Przemiany struktur ludności Grudziądza i okolic w 2. połowie XIX i na początku XX wieku

• Authors: Zielińska Agniesza

Title variants

DE

Demographischer Wandeln in Graudenz und in der Umgegend in der Hälfte des 19. Jhs. und am Anfang des 20.Jhs.

EN

Changes in the population structure in Grudziądz and the surrounding area in the second half of the 19th c. and the beginning of the 20th c.

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

DE

The article discusses the transformation of the population structure in Grudziądz city and district from the 2nd half of the 19th c. to the end of the interwar period. It contains an analysis of statistical material obtained from various types of primary sources. For the period of the second half of the 19th century until 1914, the statistical summaries for individual districts of West Prussia for the years 1871, 1885, 1895, 1905 and 1910 were used next to the information retrieved from Prussian statistics for the period of the 19th c. and the beginning of the 20th c. The censuses of 1921 and 1931 were very helpful for the issues concerning the interwar period. The article presents the population, religious, national and socio-economic situation in the area of Grudziądz city and district in the period under study. Grudziądz was an important industrial centre throughout this period, leaving behind other towns of the district, Łasin and Radzyń. It can be even stated that the city’s position as a factory centre increased significantly in the interwar period. The fact that Grudziądz was also a fortress and had a garrison had a great impact on its development and character already during the Prussian period. Rural commonalties and manorial areas were mainly agricultural territories, diverse as far as their denominational and ethnic structure is concerned. A brief overview of statistical and demographic information reveals a monumental change in the denominational and ethnic structure of population, which was largely influenced by the Great War and the regaining of independence by Poland. It resulted from the process of repolonization, which took place throughout the whole district in the 1920s. The increase in the number of Polish and Catholic population, as well as the marked decline in the number of German and Protestant population (although religion and nationality did not necessarily coincide) reflected political changes and the creation of the Polish state again after more than a hundred years.

• Publisher: Muzeum w Grudziądzu
• Journal: Rocznik Grudziądzki
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 27
• Pages: 21-41

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Zielińska Agniesza

• Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Wydział Nauk Historycznych