II Rzeczpospolita wobec ordynacji rodowych w byłym zaborze pruskim (województwa poznańskie i pomorskie)
Second Polish Republic towards the familial fideicommissa (ordynacje rodowe) in former Prussian partition (Poznańskie and Pomorskie Voivodships)

Summary/Abstract: An article consists of three parts. The first – the introductory one, describes the legal status of familial fideicommissa, existing in territories of the Second Polish Republic when regaining independence. It focuses on authorities’ activity to liquidate fideicommissa concerning urgent agricultural issues and land reform. Subsequent legislative acts on those problems, primarily the act on so-called donation estates and act on land reform are presented. The second part consist of an analysis of legislative acts on liquidating familial fideicommissa in former Prussian territories (without Silesia) – both Polish internal legislation and agreements between Poland and Germany. The third part presents a history of a few fideicommissa in those territories from 1918 to the time of their liquidation. Abolished even before Second World War fideicommissa on the Krotoszyn estate (so-called ‘Duchy of Krotoszyn’) of Thurn und Taxis princely family and the Smogulec estate of Hutten-Czapscy family, were shortly presented. More details were given on fideicommissa liquidated after the Second World War: on the Ostromecko estate of the Alvensleben family and the Jarocin estate of the princely Radolińscy family.

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