Landkreis Sprottau
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:
- 3 cities, Primkenau, Sagan and Sprottau.
- 102 municipalities,
- 4 Gutsbezirke (forests and the military training area Neuhammer am Queis).
| Landkreis Sprottau | |
|---|---|
| Prussian province | Schlesien (1816–1919) Niederschlesien (1919–1932) |
| Regierungsbezirk | Liegnitz |
| Kreisstadt | Sprottau |
| Area | 0.730 km2 (1910) |
| Population | 39,882 (1910) |
| population density | 58 people/km2 (1925) |
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| Map of Landkreis Sprottau (1905) | |
History
Municipal constitution
Placenames
Names of two communes were renamed in 1936:
- Puschkau → Hirtenau (does not exist)
- Tschirndorf → Hammerfeld
District heads
- Oskar von Bezold (1932–1933)
Representatives in Provincial Parliament of Lower Silesia
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: Eichert (Commissar)
- 1920–1925: Dietrich
- 1925–1932: Hermann Kranold
- 1932–1933: Oskar von Bezold
- 1933: Pintzke
- 1933–: Hans-Walter Friderici
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References
- Rademacher, Michael. "Landkreis Sprottau". verwaltungsgeschichte.de. Michael Rademacher. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
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