Lithuania District
Lithuania District Verwaltungsbezirk Litauen | ||||||
Military occupation authority of the German Empire | ||||||
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Map of Ober Ost | ||||||
Capital | Vilnius 54°41′N 25°17′E / 54.683°N 25.283°ECoordinates: 54°41′N 25°17′E / 54.683°N 25.283°E | |||||
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• | Established | 1915 | ||||
• | Disestablished | 1918 | ||||
Lithuania District (German: Verwaltungsbezirk Litauen) was an administrative division of German-controlled territory of Ober-Ost during World War I. It was bordered by the Bialystok-Grodno District to the south and the Courland District to the north.[1][2]
History
The area was formed roughly from parts of the former Vilna Governorate and Suvalki Governorate of the Russian Empire.
References
- ↑ War Land on the Eastern Front: Culture, National Identity, and German Occupation in World War I, Review author[s]: Peter Gatrell
- ↑ Das Land Ober Ost (German)
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