District Assembly (Baden)

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The district assembly in Baden was created under the law on the organization of internal administration of October 5, 1863 (Government Gazette No. 399, 1863).

The 59 district offices were divided into eleven newly created circles . The bodies of the district associations had the following tasks: the laying out and maintenance of roads, the establishment of social institutions, district schools, savings banks and more.

The organ of these circles was the district assembly, which met publicly at least once a year. It was composed of five groups:

  • Municipal representatives elected by the municipal councils,
  • twice the number of elected members who were indirectly determined by district electors,
  • possible representatives of larger cities,
  • larger landowners, the number of which could not exceed one sixth of the elected members,
  • the members of the district committee, which was elected by the district assembly for three years and formed the executive body.

The districts were financed by the state treasury and a district levy. State supervision of the districts was held by the senior officer at the headquarters of the respective district. He was appointed as District Chief called.

literature

  • German administrative history , Vol. 2: From the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss to the dissolution of the German Confederation , Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-421-06118-1 , p. 607.