Kreishauptmannschaft Leipzig

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Kreishauptmannschaft Leipzig was a Kreishauptmannschaft or administrative district in the Kingdom of Saxony. Succeeding the Leipziger Kreis of the Electorate of Saxony, it was founded in 1835 and continued under the Free State of Saxony until being renamed the 'Regierungsbezirk Leipzig' in 1939, headed by Erich Teichmann (1882-?) as Regierungspräsident. The Kreishauptmannschaft system was abolished in 1943.

History

In 1838 it was sub-divided into four amtshauptmannschaften:

Amtshauptmannschaft I (Leipzig), consisting of the districts (Amtsbezirken) of Leipzig, Pegau and Borna
Amtshauptmannschaft II (Rochlitz), consisting of the districts (Amtsbezirken) of Rochlitz and Colditz
Amtshauptmannschaft III (Grimma), consisting of the districts (Amtsbezirken) of Grimma, Mutzschen, Wurzen and Oschatz
Amtshauptmannschaft IV (Döbeln), consisting of the districts (Amtsbezirken) of Nossen, Mügeln and Leisnig

In 1874 the Kreisdirektionen and former Amtshauptmannschaften were dissolved. The Kreisdirektion Leipzig was replaced by the Kreishauptmannschaft Leipzig. It was subdivided into the followed Amtshauptmannschaften (known after 1939 as Landkreise):

the city of Leipzig itself, which did not fall within a district
Amtshauptmannschaft Borna
Amtshauptmannschaft Döbeln
Amtshauptmannschaft Grimma
Amtshauptmannschaft Leipzig
Amtshauptmannschaft Oschatz
Amtshauptmannschaft Rochlitz

In 1924 Döbeln, Mittweida and Wurzen were also split off from their Amtshauptmannschaften as district-free cities.

Kreishauptmann

until 1875: Carl Ludwig Gottlob von Burgsdorff (1812–1875)
January–October 1876: Léonce Robert von Könneritz (1835–1890)
1876–1887: Otto Georg Graf zu Münster (1825–1893)
1887–1906: Georg Otto von Ehrenstein (1835–1907)
1906–1910: Johann Georg Freiherr von Welck (1839–1912)
1910–1919: Curt Ludwig Franz von Burgsdorff (1849–1922)
1919–1924: Heinrich Lange (1861–1939)
1924–1925: Edwin Rudolf Lempe (ernannt, aber Amt nicht angetreten; * 1879)^[1]
1925–1933: Richard Marcus (1883–1933)
March–September 1933: Curt Ludwig Ehrenreich von Burgsdorff (NSDAP) I. Amtszeit (1886–1962)
1933–1937: Kurt Walter Dönicke (NSDAP) (1899–1945)
1937–1938: Curt Ludwig Ehrenreich von Burgsdorff (NSDAP) II.Amtszeit (1886–1962)^[2]

Population

Year	1837	1849	1871	1900	1939
Population^[3]	367.753	428.532	589.377	1.060.632	1.379.165

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References

↑ (in German)Fortsetzung des Verzeichnisses der Inhaber höchster und hoher sächsischer Staatsämter auf die Zeit vom Jahre 1831 bis zur Gegenwart. In: Kalender für den Sächsischen Staatsbeamten auf das Jahr 1932. Dresden 1932, S. 191. Dr. Lempe wurde zum 1. Juli 1924 zum Kreishauptmann ernannt, trat sein Amt jedoch nicht an, sondern wurde bis Februar 1925 beurlaubt und schied dann aus dem Staatsdienst aus.
↑ (in German) Landesdirektion Leipzig: Die Führungspersönlichkeiten der Leipziger Mittelbehörde. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-03-05) (Quelle: Staatsarchiv Leipzig)
↑ Andreas Oettel: 'Zur Verwaltungsgliederung Sachsens im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert.' In: Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (ed.): Statistik in Sachsen. 175 Jahre amtliche Statistik in Sachsen (Festschrift). 12. Jg., Nr. 1, 2006, ISSN 0949-4480, S. 69–98 (PDF (6,28 MB) [retrieved 23 December 2012]).

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[1] (in German)Fortsetzung des Verzeichnisses der Inhaber höchster und hoher sächsischer Staatsämter auf die Zeit vom Jahre 1831 bis zur Gegenwart. In: Kalender für den Sächsischen Staatsbeamten auf das Jahr 1932. Dresden 1932, S. 191. Dr. Lempe wurde zum 1. Juli 1924 zum Kreishauptmann ernannt, trat sein Amt jedoch nicht an, sondern wurde bis Februar 1925 beurlaubt und schied dann aus dem Staatsdienst aus.

[2] (in German) Landesdirektion Leipzig: Die Führungspersönlichkeiten der Leipziger Mittelbehörde. at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-03-05) (Quelle: Staatsarchiv Leipzig)

[sachsen-3] Andreas Oettel: 'Zur Verwaltungsgliederung Sachsens im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert.' In: Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (ed.): Statistik in Sachsen. 175 Jahre amtliche Statistik in Sachsen (Festschrift). 12. Jg., Nr. 1, 2006, ISSN 0949-4480, S. 69–98 (PDF (6,28 MB) [retrieved 23 December 2012]).

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