Landkreis Freystadt i. Niederschles. explained

The Landkreis Freystadt i. Niederschles. was a district of the German state of Prussia from 1816 to 1945. It was part of the Prussian Province of Lower Silesia, before 1919 the Prussian Province of Silesia, within Regierungsbezirk Liegnitz. After 1945, it became part of Poland and is currently in the Lubusz Voivodeship. On 1 January 1945 it included:

• 1 city, Freystadt in Niederschlesien
• 74 municipalities,
• 1 Gutsbezirk (Forests).

Demographics

The district had a majority German population, with some Polish minorities.^[1]

1900! colspan="2"

1905
German	53,824	99.09%	53,305	98.25%
Polish	371	0.68%	699	1.29%
Bilingual	74	0.14%	137	0.25%
Total	54,320		54,252

History

North-German League, Second and Third Reichs

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002556/http://www.geschichte-on-demand.de/freystadt.html

Notes and References

1. Book: Belzyt, Leszek. Sprachliche Minderheiten im preussischen Staat: 1815–1914 ; die preußische Sprachenstatistik in Bearbeitung und Kommentar. 1998. Herder-Inst.. 978-3-87969-267-5. Marburg.