Saaz district

Administrative map of the Reichsgau Sudetenland

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

the 2 cities, Postelberg and Saaz
71 other parishes.

On December 1, 1939, the area of the Saaz district had 51,033 inhabitants, on May 17, 1939 there were 44,286 and on May 22, 1947 33,276 inhabitants.

Administrative history

Czechoslovakia / German occupation

Before the Munich Agreement of September 29, 1938, the political districts of Rakovnik and Žatec belonged to Czechoslovakia .

In the period from October 1st to October 10th, 1938, German troops occupied this area. From then on, Rakovnik and Žatec carried the former German-Austrian names Rakonitz and Saaz . The part of the political district of Rakonitz that had become German - without the city of the same name - comprised parts of the judicial district of Rakonitz. The political district of Saaz included the judicial districts of Postelberg and Saaz . Since November 20, 1938, both political districts have been known as "Landkreis". 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

The next day the district of Saaz and parts of Rakonitz were formally incorporated into the German Empire and came to the administrative district of the Sudeten German territories under the Reich Commissioner Konrad Henlein .

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

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

After the reorganization of the partially cut districts in the Sudetenland on May 1, 1939, the Saaz district remained within its previous boundaries. He also received the entire remaining district of Rakonitz.

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

Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic

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

District administrators

1939–1945: Johann Czapka

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.

Communities

Municipalities in the district of Saaz:

Bezděkov - Bezdiek
Bitozeves - Wittosess
Blažim - Ploscha
Březany - pressers
Břvany - Weberschan
Čeradice - Cheraditz
Cinov - Schünau
Deštnice - Teschnitz
Dobřicany - Dobrichan
Drahomyšl - Drahomischl
Dubcany - Dubschan
Holedeč - Holletitz
Holedeček - Little Holletitz
Horetice - Horatitz
Chuderin - Kutterschin
Kounov - Kaunowa
Kličin - Klitschin
Klucek - Klutschkau
Lhota - Wellhuts
Liběšice - Libeschitz, market town
Libočany - Liebochan
Ličkov - Litschkau
Lipenec - Lippenz
Lipno - big lips
Lišany - Lischan
Měcholupy - Michelob, market town
Milceves - Milchoves
Milošice - Miloschitz
Minice - Münitz
Nečemice - Netschenitz
Nehasice - Nehasitz
Nové Sedlo - new saddle
Přivlaky - Pröhlig
Radičeves - Reitschowes
Rybinany - Ribnian
Sádek - Satkau
Sedcice - Sedschitz
Selibice - Sellowitz
Staňkovice - Stankowitz
Stekník - Stecknitz
Stránky - Tronitz
Stroupeč - Straupitz
Svojetín - Svojetin
Tatinná - Tattina
Trnovany - Trnovan
Truzenice - Trusence
Treskonice - Tscheskonice
Tuchořice - Tuchorschitz
Tvršice - Twerschitz
Velemyšleves - Welm Castle
Veletice - Weletitz
Velichov - Welchau
Velká Černoc - Gross-Tschernitz
Větrušice - Wedruschitz
Vidovle - Widobl
Výškov - Wischkowa
Záhori - Dreihöf
Zálezly - Salesel
Zálužice - Saluschitz
Žabokliky - Schabogluck
Želec - Seltsch
Železná - Schellesen
Žiželice - Schießelitz

Place names

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

Individual evidence

↑ Žatecko na starých pohlednicích (Saaz and its surroundings on old postcards), Hostivice Publishing 2005, ISBN 80-86914-00-3 .

Web links

District of Saaz Administrative history and the district administrators on the website territorial.de (Rolf Jehke), as of August 31, 2013.

50.329217 13.544555Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ' N , 13 ° 33' E

[1] Žatecko na starých pohlednicích (Saaz and its surroundings on old postcards), Hostivice Publishing 2005, ISBN 80-86914-00-3 .