List of the administrative districts of Prussia
This list shows all administrative districts that have ever existed in Prussia .
history
The history of the administrative district goes back to the Prussian "Ordinance on the Improved Establishment of Provincial Authorities" of April 30, 1815 . At that time, Prussia's administration was reorganized after the Congress of Vienna and initially divided into ten provinces , each of which had two or more administrative districts, which were to be subdivided into several districts.
Abbreviations
- A = resolution
- BV = district administration
- E = inclusion
- N = new formation
- NÄ = name change
- TA = outsourcing of a part (partial outsourcing)
- TE = integration of a part (part integration)
- TU = reclassification of a part (partial reclassification)
- U = reclassification
- (grt) = mostly
- (t) = partially
list
| Administrative district | date | Measure; if applicable, seat of the district government (district administration) |
|---|---|---|
| Aachen | ||
| Allenstein | 11/01/1905 | N < Gumbinnen (t) and Königsberg (t) |
| Arnsberg | ||
| Aurich | 09/20/1866 | U; N <former state of Hanover |
| Berlin | 01/01/1822 | A> City of Berlin with special rights |
| Wroclaw | 05/01/1820 | TE < Reichenbach |
| Bromberg | 01/11/1920 | U> Poland |
| Cassel | 02/07/1868 | U; N <former state of Hessen-Cassel |
| December 04, 1926 | NE> Kassel | |
| Cleve | 01/01/1822 | A> Düsseldorf |
| Coblenz | 05/14/1926 | NE> Koblenz |
| Cologne | 09/08/1857 | NE < Cologne |
| 04/10/1920 | NE> Cologne | |
| Danzig | 01/10/1920 | A> West Prussia and the Free City of Danzig |
| Dusseldorf | 01/01/1822 | TE < Cleve |
| Erfurt | ||
| Frankfurt | ||
| Grenzmark Posen-West Prussia | 10/01/1938 | NÄ < Schneidemühl ; BV in Schneidemühl |
| Gumbinnen | 11/01/1905 | TA> Allenstein |
| Hanover | 09/20/1866 | U; N <former state of Hanover |
| Hildesheim | 09/20/1866 | U; N <former state of Hanover |
| Holstein | 02/12/1867 | U; N <former country Holstein ; BV in Kiel |
| 10/01/1868 | A> Schleswig | |
| kassel | December 04, 1926 | NE < Cassel |
| Katowice | 10/26/1939 | U; N < Poland |
| Koblenz | 05/14/1926 | NE < Coblenz |
| Cologne | 09/08/1857 | NE> Cologne |
| 04/10/1920 | NE < Cologne | |
| Koenigsberg | 11/01/1905 | TA> Allenstein |
| Koslin | ||
| Liegnitz | ||
| Luneburg | 09/20/1866 | U; N <former state of Hanover |
| Magdeburg | ||
| Marienwerder | 01/10/1920 | A; TA> West Prussia ; TU> Poland |
| Merseburg | ||
| Minden | ||
| Muenster | ||
| Opole | 05/01/1820 | TE < Reichenbach |
| 10/26/1939 | TA> Katowice | |
| Osnabrück | 09/20/1866 | U; N <former state of Hanover |
| Poses | 01/11/1920 | U> Poland |
| Potsdam | ||
| Reichenbach | 05/01/1820 | A> Breslau (grt) and Opole |
| Schleswig | 02/12/1867 | U; N <former state of Schleswig |
| 10/01/1868 | E < Holstein | |
| Schneidemühl | 08/01/1922 | N |
| 10/01/1938 | NE> Grenzmark Posen-West Prussia | |
| Sigmaringen | 04/06/1850 | N <former countries Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen |
| Stade | 09/20/1866 | U; N <former state of Hanover |
| Szczecin | 10/01/1932 | E < Stralsund |
| Stralsund | 10/01/1932 | A> Szczecin |
| trier | ||
| West Prussia | 07/01/1922 | N; BV in Marienwerder |
| 10/26/1939 | A> Reichsgau West Prussia | |
| Wiesbaden | 02/07/1868 | U; N <former state of Hessen-Nassau |
Note: The administrative districts of Aurich, Hanover, Hildesheim, Lüneburg, Osnabrück and Stade were called Landdrostei districts until March 31, 1885 .
See also
- List of the districts of Prussia
- List of urban districts in Prussia
- List of the provinces of Prussia
literature
- Walther Hubatsch (Hrsg.): Outline of the German administrative history 1815-1945 . Johann Gottfried Herder Institute, Marburg / Lahn; Row A: Prussia
- Volume 1: East and West Prussia , edited by Dieter Stüttgen. 1975, ISBN 3-87969-108-8 ,
- Volume 2: Part 1: Province of Posen , edited by Dieter Stüttgen, Part 2: Province of Grenzmark Posen-West Prussia , edited by Walther Hubatsch. 1975, ISBN 3-87969-109-6 ,
- Volume 3: Pomerania , edited by Dieter Stüttgen. 1975, ISBN 3-87969-115-0 ,
- Volume 4: Silesia , edited by Dieter Stüttgen, Helmut Neubach and Walther Hubatsch. 1976, ISBN 3-87969-116-9 ,
- Volume 5: Brandenburg , edited by Werner Vogel. 1975, ISBN 3-87969-117-7 ,
- Volume 6: Province of Saxony , edited by Thomas Klein. 1975, ISBN 3-87969-118-5 ,
- Volume 7: Rhineland , edited by Rüdiger Schütz. 1978, ISBN 3-87969-122-3 ,
- Volume 8: Westphalia , edited by Walther Hubatsch. 1980, ISBN 3-87969-123-1 ,
- Volume 9: Schleswig-Holstein , edited by Klaus Friedland and Kurt Jürgensen. 1977, ISBN 3-87969-124-X ,
- Volume 10: Hanover , edited by Iselin Gundermann and Walther Hubatsch. 1981, ISBN 3-87969-125-8 ,
- Volume 11: Hessen-Nassau , edited by Thomas Klein. 1979, ISBN 3-87969-126-6 ,
- Volume 12: Prussia; Part B, II: The Hohenzollern Lands , edited by Walther Hubatsch. 1978, ISBN 3-87969-127-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ordinance on improving the establishment of the provincial authorities of April 30, 1815 ( text of the ordinance )
- ↑ Digital version of the legal gazette on the reader of the Bavarian State Library