District of Gablonz on the Neisse

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The German district of Gablonz an der Neisse existed between 1938 and 1945. On January 1, 1945, it comprised six cities

and 29 other parishes. The area of ​​the district of Gablonz an der Neisse had 113,464 inhabitants on December 1, 1930, 98,006 on May 17, 1939 and 67,373 on May 22, 1947.

Administrative history

Czechoslovakia / German occupation

Before the Munich Agreement of September 29, 1938, the political districts of Jablonec nad Nisou and Semily belonged to Czechoslovakia .

In the period from October 1 to October 10, 1938, German troops occupied this area. The political districts of Jablonec nad Nisou and Semily (partly) from then on carried the former German-Austrian names Gablonz an der Neisse and Semil . The political district of Gablonz an der Neisse included the judicial districts of Gablonz an der Neisse and Tannwald . The part of the political district of Semil that had become German - without the city of the same name - comprised the municipalities and municipal parts of the judicial districts of Eisenbrod and Hochstadt that belonged to the German Empire. Since November 20, 1938, the political districts of Gablonz an der Neisse and Semil have been known as “district”. Until that day you were 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 districts of Gablonz an der Neisse and Semil was (partially) formally incorporated into the German Empire and came to the administrative district of the Sudeten German territories under the Reich Commissioner Konrad Henlein .

The town of Gablonz an der Neisse 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 districts of Gablonz on the Neisse and Semil (partially) became part of the Reichsgau Sudetenland and were assigned to the new administrative district of Aussig .

On May 1, 1939, the partially cut districts in the Sudetenland were reorganized. After that, the district of Gablonz an der Neisse was retained within its previous boundaries. He also received the remainder of Semil. In addition, the district of Gablonz an der Neisse was incorporated:

  • the parts of the municipality of Friedstein (partially) 1 of the Turnau district that belong to the German Empire ,
  • the communities of Harrachsdorf, Pasek and Woleschnik from the district of Starkenbach (remainder),
  • the village of Kohlstadt in the Hermannsthal community in the Reichenberg district ,
  • the village of Klein Iser in the municipality of Weißbach in the Friedland district .

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

From 1945 the area belonged again to Czechoslovakia. Today it is part of the Czech Republic .

District administrators

1939–1945: Rudolf Kriele (1900–1973)

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.

In 1942 the following area changes took place:

  • Merger of the communities Antoniwald, Josephsthal, Markt and Unter Maxdorf to form the new community Iserwald,
  • Merger of the city of Schumburg an der Desse (Swarow district) and the communities of Groß Hammer, Markt, Haratitz, Markt and Plaw to form the new community of Großhammer (Jizera Mountains),
  • Merger of the cities of Schumburg an der Desse ( without the Swarow district) and Tannwald to form the new city of Tannwald (Jizera Mountains).

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