Map S.1.4 Administrative Districts in the Kingdom of Saxony
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Map S.1.4 Administrative Districts in the Kingdom of Saxony Source. Bruno Krause, ed., Sächsischer Vaterlands-Atlas, 2nd rev. ed. (Dresden, n.d. [1912]), based on census data from 1 December 1910. Supplement to: James Retallack, Red Saxony: Election Battles and the Spectre of Democracy in Germany, 1860-1918 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016). Find more supplemental material at: https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/43396. 1 Map S.1.4 (Translation) The Administrative Districts of the Kingdom of Saxony Note: Kreishauptmannschaften = Regions Amtshauptmannschaften = Districts Map The Language Area of the Sorbs in the Kingdom of Saxony The government and administration of the Kingdom of Saxony is administered by the king, the 6 ministries and the state parliament (Landtag), consisting of the first and the second chamber. The Kingdom of Saxony, with its 143 towns, 3,028 rural districts (Landgemeinden) and 1,221 estate districts (Gutsbezirke), is divided Insert Map into 5 regions and 28 districts. — The main towns of the regions are underlined. The other settlements are seats of the districts, bearing the same name as their capitals. Size of the 5 Regions: □ German □ Sorbian (predominantly) Dresden region (7 districts) 4,337 km² The 5 exempt cities, Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz, Plauen and Zwickau, each constitute a separate administrative district. □ German and Sorbian, mixed Leipzig region (6 districts) 3,567 km² Zwickau region (5 districts) 2,548 km² The numbers under the names of the cities indicate the population Among the 4,802,485 inhabitants of Bautzen region (4 districts) 2,470 km² density per 1 km² in each of the districts and exempt cities. Saxony, over 42,000 Sorbs are still Chemnitz region (6 districts) 2,071 km² The 3,171 urban and rural communities are almost equally divided living in the three districts of Bautzen, Total area of Saxony 14,993 km² into places of Slavic settlement (1,567) and German origins (1,604). Kamenz, and Löbau. 2 .