The Landkreis Sprottau was a
district
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of the German state
Prussia
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...
from 1816 to 1945. It was part of the Prussian
Province of Lower Silesia
The Province of Lower Silesia (german: Provinz Niederschlesien; Silesian German: ''Provinz Niederschläsing''; pl, Prowincja Dolny Śląsk; szl, Prowincyjŏ Dolny Ślōnsk) was a province of the Free State of Prussia from 1919 to 1945. Between ...
, before 1919 the Prussian
Province of Silesia
The Province of Silesia (german: Provinz Schlesien; pl, Prowincja Śląska; szl, Prowincyjŏ Ślōnskŏ) was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1919. The Silesia region was part of the Prussian realm since 1740 and established as an official p ...
. In 1932 it was merged with
Landkreis Sagan.
Its present-day successors are
Powiat Żagański and
Powiat Polkowicki. On 1 January 1945 it included:
*3 cities,
Primkenau (Przemków),
Sagan (Żagań) and
Sprottau
Szprotawa (german: Sprottau) is a town in western Poland, in Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship. It has 11,820 inhabitants (2019).
History
The region was part of Poland after the emergence of the Piast monarchy in the 10th century. The first me ...
(Szprotawa).
*102 municipalities,
*4 Gutsbezirke (forests and the military training area
Neuhammer am Queis).
Demographics
The district had a majority
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
population, with a small
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
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minority.
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".
: 1811–1831: Kaspar von Knobelsdorff
: 1831–1857: Alexander Maximilian von Schkopp
: 1857–1869:
Robert von Reder
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
(† 1869)
: 1869–1877:
Hans Graf von Kanitz-Podangen (1813–1941)
: 1877–1890:
Günther von Dallwitz Günther, Guenther, Ginther, Gunther, and the variants Günter, Guenter, Guenther, Ginter, and Gunter, are Germanic names derived from ''Gunthere, Gunthari'', composed of '' *gunþiz'' "battle" (Old Norse ''gunnr'') and ''heri, hari'' "army". Gund ...
(1838–1910)
: 1890–1910: Henning von Klitzing
: 1910–1919: Wilhelm Freiherr von Kottwitz
: 1919: Eichert (''Commissar'')
: 1920–1925: Dietrich
: 1925–1932:
Hermann Kranold
Hermann Kuno Julius Kranold (also Hermann Kranold-Steinhaus; 1888, Hannover – 1942, Talladega, Alabama) was a German political writer active in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
In the German Revolution
Following the German Revolut ...
: 1932–1933: Oskar von Bezold
: 1933: Pintzke
: 1933–: Hans-Walter Friderici
References
External links
*http://www.geschichte-on-demand.de/sprottau.html
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Districts of Prussia
Province of Silesia
1816 establishments in Prussia
1932 disestablishments in Germany