Kreis Franzburg and Franzburg-Barth

Kreis History

• Vorpommern
• Franzburg was part of Swedish Vorpommern from 1806, when it was traded to Denmark for Norway in 1814.
• Franzburg was part of Denmark 1814-1815, and then was traded for the Duchy of Lauenburg in 1815.
• Franzburg became a Kreis in 1815, and was part of the administrative district of of Stralsund until 1928.
• On 1 February 1928 Franzburg changed its name to Franzburg-Barth.
• Franzburg-Barth was part of the administrative district of Stralsund from 1928-1932.
• Franzburg-Barth was part of the administrative district of Stettin from 1932-1945.
• Kreiz Franzburg-Barth on the Baltic Sea had four major towns: Barth, Damgarten, Franzburg and Richtenberg.
• Barth used to belong to the island of Rügen and it lies on a lagoon.
• During World War II, Barth was the site of a prisoner of war camp for captured airmen, and thus was protected from allied bombing.
• Barth has a Vineta museum and festival. Vineta is a legendary city, like Atlantis, that sank into the sea, because of the sinfulness of its inhabitants.
• Damgarten is at the mouth of the Recknitz River forming the border with Mecklenburg. It started out as a fortress built by the princes of Rügen.
• Damgarten merged with the city of Ribnitz in 1950, and calls itself the "Amber Town" because large deposits of amber are found nearby.
• The city of Franzburg was established in 1587 by the Pomeranian Duke Bogislaw XIII. In 1648, it became part of Sweden, and in 1815 became Prussian.
• Richtenberg was first mentioned in 1231 as Kirchdorf. The city was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1728.
• Richtenberg is known for its famous whiskey distilleries that make "Richtenberger Korn."
• This county is the most western part of Pomerania and is still a part of Germany.

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• Drescher, Fritz. Der Kreis Franzburg-Barth. [Möser, Bez.] Magdeburg : Kunstdruck- u. Verlagsbüro Magdeburg, 1933.
   
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• Haselberg, E. von and Gesellschaft für pommersche geschichte und alterthumskunde. Der regierungsbezirk Stralsund ... Stettin : L. Saunier, 1881-1902.
   
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• Homepage der Stadt Ribnitz-Damgarten. 
   
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• Landkreis Franzburg-Barth: Gebietsstand von 1939. (Michael Rademacher). Statistics and communities.
   
• Meinhold, Theodor. Heimatbüchlein für Barth und Kreis Franzburg. Stettin : Fischer & Schmidt, 1915.
   
• Quellen und Schriften zur Bevölkerungsgeschichte Norddeutschlands Bd. 2. Kreis Franzburg/Barth. Göttingen: Selbstverl.