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Landkreis Freystadt i. Niederschles.

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Landkreis Freystadt i. Niederschles., 1905

The Landkreis Freystadt i. Niederschles. was a district of the German state of Prussia from 1816 to 1945. It was part of the Prussian Province of Lower Silesia, before 1919 the Prussian Province of Silesia, within Regierungsbezirk Liegnitz. After 1945, it became part of Poland and is currently in the Lubusz Voivodeship. On 1 January 1945 it included:

Demographics

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Administrative divisions in the Province of SIlesia (1905)

The district had a majority German population, with some Polish minorities.[1]

Ethnolinguistic Structure[1]
Language 1900 1905
German 53,824 99.09% 53,305 98.25%
Polish 371 0.68% 699 1.29%
Bilingual 74 0.14% 137 0.25%
Total 54,320 54,252

History

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Kingdom of Prussia

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North-German League, Second and Third Reichs

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Municipal constitution

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References

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  1. ^ a b Belzyt, Leszek (1998). Sprachliche Minderheiten im preussischen Staat: 1815–1914 ; die preußische Sprachenstatistik in Bearbeitung und Kommentar. Marburg: Herder-Inst. ISBN 978-3-87969-267-5.
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