw on 18 October 1915.[7] The municipality was incorporated into the city of Warsaw on 8 April 1916, by the orders Governor-General Hans Hartwig von Beseler. The order was backdated to 1 April 1916.[1][8][9][10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Maria Nietyksza, Witold Pruss: Zmiany w układzie przestrzennym Warszawy. In Irena Pietrza-Pawłowska (editor): Wielkomiejski rozwój Warszawy do 1918 r.. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Książka i Wiedza. 1973. p. 43. (in Polish)
  2. 1 2 Wojciech Trzebiński, Adam Borkiewicz: Podziały administracyjne Królestwa Polskiego w okresie 1815-1918 r.: Zarys historyczny. Dokumentacja Geograficzna 1956, vol. 4. Warsaw, 1956. (in Polish)
  3. ↑ "Postanowienie z 17 (29) września 1866, ogłoszone 5 (17) stycznia 1867". Dziennik Praw, rok 1866, vol. 66, no. 219, p. 279. Warsaw, 29 September 1866. (in Polish)
  4. ↑ "Postanowienie z 29 grudnia 1867 (10 stycznia 1868), ogłoszone 8 (20) lutego 1868". Dziennik Praw, rok 1868, vol. 67, no. 228, p. 359. Warsaw, 10 January 1868. (in Polish)
  5. ↑ "Powiat warszawski". In: Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, vol. 13: Warmbrun – Worowo, Warsaw: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1893. p. 99. (in Polish)
  6. ↑ "Mokotów". In: Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, vol. 15, part 2: Januszpol – Żyżkowo, Aleksin – Wola Justowska, Warsaw: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1902. p. 348. (in Polish)
  7. ↑ Liulevicius, Vejas G. (2000). War Land on the Eastern Front: Culture, Identity, and German Occupation in World War I. Cambridge University Press, p. 54.
  8. ↑ Lesław M. Bartelski (author), Juliusz Powałkiewicz (editor): Mokotów. Warszawskie Termopile 1944. Przewodnik historyczny po miejscach walk i pamięci czasu okupacji i Powstania Warszawskiego. Warsaw: Fundacja Wystawa Warszawa Walczy 1939-1945. 2004. (in Polish)
  9. ↑ Verordnungsblatt für das General-Gouvernement Warschau. 1916 nr 29 (17 IV). Warsaw, 17 April 1916. (in German and Polish)
  10. ↑ Verordnungsblatt für das General-Gouvernement Warschau. 1917 nr 63 (10 II). Warsaw, 10 February 1917. (in German and Polish)
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