Danube district

The Danube district was one of four districts in the state of Württemberg . It was formed in 1818 and dissolved in 1924. The capital of the district was Ulm . Functionally, it can be compared roughly with today's administrative district , but not with today's rural district .

The Danube Circle was divided into the following main offices , which are about to be compared with today's counties:

Oberamt	License plate (from 1906)	Remarks
Albeck		1819 to OA Ulm
Biberach	III X
Blaubeuren	III X
Ehingen	III X
Geislingen	III X
Goeppingen	III X
Kirchheim	III X
Laupheim	III Y	until 1845 Wiblingen
Leutkirch	III Y
Münsingen	III Y
Ravensburg	III Y
Riedlingen	III Y
Saulgau	III Z
Tettnang	III Z
Ulm	III Z
Forest lake	III Z
Cheeks	III Z

government

The government of the Danube district was headed by a government director. The king was able to give him the honorary title of district president .

• 1817–1822 Baron Nikolaus von Freyberg-Wellendingen
• 1822–1848 Karl von Holzschuher zu Harrlach
• 1848–1852 Amandus von Schmalzigaug
• 1852–1866 Karl Schott von Schottenstein , government director
• 1866–1883 Georg Emil von Majer , District President
• 1883–1889 Christoph Anton von Wolff , District President
• 1889–1894 Gustav Heinrich von Lamparter , district president
• 1894–1903 Hermann von Hoser , district president
• 1903–1910 Albert von Schmidlin , District President
• 1910–1924 Eugen von Dreher , District President

See also

• Neckarkkreis , Jagstkreis , Black Forest District
• Kingdom of Württemberg
• Administrative division of Württemberg
• People's State of Württemberg

literature

• Frank Raberg : For “the well-earned rights of the nobility”. Representation of the knighthood of the Danube district in the Württemberg state parliament . In: Nobility in Transition. Upper Swabia from the early modern era to the present . Volume 2. Thorbecke, Stuttgart 2006, pp. 605-618