Lithuania District
Lithuania District Verwaltungsbezirk Litauen | |||||||||||||
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Military occupation authority of the German Empire | |||||||||||||
1915–1918 | |||||||||||||
Map of Ober Ost | |||||||||||||
Capital | Vilnius | ||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||
• Coordinates | 54°41′N 25°17′E / 54.683°N 25.283°ECoordinates: 54°41′N 25°17′E / 54.683°N 25.283°E | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1915 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1918 | ||||||||||||
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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 (in German)
Categories:
- States and territories established in 1915
- States and territories disestablished in 1918
- German Empire in World War I
- History of Vilnius
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