Landkreis Sprottau
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| Landkreis Sprottau | |
|---|---|
| District of Prussia | |
| 1816–1945 | |
 Map from 1905 | |
| Capital | Sprottau (Szprotawa) |
| Area | |
| • Coordinates | 51°34′00″N 15°30′00″E / 51.566667°N 15.500000°E |
• 1910 | 0.730 km2 (0.282 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 1910 | 39,882 |
| History | |
• Established | 1816 |
• Disestablished | 1945 |
| Today part of | Poland |
The Landkreis Sprottau was a district of the German state Prussia from 1816 to 1945. It was part of the Prussian Province of Lower Silesia, before 1919 the Prussian Province of Silesia. In 1932 it was merged with Landkreis Sagan.[1] Its present-day successors are Powiat Żagański and Powiat Polkowicki. On 1 January 1945 it included:
- 3 cities, Primkenau (Przemków), Sagan (Żagań) and Sprottau (Szprotawa),
- 102 municipalities,
- 4 Gutsbezirke (forests and the military training area Neuhammer am Queis).
History
Municipal constitution
Placenames
Names of two communes were renamed in 1936:
- Puschkau → Hirtenau (does not exist)
- Tschirndorf → Hammerfeld
District heads
- Oskar von Bezold (1932–1933)
