Kreis Schwerin in Posen [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Kreis Schwerin in Posen
Kreis Schwerin in Posen () was a county in Prussia, first in the southern administrative Region of Posen within the Prussian Province of Posen (till 1920), then within the Province of the Frontier March of Posen-West Prussia (till 1 October 1938) and at last as part of the administrative Region of Frankfurt within the Province of Brandenburg (till 1945). It presently lies in the western part of Polish region of Lubuskie Voivodeship.
History.
The county was formed in 1887
region of Greater Poland by the Kingdom of Prussia. It was part of Grand Duchy of Warsaw between 1807 and 1815. It was incorporated into the Kreis Birnbaum of the Grand Duchy of Posen in 1815. From 1887 it was the administrative seat of Kreis Schwerin within the Prussian Province of Posen. In 1919, according to the Treaty of Versailles, this district was left in the small province of Posen-West Prussia which remained part of Weimar Germany. Posen-West Prussia was dissolved in 1938 and Schwerin/Skwierzyna became part