Braunau district

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Administrative map of the Reichsgau Sudetenland

The German district of Braunau existed between 1938 and 1945. On January 1, 1945 it comprised:

The area of ​​the district of Braunau had 38,930 inhabitants on December 1, 1930, 34,386 on May 17, 1939 and 22,289 on May 22, 1947.

Administrative history

Czechoslovakia / German occupation

Before the Munich Agreement of September 29, 1938, the political district of Broumov belonged to Czechoslovakia .

In the period from October 1 to October 10, 1938, German troops occupied most of this area up to the German-Czech language border. The political district Broumov from then on bore the former German-Austrian name Braunau . It included the judicial districts of Braunau , Politz (partially) and Wekelsdorf . Since November 20, 1938, the political district of Braunau has been known as the "district". Until that day he was subordinate to the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Colonel General Walther von Brauchitsch , as head of the military administration.

German Empire

On November 21, the area of ​​the district of Braunau was formally incorporated into the German Reich and came to the administrative district of the Sudeten German territories under the Reich Commissioner Konrad Henlein . The city of Braunau became the seat of the district administration .

From April 15, 1939, the law on the structure of the administration in the Reichsgau Sudetenland (Sudetengaugesetz) came into force . Then the district of Braunau came to the Reichsgau Sudetenland and was assigned to the new administrative district of Aussig .

On May 1, 1939, the partially cut districts in the Sudetenland were reorganized. After that, the Braunau district was retained within its previous boundaries. It remained in this state until the end of World War II. From 1945 the area belonged to Czechoslovakia until its dissolution. Today it is part of the Czech Republic .

District administrators

1938–1940: Ernst August Bardenheuer
1940-1941: Beer
1941–1945: Fritz Schmige (1880–1974)

Local constitution

On the day before the formal incorporation into the German Reich, namely on November 20, 1938, all municipalities were subject to the German municipal code of January 30, 1935, which provided for the implementation of the Führer principle at the municipal level. From then on, the terms customary in the previous territory of the Reich were used, namely instead:

  • Local parish: Municipality,
  • Market town: market,
  • Municipality: City,
  • Political district: District.

Place names

The previous place names continued to apply, namely in the German-Austrian version from 1918.

cities and communes

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