Hohenelbe district

The Hohenelbe District ( Czech Okresní hejtmanství Vrchlabí, politický okres Vrchlabí ) was a political district in the Kingdom of Bohemia . The district comprised areas in the north of Bohemia, which lie in today's Okres Jičín on the border with Poland . The seat of the district administration was the town of Hohenelbe ( Vrchlabí ). 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 Hohenelbe district was formed in 1868 from the judicial districts of Arnau ( Czech soudní okres Hostinn ) and Hohenelbe (Vrchlabí).

40,191 people lived in the Hohenelbe district in 1869, the district comprising an area of ​​6.1 square miles and 31 parishes.

In 1900 the district accommodated 44,220 people who lived in an area of ​​359.64 km² or in 38 communities.

In 1910 the Hohenelbe district covered an area of ​​359.64 km² and housed a population of 45,550 people. In 1910, 43,275 of the residents stated German as their colloquial language. There were also 1,555 Czech speakers and 720 foreign speakers or foreigners living in the district. Two judicial districts with a total of 35 communities and 38 cadastral communities belonged to the district.

Communities

At the end of 1914, the Hohenelbe district comprised the 35 communities Arnsdorf (Arnultovice), Friedrichsthal (Bedřichov), Polkendorf (Bolkov), Kleinborowitz (Borovnička), Tschermna (Čermná), Schwarzenthal (Černý Důl), Kottwitz (Chotěvice), Lauterwasser (Čistá), oels Döberney (Debrné) Hennersdorf (dolní branná) Niederprausnitz (dolní brusnice) Niederhofstraße (Dolni Dvůr), low Langenau (dolní lánov), low-oil (dolní olešnice), forestry (continuing), Hackel village (Herlíkovice), upper Hohenelbe (Horejsi Vrchlabí ), Oberprausnitz (Horní Brusnice), Oberlangenau (Horní Lánov), Oberöls (Horní Olešnice), Arnau (Hostinné), Mohren (Javorník), Mönchsdorf (Klášterská Lhota), Pelsdorf (Kunčice), Krausebauden (Labská), Harta (Podhůří) , Ochs trench (Přední Labská) Proschwitz (Prosečné), means Langenau (Prostřední Lánov) Hermannseifen (Rudník) Anseith (Souvrat) Spindelmühle (Špindlerův Mlýn) Strážné (Strážné) Hohenelbe (Vrchlabí) and Switschin (Zvičina).

See also

• Hohenelbe district

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.
• Franz Proschwitzer: Chronicle of Hohenelbe from "Heimat", supplement to the "Volksbote" Trautenau, magazine, editor and publisher: Katholischer Pressverein für Ostböhmen in volumes 5 (1927) and 6 (1928) , reprint 2014 (Open Access)
• Wenzel Renner: Contributions and transcripts of documents on the development of the village of Niederhof and the adjacent mountains in the Hohenelbe district , 1937, reprint 2014 (Open Access)

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. 12
4. ↑ Ck místodržitelství (ed.): Seznam míst v Království českém. K rozkazu ck místodržitelství na základě úřadních udání sestaven. Prague 1907, p. 637. (= Seznam mist v Království Českém)
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. 737