- Source: 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:
3 cities, Primkenau (Przemków), Sagan (Żagań) and Sprottau (Szprotawa).
102 municipalities,
4 Gutsbezirke (forests and the military training area Neuhammer am Queis).
Demographics
The district had a majority German population, with a small Polish 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 († 1869)
1869–1877: Hans Graf von Kanitz-Podangen (1813–1941)
1877–1890: Günther von Dallwitz (1838–1910)
1890–1910: Henning von Klitzing
1910–1919: Wilhelm Freiherr von Kottwitz
1919–9999: Eichert (Commissar)
1920–1925: Dietrich
1925–1932: Hermann Kranold
1932–1933: Oskar von Bezold
1933–9999: Pintzke
1933–0000: Hans-Walter Friderici
References
External links
http://www.geschichte-on-demand.de/sprottau.html