On 1 February 1843 a major exchange of territory took place between the district of Goldap and the district of Stallupönen. The parish of Mehlkehmen was transferred from the district of Goldap to the district of Stallupönen, and in return, the parish of Tollmingkehmen was transferred from the district of Stallupönen to the district of Goldap.
In the spring of 1945 the district was occupied by the Red Army and in the summer of 1945, the Soviet occupation forces placed the southern part of the district including the district town of Goldap under Polish administration and the northern part under Soviet administration, in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement. The German population either fled or were subsequently expelled from the district by the local administrative authorities.
Demographics
The Goldap district had a majority German population, with significant minorities of Poles and Lithuanians. The vast majority of the population (99.1% in 1849) was Protestant.[1]
Population by ethnicity in the Goldap district [1]
Czerwonnen, Parish Tollmingkehmen, on 30, September 1928 assigned to Pickeln
Freiberg, on 30, September 1928 assigned to Eckertsberg
Glasau, on 30, September 1928 assigned to Kowalken
Groß Bludszen, on 30, September 1928 assigned to Bludßen
Groß Duneyken, on 30, September 1928 assigned to Duneyken
Groß Jodupp, on 30, September 1928 assigned to Jodupp
Klein Jodupp, on 30, September 1928 assigned to Szeldkehmen
Marienthal, in 1900 assigned to Johannisberg
Martischken, on 30, September 1928 assigned to Ballupönen
Mittel Jodupp, on 30, September 1928 assigned to Jodupp
Naujehnen, on 30, September 1928 assigned to Kallnischken
Pröken, on 30, September 1928 assigned to Gurnen
Raudohnen, on 30, September 1928 assigned to Pickeln
Uszupönen, on 30, September 1928 assigned to Eckertsberg
Wiersbianken, on 30, September 1928 assigned to Duneyken
Place Names
From 1936 to 1938, the Nazis implemented extensive renaming of place names in the Goldap district, as in all of East Prussia, as many place names did not seem German enough for them. Some renaming had already taken place before 1936.[3]
On 27 October 1933 the rural community of Sutzken (now known in Polish as Suczki) was renamed Hitlershöhe. This was based on the following application by the municipality dated 9 March 1933:
"The village of Sutzken in the Goldap district is a farming village with 167 inhabitants. It is located on the heights south of the town of Goldap. 95% of the residents are National Socialists, while the remaining 5% are German nationalists. There hasn't been a Marxist here for years. [...]."
Hitler gave his approval on 12 April 1933 and the new name Hitlershöhe came into effect on 27 October 1933.