Gerichtsbezirk Oberburg
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oberburg Court District
Gerichtsbezirk Oberburg | |
|---|---|
court district | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Steiermark |
| Number of municipalities | Oberberg |
| Area | |
• Total | 509.03 km2 (196.54 sq mi) |
| Population (1910) | |
• Total | 15,296 |
| • Density | 30.049/km2 (77.827/sq mi) |
The Gerichtsbezirk Oberburg (Court District of Oberberg) (Slovenian: sodni okraj Gornji Grad) was in the Bezirksgericht Oberburg which was under the Gerichtsbezirk of the state of Steiermark. It was composed of part of the Bezirks Cilli (Celje) and became part of Yugoslavia in 1919.
The Gerichtsbezirk Oberburg was created by an 1849 decision by the Landes-Gerichts-Einführungs-Kommission (State Court Launch Commission) and originally composed of eight communities: Kokarje (Altenburg), Laufen, Leutsch, Neustift, Oberburg, Praßberg, Rietz and Sulzbach.[1][2] The Gerichtsbezirk Oberburg was formed in to provide a political decentralization of the judicial administration[3] and since 1868 this district together with the Gerichtsbezirken Cilli, Gonobitz, Franz, Sankt Marein bei Erlachstein and Tüffer of Bezirk Cilli.[4]
The Gerichsbezick had a population of 15,394 in 1890, with 15,371 Slovenians and 18 Germans who spoke a local dialect.[5] There was another census in 1910, which showed that the Gerichtsbezirk had a total population of 15,296, of which 15,217 (99.5%) spoke Slovenian and 56 (0.4%) spoke German.[6]
Due to the border regulations of September 10, 1919 enforced by the Treaty of Saint-Germain, the entirety of the Gerichtsbezirk Oberberg was ceded to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.