Braunau District (Kingdom of Bohemia)

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The district of Braunau ( Czech Okresní hejtmanství Broumov, politický okres Broumov ) was a political district in the Kingdom of Bohemia . The district comprised areas in the north of Bohemia, which today are predominantly part of the Okres Náchod and lie on the border with Poland . The seat of the district administration was the city of Braunau ( Broumov ). The area has belonged to the newly founded Czechoslovakia since 1918 and has been part of the Czech Republic since 1993 .

history

The modern, political districts of the Habsburg Monarchy were created in 1868 when the political and judicial administration was separated.

The Braunau district was formed in 1868 from the judicial districts Braunau ( Czech soudní okres Broumov ) and Politz ( Police ).

It was not until the late 19th century that the German-speaking areas were split off from the Politz judicial district and the Wekelsdorf ( Teplice ) judicial district was created from this.

In the Braunau district lived 51,643 people in 1869, the district comprising an area of ​​7.1 square miles and 48 parishes.

In 1900 the district accommodated 55,011 people who lived in an area of ​​407.81 km² or in 60 communities.

In 1910, the Braunau district covered an area of ​​407.78 km² and had a population of 56,642 people. In 1910, 42,224 of the residents stated German as their colloquial language. In addition, 13,583 Czech speakers and 835 foreign speakers or foreigners lived in the district. The judicial districts of Braunau and Wekelsdorf were almost exclusively inhabited by German speakers, while the Police district was almost exclusively inhabited by Czech speakers. The district included three judicial districts with a total of 60 communities and 63 cadastral communities.

Communities

The district Braunau comprised end 1914 60 municipalities Birkigt (Březová) Chliwitz (Chlívce), Low Moor (Dědov), low Adersbach (Dolni Adršpach) Oberwekelsdorf (Dolni Teplice), sub-Werner village (Dolni Vernéřovice), main Mannsdorf (Hejtmánkovice) Hermsdorf (Heřmánkovice ), Hottendorf (Hodkovice), Hutberg (Hony), Oberadersbach (Horní Adršpach), Oberdrewitsch (Horní Dřevíč), Unterwekelsdorf (Horní Teplice), Oberwernersdorf (Horní Vernéřovice), Heinzendorf (Hynčice), Johnsdorf (Janovice), Johannesberg (Janovičice) , Obermohren (Javor), Dittersbach (Jetřichov), Jibka (Jívka), Weckersdorf (Křinice), Löchau (Lachov), Großledhuj (Ledhuj), Liebenau (Libná), Machau (Machov), Lhota Mölten (Machovská Lhota), Marschau ( Maršov), Märzdorf (Martínkovice), Halbstadt (Meziměstí), German Matha (Německá Metuje), Niedersichel (Nízká Srbská), Ottendorf (Otovice), Piekau (Pěkov), Politz (Police), Rosenthal (Rožmitál), Ruppersdorf (Ruprechtice) , Skalka (Skály), Schönau (Šonov), Starkstadt (Stárkov), Dreib orn (Studnice), dried basis (Suchý Důl) Wekelsdorf (Teplice nad Metují), United Petrowitz (Velké Petrovice) Großdorf (Velkoves) Großdrewitsch (Velký Dřevíč) Großlabnay (Velký Hlavňov), German Wernersdorf (Vernéřovice), meadows (Višeňov ), High sickle (Vysoká Srbská), Žabokrk (Žabokrky), Žďár (Žďár) and Merkelsdorf (Zdoňov).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt for the Empire of Austria. Born in 1868, XVII. Piece, No. 44. "Law of May 19, 1868 on the establishment of political administrative authorities in the kingdoms ..."
  2. ^ Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt for the Empire of Austria. Born in 1868, XLI. Item, No. 101: Ordinance of July 10th, 1868, the implementation of the law of May 19th, 1868 (Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt Nr. 44) in Bohemia, Dalmatia, Austria under and above the Enns, Styria, Carinthia, Bukowina, Concerning Moravia, Silesia, Tyrol and Vorarlberg, Istria, Gorizia and Gradiska.
  3. ↑ C. kr. místodržetelství (ed.): Seznam míst v kralovství Českém. Užívajíc při tom výsledkův sčítání lidu ode dne 31st prosince 1869, sestavených od c. kr. statistické ústřední komise. Prague 1872, p. 6
  4. ↑ Ck místodržitelství (ed.): Seznam míst v Království českém. K rozkazu ck místodržitelství na základě úřadních udání sestaven. Prague 1907, p. 629
  5. ↑ In the census people with Bohemian, Moravian and Slovak colloquial language were combined
  6. ↑ Ck místodržitelství (ed.): Seznam míst v království Českém. Sestaven na základě úředních dat k rozkazu ck místodržitelství. Prague 1913, p. 730
  7. ↑ Statistics Austria | kk Central Statistical Commission (Ed.): Spezialortsrepertorium von Böhmen. Edited on the basis of the results of the census of December 31, 1910. Vienna 1915, p. 43

literature

  • kk Central Statistical Commission (Ed.): Spezialortsrepertorium von Böhmen. Edited on the basis of the results of the census of December 31, 1910. Vienna 1915
  • Patzak, Johann: The political district of Braunau along with the most important preliminary terms for geography lessons. Braunau, 1872

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