Feudal era
Originally, a drost in theSouth Africa
The office was also introduced in the Dutch colony established at the Cape of Good Hope. The first was appointed inCivil Commissioners, magistrates
In theNetherlands under Napoleonic rule
* Drenthe province, after Administrators (16 February 1795 – 8 May 1807), had two Landdrosts: **8 May 1807 – 1 January 1810 Petrus Hofstede (b. 1755 – d. 1839) **1 January 1810 – 1811 Jan Adriaan, baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt (b. 1776 – d. 1840); next it had Governors *In 19th century Hanover
In 1823 thePost-World War II Dutch-occupied Germany
After World War II, the old landdrost title was re-used for two extraordinary jurisdictions within the Dutch Occupation Zone in Germany. On 22 March 1949, the Allies agreed to let the Netherlands occupy and annex some German border territories. These included the municipalities of Havert, Hillensberg, Millen, Süsterseel, Tüddern (Dutch: Tudderen), Wehr, parts of Höngen, Gangelt, Schumm, Saeffelen as well as Elten and Hoch-Elten. The Dutch annexation effectively started on 23 April that year, with the following two jurisdictions declared: *Landdrost of Tudderen ( Tüddern in German) (directly subordinated to the Dutch government up to September 1951, then to the Governor ofOpenbaar Lichaam Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders
After the creation of the Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders, now part of the province of Flevoland, the newly claimed area was governed by the landdrost of the Openbaar Lichaam Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders ''(Public Body of the Southern IJsselmeer Polders)'' until it was partitioned into municipalities.References
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