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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