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Landkreis Sprottau

Coordinates: 51°34′00″N 15°30′00″E / 51.566667°N 15.500000°E / 51.566667; 15.500000
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Landkreis Sprottau
District of Prussia
1816–1945

Map from 1905
CapitalSprottau (Szprotawa)
Area
 • Coordinates51°34′00″N 15°30′00″E / 51.566667°N 15.500000°E / 51.566667; 15.500000
 
• 1910
0.730 km2 (0.282 sq mi)
Population 
• 1910
39,882
History 
• Established
1816
• Disestablished
1945
Today part ofPoland

The Landkreis Sprottau was a district of the German state Prussia from 1816 to 1945. It was part of the Prussian Province of Lower Silesia, before 1919 the Prussian Province of Silesia. In 1932 it was merged with Landkreis Sagan.[1] Its present-day successors are Powiat Żagański and Powiat Polkowicki. On 1 January 1945 it included:

Demographics

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The district had a majority German population, with a small Polish minority.[2]

Ethnolinguistic structure in the district[2]
1890 1900
German 36,337 98.85% 38,175 97.78%
Polish 307 0.84% 570 1.46%
Bilingual 84 0.23% 124 0.32%
Total 36,759 39,042

History

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Municipal constitution

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Placenames

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Names of two communes were renamed in 1936:

District heads

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  • Oskar von Bezold (1932–1933)

Representatives in Provincial Parliament of Lower Silesia

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Holders of these political positions were called "Landsrat".[1]

1811–1831: Kaspar von Knobelsdorff
1831–1857: Alexander Maximilian von Schkopp
1857–1869: Robert von Reder († 1869)
1869–1877: Hans Graf von Kanitz-Podangen (1813–1941)
1877–1890: Günther von Dallwitz (1838–1910)
1890–1910: Henning von Klitzing
1910–1919: Wilhelm Freiherr von Kottwitz
1919–9999: Eichert (Commissar)
1920–1925: Dietrich
1925–1932: Hermann Kranold
1932–1933: Oskar von Bezold
1933–9999: Pintzke
1933–0000: Hans-Walter Friderici

References

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  1. ^ a b Rademacher, Michael. "Landkreis Sprottau". verwaltungsgeschichte.de. Michael Rademacher. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b Belzyt, Leszek (1998). Sprachliche Minderheiten im preussischen Staat: 1815 - 1914 ; die preußische Sprachenstatistik in Bearbeitung und Kommentar. Marburg: Herder-Inst. ISBN 978-3-87969-267-5.
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