Map S.1.2     Administrative Regions of Saxony, 1910

 

 

 

Source: Bruno Krause, ed., Sächsischer Vaterlands-Atlas, 2nd rev. ed. (Dresden, n.d. [c. 1912]). (See translation, below.)

 

Translation

 

Note:

Kreishauptmannschaft = region

Amtshauptmannschaft = district

 

Left:

Size of the 5 regions:

Dresden county           (7 Districts)     4337 km2

Leipzig county            (6 Districts)     3567 km2

Zwickau county          (5 Districts)     2548 km2

Bautzen county           (4 Districts)     2470 km2

Chemnitz county         (6 Districts)     2071 km2

Total area of Saxony                        14 993 km2

 

Middle:

The government and administration of the Kingdom of Saxony is administered by the King, the 6 ministries and the Landtag, consisting of the first and the second chamber. / The Kingdom of Saxony, with its 143 towns, 3028 Landgemeinden and 1221 Gutsbezirke, is divided into 5 regions and 28 districts. The main towns of the regions are underlined. The other settlements are seats of the districts, bearing the name of their capitals. / The 5 exempt cities, Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz, Plauen and Zwickau, make up a separate administrative district. / The numbers under the names of the cities indicate the population density per 1 km2 in each of the districts and exempt cities. / The 3171 urban and rural communities are almost equally divided into places of Slavic origins (1567) and German origins (1604).

 

Right:

The Language Region of the Sorbs in Saxony

German # Sorb (predominantly) # Mixed German and Sorb.

42,000 Sorbs are still living among the 4,802,485 inhabitants of Saxony in the three regions of Bautzen, Kamenz, and Löbau.

 


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