Schmogro (Großräschen) Niederlausitz: Class Photo From 1919, Photo,

You are bidding on a nice oneclass photo from 1919 out of chemogro.

chemogro (since 1946: Großräschen Ost) is today a District of Großräschen in the LK Oberspreewald-Lausitz in Brandenburg.

Two schoolgirls hold a small chalkboard with the inscription "Schmogrow 1919."

Inscribed in pencil on the reverse: "OMA BREINE (or BREINE?), 5. Man. My mother Gertrud Müller when she graduated from school in Schmogrow in 1919. 3. row, 5 from the right."

Format: 12.2 x 17.3 cm.

Mounted on cardboard.

Condition: Photo somewhat stained and slightly silvered. Below with corner damage. BiPlease also note the pictures!

Internal note: MM5

About the place Schmogro (source: wikipedia):

Großräschen East (until 1946 chemogro, Lower Sorbian Smogorjow) is a district of the town of Großräschen in the district of Oberspreewald-Lausitz in Brandenburg.

Location: Großräschen Ost is located in Lower Lusatia in the Lusatian Lake District, about twelve kilometers north of the district town of Senftenberg. Surrounding towns are Woschkow in the north, Dörrwalde in the east, the Senftenberg district of Sedlitz in the south-east and Großräschen in the west. The federal highway 96 runs about one kilometer south of the village.

History: The village of Schmogro was first mentioned in 1371. 1474 was the place name Smogorov. This name comes from Sorbian and describes a settlement built on peat soil. In 1844 there were 20 buildings in Schmogro in which 140 people lived. The village belonged to the Rentamt Senftenberg and belonged ecclesiastically to Großräschen.

Schmogro was a Sorbian-speaking village for a long time; in the 19th In the 19th century, however, the proportion of Sorbian-speaking residents fell sharply as a result of industrialization. Arnošt Muka determined fFor his statistics on the Sorbian population in the municipalities of Lower Lusatia in Schmogro there were a total of 221 inhabitants, of which 150 were Sorbs and 71 Germans, which corresponded to a Sorbian-speaking population of 68%.

After the Congress of Vienna, the previously Saxon Lower Lusatia came to the Kingdom of Prussia. From the formation of a new district in 1816, Schmogro belonged to the district of Calau in the administrative district of Frankfurt in the province of Brandenburg. on the 1st On March 1, 1946, Schmogro was incorporated into Großräschen and renamed Großräschen Ost. On the 25th. In July 1952 the village came into the Senftenberg district in the Cottbus district. After the reunification, Großräschen Ost was initially in the district of Senftenberg, where Großräschen and its districts settled on 21. Joined the Großräschen office in July 1992. As a result of the district reform in December 1993, Großräschen Ost became part of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district.

population development

Population development in Schmogro from 1875 to 1939

year residents

1875 181

1890 269

1910 449

1925 405

1933 643

1939 727