District of Eger

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Administrative map of the Reichsgau Sudetenland

The German district of Eger was the westernmost district of the Sudetenland, which existed from 1938 to 1945 . On January 1, 1945 it comprised:

On December 1, 1930 the political district of Eger had 44,104 inhabitants, on May 17, 1939 there were 43,270 and on May 22, 1947 19,702 inhabitants.

Administrative history

Czechoslovakia (1918–1938)

From the end of the Danube Monarchy in 1918 to October 1, 1938, the political district of Cheb belonged to Czechoslovakia .

German occupation

Covered by the Munich Agreement of September 29, 1938, German troops also occupied the Egerland from October 1 to 10, 1938 . Thus, the area was under the command of the Army, Colonel General Walther von Brauchitsch, as head of the military administration. The political district of Cheb from then on carried the former German name Eger. It included the judicial districts of Eger and Wildstein .

German Empire

On November 21, the area of ​​the district of Eger was formally incorporated into the German Reich and came to the administrative district of the Sudeten German territories under the Reich Commissioner Konrad Henlein .

From April 15, 1939, the law on the structure of the administration in the Reichsgau Sudetenland (Sudetengaugesetz) came into force. Then the district of Eger became part of the Reichsgau Sudetenland and was assigned to the new district of Eger with the seat of the district president in Karlsbad .

On May 1, 1939, the partially cut districts in the Sudetenland were reorganized. After that, the district of Eger was essentially retained in its previous boundaries. However, the district town of Eger was spun off from the district with the incorporation of the municipality of Matzelbach and henceforth formed its own urban district .

It remained in this state until the end of World War II.

Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic (from 1945)

In 1945 the area came back to Czechoslovakia and today's Okres Cheb emerged from it. Some villages have been after the expulsion not resettled the Germans.

District administrators

1939–1945: Heinrich Dittrich

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.

District and urban district of Eger

The seat of the district administration was the city of Eger .

The German version of the Austrian names from 1918 was used for all places. The Czech names were omitted.

cities and communes

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