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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. Its present-day successors are Powiat Żagański and Powiat Polkowicki. On 1 January 1945 it included:

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  • 3 cities, Primkenau, Sagan and Sprottau.
  • 102 municipalities,
  • 4 Gutsbezirke (forests and the military training area Neuhammer am Queis).

    • 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 Knobelsdorff1831–1857: Alexander Maximilian von Schkopp1857–1869: Robert von Reder († 1869)1869–1877: Hans Graf von Kanitz-Podangen (1813–1941)1877–1890: Günther von Dallwitz (1838–1910)1890–1910: Henning von Klitzing1910–1919: Wilhelm Freiherr von Kottwitz1919–9999: Eichert (Commissar)1920–1925: Dietrich1925–1932: Hermann Kranold1932–1933: Oskar von Bezold1933–9999: Pintzke1933–0000: Hans-Walter Friderici

    References

    Landkreis Sprottau Wikipedia
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