Hohenelbe district

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Administrative map of the Reichsgau Sudetenland

The German district of Hohenelbe existed in the Reichsgau Sudetenland between 1938 and 1945 . On January 1, 1945, it comprised two cities:

and 59 other parishes.

The area of ​​the district of Hohenelbe had 65,998 inhabitants on December 1, 1930, 62,246 inhabitants on May 17, 1939 and 43,844 inhabitants on May 22, 1947.

Administrative history

Czechoslovakia / German occupation

Before the Munich Agreement of September 29, 1938, the political districts of Jilemnice , Nová Paka and Vrchlabí belonged to Czechoslovakia .

In the period from October 1st to October 10th, 1938, German troops occupied this area. The political districts Jilemnice (partly), Nová Paka (partly) and Vrchlabí from then on carried the former German-Austrian names Starkenbach , Neu Paka and Hohenelbe . The political district Hohenelbe included the judicial districts Arnau and Hohenelbe. The part of the political district of Neu Paka that had become German - excluding the city of the same name - comprised the municipalities and municipal parts of the judicial district of Neu Paka that belonged to the German Empire . The part of the political district of Starkenbach that had become German - without the city of the same name - comprised the judicial district of Rochlitz and the municipalities belonging to the German Reich and parts of the districts of Hochstadt and Starkenbach. Since November 20, 1938, the political districts of Hohenelbe, Neu Paka and Starkenbach 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, 1938, the districts of Hohenelbe , Neu Paka (partially) and Starkenbach (partially) were formally incorporated into the German Reich and became part of the administrative district of the Sudeten German territories under Reich Commissioner Konrad Henlein .

The town of Hohenelbe 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 Hohenelbe, Neu Paka (partially) and Starkenbach (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 Hohenelbe district was retained within its previous boundaries. He also received the remaining districts of Neu Paka and Starkenbach (excluding the communities of Harrachsdorf, Pasek and Woleschnik), and also the community of Switschin from the district of Trautenau . The communities of Harrachsdorf, Pasek and Woleschnik switched to the district of Gablonz .

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

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: Parish
  • 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 community Friedrichsthal was incorporated into the community Spindleruv Mlyn.

See also

literature

  • Franz Proschwitzer: Chronicle of Hohenelbe . In: Heimat , supplement of the Volksbote Trautenau, Catholic Press Association for Eastern Bohemia in the years 5 (1927) and 6 (1928); Reprinted 2014. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa-169649
  • Wenzel Renner: Contributions and transcripts of documents on the development of the village Niederhof and the adjacent mountains in the Hohenelbe district . 1937; Reprinted 2014. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa-170260

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Stelbrink: The Prussian District Administrator In National Socialism: Studies On National Socialist Personnel And Administrative Policy At District Level, Waxmann, 1998, p. 105 ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).