County Freiwaldau

The County of Freiwaldau is a former county in the Czech Sudetenland and existed as a German county between 1938 and 1945. Its predecessor, the political district of Freiwaldau, existed since 1850.

The county had 736.36 km² with 68,823 inhabitants, of which 66,855 were Germans.

On January 1, 1945, the administrative district of Freiwaldau had the following:

The 5 cities of Freiwaldau, Friedeberg, Jauernig, Weidenau and Zuckmantel
As well as 35 other municipalities.

The County of Freiwaldau had on December 1, 1930: 71,717 inhabitants, on 17 May 1939: 70,005 inhabitants and on 22 May 1947: 36,302 inhabitants.

Literature

Otakar Káňa. Historické proměny pohraničí: Vývoj pohraničních okresů Jeseník, Rýmařov, Bruntál a Krnov po roce 1945. Profil 1976.
Josef Bartoš, Jindřich Schulz, Miloš Trapl: Historický místopis Moravy a Slezska v letech 1848-1960. Sv. 13, okresy : Bruntál, Jeseník, Krnov. Univerzita Palackého, Olomouc 1994. ISBN 80-7067-402-4.

External links

Landkreis Freiwaldau Administrative history on the site: territorial.de (Rolf Jehke), as of 31. August 2013.

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