Kreishauptmannschaft is a German historical term that may refer to a historical type of administrative division in Germany, especially in the

Kingdom of Saxony The Kingdom of Saxony (german: Königreich Sachsen), lasting from 1806 to 1918, was an independent member of a number of historical confederacies in Napoleonic through post-Napoleonic Germany. The kingdom was formed from the Electorate of Saxo ...

. Translated literally, it would mean something like ''District Captaincy''.

Regierungsbezirk A ' () means "governmental district" and is a type of administrative division in Germany. Four of sixteen ' ( states of Germany) are split into '. Beneath these are rural and urban districts. Saxony has ' (directorate districts) with more res ...

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 Bautzen 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 abolished in 1934. Kreishauptmannschaft Bautzen issued the Ro ...

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 In 1900, a fifth was added: * Kreishauptmannschaft Chemnitz

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