Bukovina District

This article is about the 1775–1849 administrative unit of the Habsburg Monarchy. For the historical region, see Bukovina. For other uses, see Bukovina (disambiguation).
"Chernivtsi District" redirects here. For other uses, see Chernivtsi Raion (disambiguation).
Bukovina
(1775–1786)
Bukowina; also Buchenland
Bukovina District / Chernivtsi District
(1786–1849)
Bukowiner Kreis / Kreis Bukowina / Kreis Czernowitz
1775–1849
1860–1861
Territorial evolution of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, which used to include Bukovina
Territorial evolution of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, which used to include Bukovina
CapitalCzernowitz (Cernăuți / Chernivtsi)
Common languagesGerman, Romanian, Ukrainian
History 
• Habsburg annexation of Bukovina into Galicia and Lodomeria as a military district
1775
• Bukovina becomes a formal district of Galicia and Lodomeria
1786
• Detached as the Duchy of Bukovina
13 March 1849
• Reincorporated into Galicia and Lodomeria
31 August 1860
28 February 1861
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Moldavia
Duchy of Bukovina
Today part ofRomania
Ukraine

The Bukovina District (German: Bukowiner Kreis or Kreis Bukowina), also known as the Chernivtsi District (German: Kreis Czernowitz), was an administrative division – a Kreis (lit. 'circle') – of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria[1] within the Habsburg monarchy (from 1804 the Austrian Empire) in Bukovina, annexed from Moldavia.[2][3] It was first a military district from 1775 to 1786 until it was officially incorporated into Galicia and Lodomeria as its own district.

On 13 March 1849, following the revolutions of 1848, Bukovina was detached from Galicia and Lodomeria, becoming the Duchy of Bukovina, a separate crown land of the Austrian Empire.[4] It was reincorporated into Galicia and Lodomeria on 31 August 1860[5] but detached once again on 28 February 1861 by the February Patent.[6]

Geographical location

1800 map of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria including the Bukovina District

The Bukovina district occupied the area between the Carpathians mountains and the Seret, from the middle reaches of the Dniester to about the middle reaches of Moldavia. It was located in the east of the Austrian Empire and in the southeast of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria.

Western Bukovina was part of the Habsburg monarchy from the second half of 1774. Until May 1775 as a temporary military administrative-territorial unit - Chernivtsi General.[7] It was join the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, and the south (districts of Seret and Suceava, and Dovgopol district) to the Kingdom of Hungary.

However, such intentions were strongly opposed by the local population of Dovhopil region (about 90% of the population were ethnic Ruthenians and Poles), which geographically separated the mostly Romanian Suceava from Transylvania, which forced to abandon this idea.[8]

The final decision on the future management of the region was made on August 6, 1786, during the stay in Lviv of Joseph II,[9] who liquidated his Patent The Military Administration of Bukovina (as having fulfilled its mission during the transition period) and annexed the Bukovina District (in full) to the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria as the Chernivtsi District, later renamed the Bukovina District.

Population

The period of the region's status as a district of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria is characterized by a significant increase in population, mainly due to immigrants, colonizers and more. The tributary was recorded by both the Romanians from Transylvania and the Ruthenians from Galicia. Germans, Poles, and mostly Jews came from different regions. In 1786, the population of the region was estimated at 91,000 inhabitants.

Prior to that, the population was rewritten exclusively for a religion that blurred the boundaries between Ruthenians (Ukrainians) and Wallachians (Romanians), generalizing them as Orthodox. According to the results of the 1846 census: 180,417 Ruthenians (Ukrainians) were recorded. (48.6%), Wallachians (Romanians) - 140,625 people. (37.9%), other nationalities (mainly Germans, Jews, Poles) - 50089 people. (13.5%).[2] Such results were obtained within the Bukovina district as a whole (northern and southern parts).

Territorial division of the district

Bukovina district was divided into four counties (until August 1, 1794 – districts) and one separate district:[10]

  • Chernivtsi County (German: Bezirk Czernowitz).
  • Vyzhnytsya district
  • Seret County
  • Suceava County
  • Dovhopil district

Each county consisted of 12 districts with 10 communities in each.

In the military organization, Bukovina district was divided into Chernivtsi and Suceava regimental districts, in the fiscal sphere - into eight tax districts.

The administrative center of the Bukovina district was the city of Chernivtsi.

In 1854, while the district was detached from Galicia and Lodomeria, Bukovina was divided into 15 Bezirke (districts) – Dorna, Putilla, Wysznitz, Kimpolung, Solka, Gurahumora, Sereth, Waskoutz am Czeremosz, Sadagura, Storoschinetz, Kotzmann, Zastawna, Suczawa, Radautz and Czernowitz (environs) – plus the Stadtbezirk (city-district) of Czernowitz.[11] These districts were administered via four Bezirksämter (district offices) located in Czernowitz, Suczawa, Storoschinetz and Radautz.[11] These divisions were retained when Bukovina was re-attached to Galicia and Lodomeria in 1860.

