Kreishauptmannschaft is a German historical term that may refer to a historical type of administrative division in Germany, especially in the Kingdom of Saxony. Translated literally, it would mean something like ''District Captaincy''. Regierungsbezirk is the word for such administrative division in modern Germany.

Kreishauptmannschaft in the Kingdom of Saxony

Originally there were four in the Kingdom of Saxony: * Kreishauptmannschaft Bautzen *

Kreishauptmannschaft Dresden Kreishauptmannschaft Dresden was a Kreishauptmannschaft or administrative district in the Kingdom of Saxony. It was founded in 1835 and continued under the Free State of Saxony until it was merged with Kreishauptmannschaft Bautzen in 1934 Dresde ...

Kreishauptmannschaft Leipzig Kreishauptmannschaft Leipzig was a Kreishauptmannschaft or administrative district in the Kingdom of Saxony. Succeeding the Leipziger Kreis of the Electorate of Saxony, it was founded in 1835 and continued under the Free State of Saxony until bei ...

Kreishauptmannschaft Zwickau Kreishauptmannschaft is a German historical term that may refer to a historical type of administrative division in Germany, especially in the Kingdom of Saxony. Translated literally, it would mean something like ''District Captaincy''. Regierungs ...

In 1900, a fifth was added: *

Kreishauptmannschaft Chemnitz Kreishauptmannschaft is a German historical term that may refer to a historical type of administrative division in Germany, especially in the Kingdom of Saxony. Translated literally, it would mean something like ''District Captaincy''. Regierungs ...

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Former subdivisions of Germany {{Saxony-geo-stub