Administrative division of the German Reich 1937

This article describes the administrative structure of the German Reich in 1937 . The reference date is January 1, 1937. The data for the areas affected by the Greater Hamburg Law reflect the status of April 1, 1937. The population figures come from the census of June 16, 1933.

The countries, provinces, administrative districts, rural and urban districts are listed. The information from the 1938 Statistical Yearbook of the German Reich with the customary names of the administrative districts listed there is adopted.

countries

country	Residents
Stop	364,415
to bathe	2,412,941
Bavaria	7,681,584
Braunschweig	512,989
Bremen	371,558
Hamburg	1,675,703
Hesse	1,429,048
lip	175,538
Mecklenburg	804.948
Oldenburg	495.119
Prussia	39,692,167
Saxony	5,196,652
Saarland	810.987
Schaumburg-Lippe	49,955
Thuringia	1,659,510
Württemberg	2,696,324
German Empire	66,029,448

Stop

Urban district	Residents
Bernburg	38,327
Dessau	91,423
Koethen	26,709
Zerbst	20,151
District (possibly seat)	Residents
Ballenstedt	32,254
Bernburg	57,595
Dessau-Köthen (in Köthen )	67,129
Zerbst	30,827

to bathe

District Residents Emmendingen 77,240 Freiburg 158.836 Throat 46.162 Lahr 63.122 Loerrach 59,109 Muellheim 40,712 Neustadt 36,872 Offenburg 73.992 Schopfheim 31,383 Wolfach 41,922 Regional Commissioner District Freiburg 629.350

District Residents Bruchsal 88,920 Buhl 66,414 Ettlingen 30,610 Karlsruhe 247.121 Pforzheim 123.431 Rastatt 119.205 State Commissioner District Karlsruhe 675.701

District Residents Donaueschingen 44,911 Constancy 98,571 Säckingen 42,224 Stockach 35,692 Überlingen 41,497 Villingen 48,632 Waldshut 46,707 State Commissioner District Constance 358.234

District Residents Book 47,018 Heidelberg 143,544 Mannheim 374.323 Mosbach 40,746 Sinsheim 54,439 Tauberbischofsheim 38,514 Wertheim 19,044 Wiesloch 32,038 State commissioner district Mannheim 749.666

Bavaria

City in the immediate vicinity Residents Deggendorf 10,505 Landshut 30,858 Passau 25.151 Straubing 25,893 District Office (possibly seat) Residents arc 32,492 Deggendorf 42,855 Dingolfing 24,621 Eggenfelden 42,221 Grafenau 22,554 Griesbach 33,603 Kelheim 35,287 Kötzting 28,872 Landau ad Isar 25,494 Landshut 27,408 Mainburg 18,160 Mallersdorf 25,177 Passau 43,233 Parish churches 41,654 rain 34,068 Rottenburg 19,607 Straubing 23.009 Viechtach 25,932 Vilsbiburg 32,451 Vilshofen 47.103 Wegscheid 18,511 Wolfstein (in Ort , district Wolfstein ) 33,541 Former administrative district of Lower Bavaria 770.260

City in the immediate vicinity Residents On the mountain 27,082 Neumarkt id OPf. 9.101 regensburg 81.106 Schwandorf i. Bay. 9,808 Pastures 22,775 District Office Residents On the mountain 31,870 Beilngries 13,879 Burglengenfeld 28,635 Cham 30,892 Eschenbach id OPf. 25,552 Kemnath 16,530 Nabburg 19,182 Neumarkt id OPf. 27,395 Neunburg vorm Wald 15,415 Neustadt ad Waldnaab 36,819 Oberviechtach 14,350 Parsberg 32,607 regensburg 63,545 Riedenburg 15,537 Roding 25,809 Sulzbach-Rosenberg 21,639 Tirschenreuth 44,840 Vohenstrauss 23,020 Waldmünchen 15,040 Former administrative district of Upper Palatinate 652.428 Administrative region of Lower Bavaria and Upper Palatinate 1,422,688

City in the immediate vicinity Residents Bad Reichenhall 8.232 Freising 17,256 Ingolstadt 28,628 Landsberg 8,264 Munich 735.388 Rosenheim 19,122 Traunstein 9,882 District Office Residents Aibling 28,357 Aichach 29,644 Altötting 45,081 Berchtesgaden 20,648 Dachau 33,377 Ebersberg 28,655 Erding 45,495 Freising 35,296 Friedberg 21,112 Fürstenfeldbruck 35,883 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 28,644 Ingolstadt 29,770 Landsberg 27,487 To run 36,569 Miesbach 43,660 Mühldorf 42,314 Munich 81,898 Pfaffenhofen ad Ilm 38,804 Rosenheim 49,356 Schongau 23,136 Schrobenhausen 22,552 Starnberg 28,356 Toelz 22,344 Traunstein 48,723 Wasserburg a. Inn 39,490 Weilheim 42,026 Wolfratshausen 21,085 Administrative region of Upper Bavaria 1,776,534

