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THE GERMAN COMMUNITY IN OSTRÓW FROM THE 18TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY

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Biernaczyk J.

Przegląd Zachodni

2007

issue 3(324)

213-228

The German community of Ostrów Wielkopolski comprised two groups. One included mainly Germans of Silesian origin, who had been settled in the city as far back as the times of the First Republic of Poland. The other group consisted of those who arrived in completely different political circumstances - Germans who were brought over as part of the Prussian colonization drive during the partition of Poland. When Ostrów was incorporated to Prussia in 1793, Germans were the largest national group in the city (50%), in this respect ahead of Poles (35%) and Jews (15%). Their majority status continued until the 1830s, when the number of Germans dropped to approximately 1/3 of the total population, and remained on that level until 1918. In the interwar period the number of German citizens in Ostrów did not exceed a few hundred. The community increased markedly during the Second World War due to the arrival to Great Poland (Ostrów included) of Germans from the Baltic states (so-called Baltendeutsche). The greater part of the German population which had settled in Ostrów in the 18th century was employed in various crafts (mainly weaving). The 19th century was characterized by a professional diversity of the Ostrów Germans. Besides the already mentioned craftsmen there were pioneers of Ostrów industry, tradesmen and representatives of the free professions.

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THE GERMAN COMMUNITY IN OSTRÓW FROM THE 18TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY