Kreis Sagan Prussian ProvinceHerzogtum Schlesien (1742–1815)Silesia (1815–1919)Lower Silesia (1919–1932) RegierungsbezirkLiegnitz Capital Sagan Population 64,420 (1925) Map of the Sagan district (1905) Kreis Sagan was a Prussian district in Silesia, with its capital at Sagan. It existed 1742 til 1932, when it was dissolved and most of its territory was merged into the Sprottau district, with some smaller areas being assigned to other adjacent districts. The former Prussian district is now a part of Poland (exclusive the Pechern area (Neiße region), today part of Saxony).
Demographics According to the Prussian census of 1861, the Sagan district had a population of 53,934, of which 53,913 (99.96%) were Germans and 21 (0.04%) were Sorbs. Most of the inhabitants lived in rural areas. Towns were Sagan, Naumburg am Bober and Priebus.
Chief administration officers 1742-1745 von Seelstrang 1745-1761 von Zech 1762-1766 von Haugwitz 1766-1782 von Seidl 1783-1791 von Rabenau 1791-1812 von Rhaden 1812-1816 von Thein 1816-1818 von Goldammer 1847-1863 von Dohna-Schlodien 1863-1868 von Eckstädt 1868-1874 von Zedlitz-Neukirch 1874-1894 Strutz 1894-1903 von Neefe und Obischau 1903-1918 von Wolff 1918-1919 Ikier 1919-1921 Firnhaber 1921-1932 von Bezold
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