City in the immediate vicinity Residents Ansbach 23,033 Dinkelsbühl 5,155 Eichstatt 8,068 gain 32,348 Fuerth 77,135 Nuremberg 410,438 Rothenburg ob der Tauber 9,022 Schwabach 12,720 Weißenburg i. Bay. 8,358 District Office Residents Ansbach 35.007 Dinkelsbühl 23,911 Eichstatt 25,921 gain 14,129 Wet cheeks 26,970 Fuerth 31,511 Gunzenhausen 31,989 Hersbruck 22,721 Hilpoltstein 24,459 Run 28,775 Neustadt ad Aisch 30,319 Nuremberg 25,573 Rothenburg ob der Tauber 18,886 Scheinfeld 17,609 Schwabach 34.105 Uffenheim 30,328 Weißenburg i. Bay. 28,220 Former administrative district of Middle Franconia 1,036,710

City in the immediate vicinity Residents Bamberg 54.161 Bayreuth 37,196 Coburg 29,038 Forchheim 10,338 court 43,545 Kulmbach 12,089 Marktredwitz 8,525 Neustadt b. Coburg 9,060 Rodach b. Coburg 2,832 Same 13,912 District Office Residents Bamberg 58,245 Bayreuth 36,957 Coburg 39,778 Ebermannstadt 22,575 Forchheim 30.181 Höchstadt ad Aisch 28,993 court 26,256 Kronach 60,705 Kulmbach 30,666 Lichtenfels 39,144 Münchberg 32,799 Naila 28,346 Pegnitz 26,650 Rehau 20,673 Stadtsteinach 16,912 Relay stone 19,373 Wunsiedel 47,460 Former administrative district of Upper Franconia 786.409 Administrative region of Upper Franconia and Middle Franconia 1,823,119

City in the immediate vicinity Residents Frankenthal 26,080 Kaiserslautern 62,619 Landau id Pf. 16,736 Ludwigshafen a. Rhine 107,344 Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 22,238 Pirmasens 47,221 Speyer 24,725 Zweibrücken 20,759 District Office Residents Bergzabern 40,615 Frankenthal 56,188 Germersheim 60,518 Kaiserslautern 70,260 Kirchheimbolanden 29,450 Kusel 66,780 Landau id Pfalz 56,332 Ludwigshafen a. Rhine 46,551 Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 72,766 Pirmasens 59,805 Rockenhausen 37.166 Speyer 24,725 Zweibrücken 33,810 Administrative region of the Palatinate 985.681

City in the immediate vicinity Residents augsburg 176,575 Dillingen on the Danube 6.215 Donauwörth 5,096 Gunzburg 6,484 Kaufbeuren 9,549 Kempten 26,473 Lindau (Lake Constance) 13,787 Memmingen 15,324 Neuburg on the Danube 7,663 New Ulm 12,741 Nordlingen 8,402 District Office Residents augsburg 44,241 Dillingen on the Danube 39,666 Donauwörth 32,359 Feet 22,952 Gunzburg 31,928 Illertissen 23,604 Kaufbeuren 24,719 Kempten 39,600 Krumbach 25,085 Lindau (Lake Constance) 30,788 Oberdorf market 26,032 Memmingen 34,905 Mindelheim 37,981 Neuburg on the Danube 32,264 New Ulm 23,863 Nordlingen 30.199 Schwabmünchen 24,633 Sonthofen 41,372 Wertingen 23,019 Administrative region of Swabia 877,519

City in the immediate vicinity Residents Aschaffenburg 36,260 Bad Kissingen 8,579 Kitzingen 11,106 Schweinfurt 40.176 Wurzburg 101.003 District Office Residents Alzenau i. UFr. 32,218 Aschaffenburg 45,425 Brückenau 13,989 Boars 19,899 Gemünden 16,114 Gerolzhofen 32,349 Hammelburg 19,868 Hassfurt 31,419 Hofheim i. UFr. 16,067 Karlstadt 31,511 Kissingen 32,032 Kitzingen 29,461 Koenigshofen i. Grave field 15,371 Lohr 24,444 Marktheidenfeld 30,064 Mellrichstadt 14,519 Miltenberg 24,249 Neustadt ad Saale 22,031 Obernburg 33.992 Ochsenfurt 27,254 Schweinfurt 40,715 Wurzburg 45,928 Administrative region of Lower Franconia 796.043

Braunschweig

circle	Residents
Blankenburg	38,767
Braunschweig	205.731
Gandersheim	51,811
Helmstedt	78,564
Holzminden	51,361
Wolfenbüttel	86,755

Note: With the entry into force of the new city regulations of the Free State of Braunschweig on November 15, 1924, the capital Braunschweig left the Braunschweig district on April 1, 1925. With the entry into force of the unified German municipal code on April 1, 1935, it becomes an urban district, which, however, continues to belong to the Braunschweig district.

Bremen

Administrative district	Residents
Bremen , city	323,331
Bremerhaven , city	25,779
Vegesack , city	4,451
Bremen , district	17,997

Hamburg

Administrative district	Residents
Hamburg , city	1,129,307
Altona , city district	241.970
Harburg-Wilhelmsburg , city district	112,604
Wandsbek , city district	46,255
Hamburg rural area	54,630
Hamburg, district	90.937

Hesse

circle Residents Alsfeld 39,157 Büdingen 44,648 Friedberg 93,481 to water 105,621 Lauterbach 30,945 Bulkheads 28,768 Province of Upper Hesse 342,620

circle Residents Alzey 43,951 Bingen 47,821 Mainz 175,632 Oppenheim 49,568 Worms 109,344 Province of Rheinhessen 420.916

circle Residents Bensheim 78,919 Darmstadt 154,537 The castle 68.102 Erbach 49,968 Gross-Gerau 69,948 Heppenheim 59,000 Offenbach a. M. 185.038 Starkenburg Province 665,512

lip

Circle (seat if applicable)	Residents
Detmold	87,673
Lemgo (in Brake i. L. )	87,865

Mecklenburg

Independent municipality	Residents
Guestrow	22,464
Neubrandenburg	15,181
Neustrelitz	19,414
Rostock	93,530
Schwerin	55,692
Wismar	27,493
Circle (seat if applicable)	Residents
Guestrow	55,426
Hagenow	49,654
Ludwigslust	49,953
Malchin	59.203
Parchim	54,313
Rostock	69,233
Schoenberg	39,014
Schwerin	37.103
Stargard (in Neustrelitz )	61,646
Were	52,073
Wismar	43,556

Oldenburg

city	Residents
Delmenhorst	31,979
Oldenburg i. O.	66,373
Wilhelmshaven	76,558
Office (seat if applicable)	Residents
Ammerland (in Westerstede )	44,608
Cloppenburg	61,979
Friesland (in Jever )	54,942
Oldenburg i. O.	41,813
Vechta	49,427
Wesermarsch (in Brake )	67,441

Prussia

City of Berlin and provinces

City / Province	Residents
City of Berlin	4,242,501
Brandenburg	2,726,264
Grenzmark Posen-West Prussia	337,578
Hanover	3,236,888
Hessen-Nassau	2,584,828
Hohenzollern Lands	72.991
Lower Silesia	3,203,998
Upper Silesia	1,482,771
East Prussia	2,333,301
Pomerania	1,919,981
Rhine Province	7,690,266
Saxony	3,400,592
Schleswig-Holstein	1,420,265
Westphalia	5,039,963

Brandenburg Province

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Arnswalde 44,542 Calau 109,514 Cottbus , city district 52,302 Cottbus , district 56,612 Cross (or) 59,067 Forst (Lausitz) , urban district 37,720 Frankfurt (Oder) , urban district 75,831 Friedeberg Nm. 53,940 Guben , city district 43,934 Guben , district 46,894 Königsberg Nm. 97.104 Landsberg (Warthe) , urban district 45,928 Landsberg (Warthe) , district 55.094 Lebus (in Seelow ) 104,593 Luebben (Spreewald) 32,873 Luckau (Nd. Lausitz) 75.171 Oststernberg (in Zielenzig ) 41,963 Soldin 50,399 Sorau 69,231 Spremberg (Lausitz) 42,646 Weststernberg (in Reppen ) 45,831 Züllichau-Schwiebus (in Züllichau ) 49,781 Frankfurt administrative district 1.310.970

