Lithuania District Explained

Native Name:Verwaltungsbezirk Litauen
Conventional Long Name:Lithuania District
Common Name:Vilnius
Subdivision:Military occupation authority
Nation:the German Empire
Year Start:1915
Year End:1918
P1:Vilna Governorate
P2:Suwałki Governorate
Flag P1:Flag of the Russian Empire (black-yellow-white).svg
S1:Kingdom of Lithuania (1918)
Flag S1:Flag of Lithuania 1918-1940.svg
Flag:Flag of Germany
Symbol:Coat of arms of Germany
Image Map Caption:Map of Ober Ost
Capital:Vilnius

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.

Notes and References

  1. War Land on the Eastern Front: Culture, National Identity, and German Occupation in World War I, Review author[s]: Peter Gatrell
  2. http://www.brest-litowsk.libau-kurland-baltikum.de/Ober-Ost/ober-ost.html Das Land Ober Ost