Pilsen district

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The Pilsen District ( Okresní hejtmanství Plzeň in Czech ) was a political district in the Kingdom of Bohemia . The district comprised areas in western Bohemia in today's Plzeňský kraj ( Okres Plzeň-jih or Okres Plzeň-město ). The seat of the district administration was the city of Pilsen ( Plzeň ). 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 Pilsen district was formed in 1868 from the judicial districts of Pilsen ( Czech soudní okres Plzeň ), Blowitz ( Blovice ) and Rokitzan ( Rokycany ).

The judicial district Rokycan (also: Rokitzan) was separated from the Pilsen district on September 1, 1896, and together with the judicial district Zbirow formed the Rokitzan district .

In 1869 there were 99,027 people living in the Pilsen District, the district comprising an area of ​​16.8 square miles and 137 parishes.

In 1900 the district accommodated 132,346 people who lived in an area of ​​659.70 km² or in 103 communities.

In 1910, the Pilsen district covered an area of ​​659.71 km² and a population of 156,073 people. Of the residents, 143,594 stated Czech and 11,763 German as their colloquial language. In addition, there were 716 foreign speakers or foreigners living in the district. Two judicial districts with a total of 103 communities and 110 cadastral communities belonged to the district.

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. ^ Reichsgesetzblatt for the kingdoms and states represented in the Reichsrath 1896, No. 146: "Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior, regarding the establishment of two district authorities in Dux and Rokitzan in Bohemia"
  4. ↑ 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. 10
  5. ↑ Ck místodržitelství (ed.): Seznam míst v Království českém. K rozkazu ck místodržitelství na základě úřadních udání sestaven. Prague 1907, p. 635
  6. ↑ In the census people with Bohemian, Moravian and Slovak colloquial language were combined
  7. ↑ Ck místodržitelství (ed.): Seznam míst v království Českém. Sestaven na základě úředních dat k rozkazu ck místodržitelství. Prague 1913, p. 734

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