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Angermünde 65.173 Beeskow-Storkow (in Beeskow ) 56,905 Brandenburg (Havel) , urban district 64,190 Eberswalde , city district 32,617 Jüterbog-Luckenwalde (in Jüterbog ) 56,905 Niederbarnim (in Berlin ) 180.941 Oberbarnim (in Bad Freienwalde (Oder) ) 83.189 Osthavelland (in Nauen ) 97,240 Ostprignitz (in Kyritz ) 71,815 Potsdam , city district 79.263 Prenzlau 62,088 Rathenow , city district 28,043 Ruppin (in Neuruppin ) 82,331 Teltow (in Berlin ) 149.386 Templin 55,928 Westhavelland (in Rathenow ) 42,466 Westprignitz (in Perleberg ) 62,158 Wittenberge , city district 25,343 Zauch-Belzig (in Belzig ) 98,378 Potsdam administrative district 1,415,294

Grenzmark Province of Posen-West Prussia

Circle (seat if applicable)	Residents
Bomst (in Züllichau , Province of Brandenburg)	13,261
German crown	68,354
Flatow	40,567
Woman city	19,854
Meseritz	33,807
Netzekreis (in Schönlanke )	41,038
Schlochau	56,482
Schneidemühl , city district	43,180
Schwerin (Warta)	40,567
Grenzmark Posen-West Prussia district	337,578

Hanover Province

circle Residents Aurich 51,413 Emden , city district 34.111 Empty 96,618 north 59,873 Wittmund 41,398 Aurich administrative district 283,413

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Grafschaft Diepholz (in Diepholz ) 48.261 County Hoya (in Syke ) 78.207 Schaumburg County (in Rinteln ) 49,085 Hamelin , city district 27,985 Hameln-Pyrmont (in Hameln ) 50,733 Hanover , city district 443.920 Hanover , district 74,972 Neustadt a. Rbge. 35,144 Nienburg a./Weser 64.271 Jump 31,948 Hanover district 904.526

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Alfeld 50,897 Duderstadt 29,022 Einbeck 27,114 Goslar , city district 22,987 Goslar , district 32,923 Göttingen , city district 47,149 Göttingen , district 36,986 Hildesheim , city district 62,519 Hildesheim , district 31,270 Marienburg i. Hann. (in Hildesheim ) 37,254 Münden (in Hann. Münden ) 29,033 Northeim 56,733 Osterode am Harz 48,534 Torment 54,082 Zellerfeld (in Clausthal-Zellerfeld ) 27,541 Hildesheim administrative district 594.044

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Burgdorf 57,225 Celle , city district 27,734 Celle , district 47,821 Dannenberg 41,246 Fallingbostel 35,140 Gifhorn 42,302 Harburg (in Harburg-Wilhelmsburg ) 61,539 Lüneburg , city district 31,171 Lüneburg , district 44.103 Soltau 25,736 Uelzen (in Oldenstadt ) 57,711 Lüneburg administrative district 492.728

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Aschendorf-Hümmling (in Aschendorf ) 47,961 Bersenbrück 56,167 Grafschaft Bentheim (in Bentheim ) 60,978 Lingen 45,419 Melle 26,864 Meppen 40,590 Osnabrück , city district 94,277 Osnabrück , district 75,656 Wittlage 18,970 Osnabrück administrative district 466,882

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Bremervörde 44,021 Cuxhaven , city district 26,180 Land Hadeln (in Otterndorf ) 43,672 Osterholz (in Osterholz-Scharmbeck ) 80.216 Rotenburg (Hann.) 30,947 Stade 81,612 Verden 63,441 Wesermünde , city district 77,491 Wesermünde , district 47,695 Administrative region of Stade 495.275

Hesse-Nassau Province

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents District of the Eder (in Bad Wildungen ) 19,562 Eisenberg district (in Bad Wildungen ) 24,109 Eschwege 48,396 Frankenberg (Eder) 35,122 Fritzlar-Homberg (in Fritzlar ) 55,792 Fulda , city district 27,753 Fulda , district 70,985 Hanau , city district 40,655 Hanau , district 56,661 Herrschaft Schmalkalden (in Schmalkalden ) 50,816 Hersfeld 44,988 Hofgeismar 40,422 Hünfeld 25.122 Kassel , city district 195.616 Kassel , district 43,585 Marburg ad Lahn , urban district 28,439 Marburg ad Lahn , district 64,563 Melsungen 33,260 Rotenburg i. Hessen-Nassau 38,738 Schluechtern 31,589 Circle of Twiste (in Arolsen ) 16,485 Witzenhausen 36,214 Wolfhagen 26,479 Goat grove 40.008 Kassel administrative district 1,148,892

