%0 Journal Article
%T Appointment of landrats in South Prussia (1793–1806)
%A Włodarczyk, Zdzisław
%J Archival and Historical Review
%V 2019
%R 10.4467/2391-890XPAH.19.001.14930
%N Vol. VI
%P 9-29
%K South Prussia, administration, landrat, elections
%@ 2391-890X
%D 2019
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-archiwalno-historyczny/article/powolywanie-landratow-w-prusach-poludniowych-1793-1806
%X 
	The article reviews the personnel policy of the occupant regarding the appointment of the landrat/ county supervisor in South Prussia — a province created from the territories seized by the Hohenzollerns following the second partition of Poland in 1793. Due to external factors and the situation in the province, the process of appointing landrats underwent some modifications. Initially, these officials were elected directly by the Prussian administration, with no contribution from the nobles. The denomination of the nominee played an important role — Evangelical Reformed Church members who had been living in these territories for generations were preferred. All of it was in accordance with the demands of minister Bucholz formulated in the early 1793. During the Kościuszko Uprising many of these elected officials took up arms against the Prussians. As a consequence, they were removed from their positions, and people with no ties with the county they were meant to administer were nominated. However, as early as 1795, the demands of middle noblemen were taken into account, especially since they pledged their allegiance to the monarch during the uprising (in Radomsko) or called for the nomination of a former Prussian officer (in Częstochowa). This nominating procedure also functioned during the second term of minister Voss in South Prussia (after Frederick William III of Prussia had come to the throne). At that point, noblemen were allowed to choose the candidate among themselves, which was in compliance with the General State Laws for the Prussian States, wishes submitted when assuming supervision over the province, as well as the suggestions of the minister himself from the early days of his office.