Warnsdorf district

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Administrative map of the Reichsgau Sudetenland

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

and nine other parishes.

The area of ​​the district of Warnsdorf had 40,507 inhabitants on December 1, 1930, 37,723 on May 17, 1939 and 23,589 on May 22, 1947.

Administrative history

Czechoslovakia / German occupation

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

In the period from October 1st to October 10th, 1938, German troops occupied this area. The political district of Varnsdorf was henceforth the former German-Austrian name Warnsdorf. The political district Warnsdorf included the judicial district Warnsdorf . Since November 20, 1938, the political district of Warnsdorf 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 Warnsdorf district 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 town of Warnsdorf 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 Warnsdorf 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 district of Warnsdorf was retained within its previous boundaries. He also received the community of Schönborn from the district of Rumburg .

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

Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic

From 1945 the area belonged to Czechoslovakia until its dissolution. Today it is part of the Czech Republic .

District administrators

1939 -9999: Berger ( acting )
1939 -9999: Zettelmeyer ( acting )
1940 -9999: Ernst Lührmann ( acting )
1940-1945: Boos

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.

See also

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