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Biedenkopf 38,888 Dillkreis (in Dillenburg ) 62.501 Frankfurt a. M. , city district 555.857 Limburg a, / L. 63,269 Main-Taunuskreis (in Frankfurt a. M. , Höchst district ) 67,415 Oberlahnkreis (in Weilburg ) 41,035 Obertaunuskreis (in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe ) 50,821 Oberwesterwaldkreis (in Westerburg ) 58,569 Sankt Goarshausen 48,404 Unterlahnkreis (in Diez ) 48,451 Untertaunuskreis (in Bad Schwalbach ) 59,285 Unterwesterwaldkreis (in Montabaur ) 58,569 Usingen 19,474 Wetzlar 86,065 Wiesbaden , city district 159,755 Wiesbaden administrative district 1,435,936

Hohenzollern Lands

circle	Residents
Hechingen	37,670
Sigmaringen	35,321
Sigmaringen administrative district	72.991

Province of Lower Silesia

circle Residents Wroclaw , urban district 625.198 Wroclaw , district 96,473 Brieg , city district 29,816 Brieg , district 38,340 Frankenstein i. Schles. 76,610 Bald 124.501 Gross Wartenberg 27,571 Guhrau 39,696 Habelschwerdt 55,698 Militsch 46,931 Namslau 30,755 Neumarkt 56,737 Oils 68,718 Ohlau 52,825 Reichenbach (Owl Mountains) 86,062 Schweidnitz , city district 34,256 Schweidnitz , district 94,870 Chasing 57,988 Trebnitz 55,452 Waldenburg i. Schles. , Urban district 66,364 Waldenburg i. Schles. , District 124,250 Wohlau 64,718 Wroclaw Governorate 1,953,829

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Bunzlau 69.995 Freystadt i. Lower Silesian. 52,481 Glogau , urban district 29,816 Glogau , district 38,340 Goldberg 71,622 Görlitz , city district 29,816 Goerlitz , district 38,340 Grünberg i. Schles. 61,647 Hirschberg i. Rsgb. , Urban district 29,816 Hirschberg i. Rsgb. , District 38,340 Hoyerswerda 55,962 Yeah 58,218 State hat i. Schles. 49,228 Lauban 73,200 Liegnitz , city district 29,816 Liegnitz , district 38,340 Löwenberg i. Schles. 64.052 Lüben 39,420 Rothenburg (Upper Laus.) 87,968 Sprottau (in Sagan ) 92.075 Liegnitz administrative district 1,250,169

Upper Silesia Province

Circle (seat if applicable)	Residents
Beuthen OS , urban district	100,584
Beuthen-Tarnowitz (in Beuthen )	91.019
Cosel	85.354
Falkenberg OS	39,834
Gliwice , city district	111,062
Groß Strehlitz	83,552
Grottkau	40,914
Hello	20,052
Hindenburg , city district	130,433
Kreuzburg OS	52,718
Leobschütz	84,135
Neisse , city district	35,037
Neisse , district	70,548
Neustadt OS	96,593
Opole , city district	47,865
Opole , district	137.214
Ratibor , city district	51,680
Racibórz , district	61,048
Rosenberg OS	54,413
Tost-Gleiwitz (in Gleiwitz )	88,716
Opole administrative district	1,482,771

East Prussia Province

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Allenstein , city district 43,147 Allenstein , County 56,894 Johannisburg 54,376 Soldering 46,100 Elk 57,811 Neidenburg 39,942 Ortelsburg 72,920 Osterode i. Ostpr. 77.104 Rößel (in Bischofsburg ) 50,316 Sensburg 53,931 Olsztyn administrative district 552,541

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Angerburg 39,745 Darkehmen 31,445 Goldap 43,491 Gumbinnen 51,041 Insterburg , city district 41,230 Insterburg , district 43,514 Lowland (in Heinrichswalde ) 50,316 Pillkallen 43,895 Stallupönen 42,220 Tilsit , city district 57.286 Tilsit-Ragnit (in Tilsit ) 57,454 Treuburg 39,938 Gumbinnen district 546.057

circle Residents Bartenstein 45.117 Braunsberg (East Pr.) 56,493 Fischhausen 65.002 Gerdauen 35,407 Holy ax 45.173 Heilsberg 53,672 Königsberg (Pr.) , City district 316.072 Königsberg (Pr.) , District 48,961 Labiau 51.014 Moors 53,767 Prussian Eylau 49,316 Prussian Holland 37.107 Rastenburg 52,619 Wehlau 47,643 Koenigsberg administrative district 957.363

circle Residents Elbing , urban district 72,409 Elbing , district 26.202 Marienburg (Western Pr.) 36,805 Marienwerder 43,544 Rosenberg i. Western pr. 60,079 Stool 38,301 West Prussia administrative district 277,340

