District of Thann

Basic data
State	Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine
district	Upper Alsace
Administrative headquarters	Thann
surface	524 km² (1910)
Residents	59,583 (1910)
Population density	114 inhabitants / km² (1910)
Communities	53 (1910)
Location of the district of Thann

The district of Thann was from 1871 to 1920 a German district in the district of Upper Alsace in the realm of Alsace-Lorraine . The area of ​​the district is now essentially in the Arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller in the French department of Haut-Rhin .

history

After Alsace-Lorraine fell to the German Empire as a result of the Frankfurt Peace Treaty , the district of Thann was formed in 1871 from the then French arrondissement of Thann . In 1917, the county seat was due to the war from Thann to Rufach laid. After the end of the First World War , the district was occupied by France in 1918 and, with the entry into force of the Versailles Treaty on January 10, 1920, it belonged again to the French state as Arrondissement Thann . During the Second World War , Alsace-Lorraine was under German occupation from 1940 to 1944 (see: CdZ area ). During this time, the area of ​​the Arrondissement of Thann formed the district of Tann . It was not annexed in the sense of international law , but was subordinate to the Gauleiter for the Gau Baden in Karlsruhe . Between November 1944 and February 1945, the district was liberated by Allied forces and then returned to France.

Population development

Residents	1890	1900	1910
District of Thann	59,337	60,520	59,583

Municipalities with more than 2000 inhabitants (as of 1910):

Altthann	2.128
Bitschweiler	2,316
Masmunster	3,657
Moss	2,284
Saint Amarin	2,203
Sennheim	5,180
Thann	7,413
hamlet	2,031

politics

District Director

1871–1878 Carl Bergmann00

1878–1884 August Manns00

1884–1898 Friedrich Curtius00

1898–1901 Walther Kleemann00

1901–1906 Paul Swiersen00

1906–1914 Gustav Beyerlein00

1914–1918 Georg Mahl00

Land Commissioner

1940 Steiger ( acting )-999900

District administrators

1940 Steiger-999900

1940 Steinbrenner-999900

1940–1942 Hans Oestreicher00

1942–1944 Erwin Trippel (1906–1979) ( substitute )00

Communities

In 1910, the Thann district comprised 53 communities:

Altenbach Altthann Aue Bernweiler Bitschweiler Dollern Felleringen Geishausen Gewenheim Goldbach Hüsseren-Wesserling Kirchberg Krüt Leimbach

Malmerspach Masmunster Michelbach Mitzach Mollau Moss Morzweiler Niederaspach Niederbruck Niederburbach Niederburnhaupt Niedersulzbach Oberaspach Oberbruck

Oberburbach Chief of the burner Obersulzbach Or Rammersmatt Ranspach Rimbach Rodern Saint Amarin Schweighausen Sennheim Sentheim Sewen Oozes

Relay fields Steinbach Stork sows Thann Uffholz Urbis Wattweiler Wegscheid hamlet Wildenstein Wittelsheim

literature

• M. Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. (online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Uli Schubert: German municipality register 1910. Retrieved on May 22, 2009 . 
2. ^ Rolf Jehke: Territorial changes in Germany. Retrieved May 22, 2009 . 
3. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. els_thann.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).