References

  1. ^ Welisch, Sophie (March 1984). "The Second World War resettlement of the Bukovina-Germans". Immigrants & Minorities. 3 (1): 49–68. doi:10.1080/02619288.1984.9974569. ISSN 0261-9288.
  2. ^ a b Stambrook, Fred (January 2004). "National and Other Identities in Bukovina in Late Austrian Times". Austrian History Yearbook. 35: 185–203. doi:10.1017/s0067237800020981. ISSN 0067-2378. S2CID 145290239.
  3. ^ Savelyev, Yuriy (2018). "Соціальне включення як вимір модернізації європейських суспільств. Автореферат дисертації на здобуття наукового ступеня доктора соціологічних наук (Социальная включенность как измерение модернизации европейских обществ. Автореферат диссертации на соискание ученой степени доктора социологических наук. Social Inclusion as Dimension of Modernization of European Societies. Synopsis of Doctoral Dissertation in Sociology)". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3423957. ISSN 1556-5068.
  4. ^ Gesetz vom 13. März 1849, RGBl. 163/1849: "Erlaß des Ministeriums des Innern vom 13. März 1849, womit die Stellung und der Wirkungskreis des k. k. Kreishauptmannes zu Czernowitz, als provisorischer Landeschef des Kronlandes Bukowina, festgesetzt wird". Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt für das Kaiserthum Österreich (in German). 1849-03-13. Retrieved 2024-05-25 – via ÖNB-ALEX - Historische Rechts- und Gesetztexte Online.
  5. ^ Gesetz vom 6. August 1860, RGBl. 198/1860: "Verordnung der Ministerien des Innern und der Justiz vom 6. August 1860, giltig für das Königreich Galizien mit dem Großherzogthume Krakau und für das Herzogthum Bukowina, womit der Zeitpunct der Einstellung der Amtswirksamkeit der Landesregierungen in Krakau und Czernowitz, sowie der Landes-Bauhehörden daselbst, dann der Kreisbehörden in Wadowice, Bochnia und Jasło, ferner der Beginn der Wirksamkeit der Kreisbehörde in Czernowitz bekannt gegeben, und die aus diesem Anlasse in politischer und gerichtlicher Beziehung erforderlichen Uebergangsbestimmungen erlassen werden". Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt für das Kaiserthum Österreich (in German). 1860-08-06. Retrieved 2024-05-25 – via ÖNB-ALEX - Historische Rechts- und Gesetztexte Online.
  6. ^ Patent vom 28. Februar 1861, RGBl. 20/1861: "February Patent". Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt für das Kaiserthum Österreich. 1861-02-28. Retrieved 2024-05-25 – via ÖNB-ALEX - Historische Rechts- und Gesetztexte Online.
  7. ^ "Аурел Ончул. Румынский вопрос на Буковине". buktolerance.com.ua. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  8. ^ Rechter, David (2013). Becoming Habsburg: the Jews of Austrian Bukovina, 1774–1918. Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. ISBN 978-1-904113-95-9. OCLC 231588598.
  9. ^ Боярко, Ірина Миколаївна (2017-01-10). "ОРГАНІЗАЦІЯ РУХУ ІНФОРМАЦІЙНИХ ПОТОКІВ У ПРАКСЕОЛОГІЧНО-КАТАЛАКТИЧНІЙ МОДЕЛІ ІНФОРМАЦІЙНОГО ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ СТРАТЕГІЧНОГО УПРАВЛІННЯ". Вісник Університету банківської справи. 2 (29): 62–68. doi:10.18371/2221-755x2(29)2017120622. ISSN 2221-755X.
  10. ^ Жук, Валентина (2020-08-07). "ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ВЖИВАННЯ ПАСИВНИХ КОНСТРУКЦІЙ (НА МАТЕРІАЛІ ТЕКСТІВ ХХ – ПОЧАТКУ ХХІ СТОЛІТТЯ)". ЗДОБУТКИ ТА ДОСЯГНЕННЯ ПРИКЛАДНИХ ТА ФУНДАМЕНТАЛЬНИХ НАУК XXI СТОЛІТТЯ - ТОМ 2. Міжнародний центр наукових досліджень. doi:10.36074/07.08.2020.v2.16. S2CID 225377054.
  11. ^ a b Gesetz vom 24. April 1854, RGBl. 110/1854: "Verordnung der Minister des Innern, der Justiz und der Finanzen vom 24. April 1854, betreffend die politische und gerichtliche Organisirung des Herzogthumes Bukowina". Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt für das Kaiserthum Österreich. 1854-04-24. Retrieved 2024-05-25 – via ÖNB-ALEX - Historische Rechts- und Gesetztexte Online.