Pomeranian Province

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Belgard (Persante) 76,837 Butow 27,510 Dramburg 40,896 Kolberg , city district 33,735 Kolberg-Körlin (in Kolberg ) 39.192 Köslin , city district 30,389 Köslin , district 46.093 Lauenburg i. Pom. 62,434 Neustettin 81,570 Rummelsburg i. Pom. 40,329 Schlawe i. Pom. 77,593 Stolp , city district 45,299 Stolp , county 83,730 Administrative region of Köslin 685607

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Anklam 35,279 Cammin i. Pom. 45,046 Demmin 50.206 Franzburg-Barth (in Barth ) 44,569 Greifenberg i. Pom. 43,794 Greifenhagen 55.281 Greifswald , city district 29,488 Greifswald , district 40,605 Grim 41,065 Naugard 61,848 Pyritz 47,717 Randow (in Szczecin ) 113.276 Rainforest (in Labes ) 49,739 Rügen (in Bergen a. Rügen ) 53,289 Saatzig (in Stargard i. Pom. ) 44,458 Stargard i. Pom. , Urban district 35,804 Szczecin , urban district 270,747 Stralsund , city district 43,630 Ueckermünde 59,422 Usedom-Wollin (in Swinoujscie ) 69.111 District of Szczecin 1,234,374

Rhine Province

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Aachen , city district 162,774 Aachen , district 193,879 Düren 118,455 Erkelenz 56,099 Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg (in Geilenkirchen ) 92,401 Jülich 51,837 Monschau 21,521 Schleiden 50,997 Administrative district of Aachen 747.963

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Dinslaken 62,750 Duisburg , city district 440.419 Düsseldorf , city district 498,600 Düsseldorf-Mettmann (in Düsseldorf ) 171.041 Essen , city district 654.461 Funds 61,069 Grevenbroich-Neuss (in Grevenbroich ) 104,580 Kempen-Krefeld (in Kempen (Lower Rhine) ) 142.293 Kleve 87,408 Krefeld-Uerdingen a. Rh., Urban district 165.305 Moers 187.179 Mülheim ad Ruhr , urban district 133.279 Munich Gladbach , city district 126,631 Neuss , city district 55,771 Oberhausen , city district 192.345 Rees (in Wesel ) 84.014 Remscheid , city district 101.189 Rhein-Wupperkreis (in Opladen ) 150,635 Rheydt , city district 77,261 Solingen , city district 140.162 Viersen , city district 33,597 Wuppertal , city district 408.602 District of Düsseldorf 4,078,590

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Ahrweiler 67,031 Altenkirchen 89,068 Birch field 93,048 Koblenz , city district 65,257 Koblenz , district 72,719 Kochem 41,998 Kreuznach 104,387 Mayen 99,422 Neuwied 107.016 Sankt Goar 44,943 Simmer 37,683 Zell (Moselle) 33,446 Koblenz administrative district 856.016

circle Residents Bergheim (Erft) 68,575 Bonn , city district 98,659 Bonn , district 194,587 Euskirchen 76.292 Cologne , city district 756.605 Cologne , district 109,245 Oberbergischer Kreis (in Gummersbach ) 79.105 Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (in Bergisch Gladbach ) 102,816 Siegkreis (in Siegburg ) 148,696 Cologne district 1,544,580

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Bernkastel (in Bernkastel-Kues ) 52,062 Bitburg 49,873 Down 36,149 Merzig-Wadern (rest) (in Wadern ) 26,363 Prüm 38,318 Saarburg 38,880 Trier , city district 76,692 Trier , district 96,545 Wittlich 48,245 Trier district 463.117

Province of Saxony

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Erfurt , city district 144,879 County of Hohenstein (in Nordhausen ) 67,600 Heiligenstadt 48,553 Langensalza 40,337 Mühlhausen i. Th. , City district 39,367 Mühlhausen i. Th. , District 41,979 Nordhausen , city district 37,635 Schleusingen (in Suhl ) 59,369 Weissensee 61,745 Worbis 48.276 Ziegenrück (in Ranis ) 20,786 Administrative district of Erfurt 610,526

circle Residents Aschersleben , city district 28,550 Castle b. M. , city district 25,064 Calbe a./S. 112,490 Guards 63,472 Halberstadt , city district 50,372 Jerichow I (in Burg b. M. ) 58,139 Jerichow II (in Genthin ) 69.052 Magdeburg , city district 306,895 Neuhaldensleben 67,180 Oschersleben (Bode) 61,049 Osterburg 45,862 Quedlinburg , city district 28,244 Quedlinburg , district 46,540 Salzwedel 60,248 Stendal , city district 31,768 Stendal , district 54.022 Wanzleben 66,966 Wernigerode 75,047 Wolmirstedt 52,888 Magdeburg administrative district 1,303,848

