Polička district

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The Polička district (German "Politschka", Czech Okresní hejtmanství Polička ) was a political district in the Kingdom of Bohemia . The district comprised areas in Eastern Bohemia in today's Pardubický kraj ( Okres Svitavy ). The seat of the district administration was the city of Polička . The area belonged to the First World War to Czechoslovakia and since 1993 has been part of the Czech Republic .

history

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

The Polička district was formed in 1868 from the court district of the same name Polička ( Czech soudní okres Polička ).

The Polička District lived 32,330 people in 1869, the district comprising an area of ​​5.6 square miles and 22 parishes.

In 1900 the district accommodated 34,328 people who lived in an area of ​​320.42 km² or in 33 communities.

The Polička District covered an area of ​​320.42 km² in 1910 and housed a population of 34,727 people. Of the inhabitants in 1910, 24,788 stated Czech and 9904 German as their colloquial language. Furthermore, 35 people who speak other languages ​​or who are foreign to the state lived in the district. The district consisted of a judicial district with 33 communities and 34 cadastral communities.

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. 10
  4. ↑ Ck místodržitelství (ed.): Seznam míst v Království českém. K rozkazu ck místodržitelství na základě úřadních udání sestaven. Prague 1907, p. 635
  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. 734

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