Lithuania District

Lithuania District
Verwaltungsbezirk Litauen
Military occupation authority of the German Empire
1915–1918

Map of Ober Ost
CapitalVilnius
Area
54°41′N 25°17′E / 54.683°N 25.283°E / 54.683; 25.283
History 
• Established
1915
• Disestablished
1918
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Vilna Governorate
Suwałki Governorate
Kingdom of Lithuania (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

  1. ^ War Land on the Eastern Front: Culture, National Identity, and German Occupation in World War I, Review author[s]: Peter Gatrell
  2. ^ Das Land Ober Ost (in German)


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