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Bitterfeld 104,960 Delitzsch 85,370 Eckartsberga (in Kölleda ) 41,478 Eisleben , city district 24,510 Hall a. S. , urban district 210,529 Liebenwerda 80,303 Mansfeld Mountain District (in Mansfeld ) 60,928 Mansfelder Seekreis (in Eisleben ) 82,249 Merseburg , city district 31,576 Merseburg , district 94.257 Naumburg a. S. , urban district 31,427 Querfurt 72,814 Saalkreis in ( Halle a. S. ) 92.153 Sangerhausen 75,120 Schweinitz in Herzberg (Elster) 40.276 Torgau 60,706 Weißenfels , urban district 40.119 Weißenfels , district 101,469 Wittenberg , city district 24,485 Wittenberg , district 56,815 Zeitz , city district 35,604 Zeitz , district 39,070 Merseburg administrative district 1,486,218

Schleswig-Holstein Province

Circle (seat if applicable)	Residents
Eckernförde	38,382
Eiderstedt (in Tönning )	14,381
Eutin	48,867
Flensburg , city district	66,580
Flensburg , district	43,684
Duchy of Lauenburg (in Ratzeburg )	66,689
Husum (in the castle in front of Husum )	45,492
Kiel , city district	218,335
Lübeck , city district	133.021
Neumünster , city district	40,332
Norderdithmarschen (in Heide )	42,853
Oldenburg i. Holstein	46,691
Pinneberg	98,604
Plön	70,727
Rendsburg	90.207
Schleswig	71,927
Segeberg	52,884
Steinburg (in Itzehoe )	81,853
Stormarn (in Wandsbek )	57,629
Süderdithmarschen (in Meldorf )	53,845
South Tondern (in Niebüll )	37,282
Schleswig region	1,420,265

Province of Westphalia

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Altena 95,041 Arnsberg 79,859 Bochum , city district 314,546 Brilon 50,493 Castrop-Rauxel , urban district 58,372 Dortmund , city district 540,875 Ennepe-Ruhrkreis (in Schwelm ) 167.230 Hagen (Westphalia) , city district 148.314 Hamm (Westphalia) , city district 53,532 Herne , city district 98,595 Iserlohn , urban district 34,272 Iserlohn , district 110,361 Lippstadt 56,934 Lüdenscheid , city district 35,737 Lünen , city district 45,617 Meschede 50,300 Olpe 64,527 Siegen , urban district 32,757 Siegen , district 193,477 Soest 69,417 Unna 140.409 Wanne-Eickel , city district 92,269 Wattenscheid , city district 62.096 Witten , city district 72,580 Wittgenstein (in Bad Berleburg ) 29,280 Arnsberg administrative district 2,606,890

circle Residents Bielefeld , city district 121,031 Bielefeld , district 64.202 Büren 43,242 Hall i. W. 34,408 Herford , city district 38,536 Herford , County 115.023 Höxter 66,258 Luebbecke 57,955 Minden 130.064 Paderborn 81,689 Warburg 36,528 Wiedenbrück 82,831 Minden administrative district 871,767

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Ahaus 74,560 Beckum 93,255 Bocholt , city district 33,441 Bark 55,948 Bottrop , city district 86,218 Coesfeld 57,412 Gelsenkirchen , city district 332,545 Gladbeck , city district 61,239 Ludinghausen 86,413 Munster i. W. , city district 122.210 Munster i. W. , County 58,767 Recklinghausen , city district 87,411 Recklinghausen , district 188.122 Steinfurt (in Burgsteinfurt ) 110,616 Tecklenburg 75,329 Warendorf 37,820 Münster administrative district 1,561,306

Saarland

circle	Residents
Homburg	48,659
Merzig	38,929
Ottweiler	143,708
Saarbrücken , city district	129.085
Saarbrücken , district	211.402
Saarlautern	146,690
Saint Ingbert	57,677
Sankt Wendel	34,837

Saxony

District-free city Residents Chemnitz 350.734 Glauchau 31.199 Meerane 24,896 Office governance Residents Annaberg 117,047 Chemnitz 149,633 Flea 102.023 Glauchau 107,944 Marienberg 69,483 Stollberg 87,643 District Headquarters Chemnitz 1,040,602

District-free city Residents Bautzen 41,951 Dresden 642.143 Freiberg 36,448 Freital 36,829 Meissen 46.992 Pirna 33,627 Radebeul 35,167 Riesa 26,248 Zittau 39,719 Office governance Residents Bautzen 110.902 Dippoldiswalde 60,232 Dresden 137.734 Freiberg 80,847 Grossenhain 74,499 Kamenz 79,825 Löbau 111,212 Meissen 93,561 Pirna 139,295 Zittau 88,278 District Headquarters Dresden-Bautzen 1,915,509

District-free city Residents Chub 24,714 Leipzig 715,668 Mittweida 19,128 Spice up 18,961 Office governance Residents Borna 94.173 Chub 100,873 Grimma 101,428 Leipzig 120,457 Oschatz 62.214 Rochlitz 110.230 District Headquarters Leipzig 1,367,846

District-free city Residents Aue 25,836 Crimmitschau 27,938 Plauen 113,861 Reichenbach 32,276 Werdau 21,587 Zwickau 84,701 Office governance Residents Auerbach 128,792 Oelsnitz 72,966 Plauen 66,462 Schwarzenberg 132,545 Zwickau 165.731 District Headquarters Zwickau 872,695

Schaumburg-Lippe

circle	Residents
Buckeburg	22,635
Stadthagen	27,320

Thuringia

Urban district Residents Altenburg 43,736 Apolda 27,834 Arnstadt 22,024 Eisenach 44,695 Gera 83,775 Gotha 47,848 Greiz 39.903 Jena 58,357 Weimar 49,327 Zella Mehlis 14,100

district Residents Altenburg 91,074 Arnstadt 91.059 Camburg , county division 9,607 Eisenach 100,945 Gera 94,825 Gotha 106,262 Greiz 52,405 Hildburghausen 61.993 Meiningen 87,970 Rudolstadt 68,450 Saalfeld 77.133 Schleiz 49,528 Sondershausen 73.152 Sonneberg 82,138 Stadtroda 78.105 Weimar 103.265

Württemberg

circle Residents Biberach 39,580 Blaubeuren 23,487 Ehingen 28,318 Geislingen 42.902 Goeppingen 68,698 Kirchheim 33,626 Laupheim 27,973 Leutkirch 28,424 Münsingen 24,442 Ravensburg 53,925 Riedlingen 25,749 Saulgau 30,454 Tettnang 39.107 Ulm 83.133 Forest lake 30,747 Cheeks 28,748 Former Danube District 609.313

Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Bask 37,545 Crailsheim 27,011 Ellwangen 31,738 Gaildorf 21,212 Gerabronn 25,797 Gmünd (in Schwäbisch Gmünd ) 44,982 Hall (in Schwäbisch Hall ) 30,560 Heidenheim 51,853 Künzelsau 24,922 Mergentheim 28,214 Neresheim 20,931 Öhringen 33,098 Schorndorf 30,154 Welzheim 22,185 Former Jagstkreis 430.202

Urban district Residents Stuttgart 415.023 Circle (seat if applicable) Residents Backnang 31,944 Besigheim 33,829 Boeblingen 35,170 Brackenheim 23,917 Esslingen 71,853 Heilbronn 102,495 Leonberg 37,493 Ludwigsburg 72,138 Marbach 27,245 Maulbronn 28,148 Neckarsulm 34,386 Stuttgart Office (in Stuttgart ) 47,267 Vaihingen 21,904 Waiblingen 53,486 Former Neckar District 1,036,298

circle Residents Balingen 56.161 Calw 28,742 Freudenstadt 38,555 Herrenberg 25,729 Horb 15,972 Nagold 26,119 Neuenbürg 36,631 Nürtingen 35,216 Oberndorf 39,018 Reutlingen 64,355 Rottenburg 29,706 Rottweil 53,694 Spaichingen 19,095 Sulz 18,849 Tübingen 53,397 Tuttlingen 39,297 Urach 36,375 Former Black Forest district 720,511

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stadtchronik Braunschweig - entries for the period from 1920 to 1929. Stadt Braunschweig, p. 5 , accessed on January 25, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Braunschweig district. In: territorial.de. Rolf Jehke, accessed on January 25, 2019 (to be found under Land Braunschweig -> Braunschweig). 
3. ↑ Statistical Yearbook of the German Reich 1938, Volume 1937