The Česká Lípa 5th electoral district () was a

parliamentary constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

. It was one of two parliamentary constituencies with an overwhelming ethnic German majority amongst the voters (the other being the Karlsbad district). The Česká Lípa 5th electoral district elected 13 members of the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourb ...

. In February 1921, the Czechoslovak authorities estimated that the electoral district had a total population of 564,449.

Geographic coverage

The constituency covered

Benešov nad Ploučnicí Benešov nad Ploučnicí () is a town in Děčín District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,500 inhabitants. The historic town centre with the castle complex is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monu ...

Česká Kamenice Česká Kamenice (; ) is a town in Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zo ...

Česká Lípa Česká Lípa (; ) is a town in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 37,000 inhabitants, making it the most populated Czech town without city status. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monume ...

Chabařovice Chabařovice (; ) is a town in Ústí nad Labem District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monu ...

Chrastava Chrastava (; ) is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,300 inhabitants. Administrative division Chrastava consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): ...

Cvikov Cvikov () is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,500 inhabitants. Administrative division Cvikov consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Cv ...

Děčín Děčín (; ) is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It is the seventth largest municipality in the country by area. Děčín is an important traffic junction. Administrative division Děč ...

Dubá Dubá () is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban mon ...

, Jablonné v Podještědí, Lipová,

Litoměřice Litoměřice (; ) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument reservation. The town is the seat of the Roman C ...

Mimoň Mimoň () is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,400 inhabitants. Administrative division Mimoň consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *M ...

Nový Bor Nový Bor (; ) is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The town is known for its glass industry. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural mo ...

Rumburk Rumburk (; ) is a town in Děčín District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. It lies on the border with Germany. Administrative division Rumburk consists of three municipal parts (in brackets ...

Šluknov Šluknov (; ) is a town in Děčín District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,600 inhabitants. It lies on the border with Germany and it is the northernmost town of the country. The town centre with the castle an ...

Štětí Štětí (; ) is a town in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,600 inhabitants. It lies on the Elbe River. It is an industrial town known for the largest paper mill in the country. Administrat ...

Úštěk Úštěk (; ) is a town in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument res ...

Ústí nad Labem Ústí nad Labem (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the Ústí nad Labem Region. It is a major industrial centre and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction. ...

and

Varnsdorf Varnsdorf (; ) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. It lies on the border with Germany. Administrative division Varnsdorf consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population accordi ...

. For elections to the Czechoslovak Senate the areas of the 5th Chamber of Deputies electoral district were included in the 3rd Senate electoral district (Mladá Boleslav).

Deputies elected

Amongst the deputies elected from the 5th electoral district in the

Czechoslovak parliamentary election, 1920 Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 18 and 25 April 1920.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p471 Members of the Chamber of Deputies were elected on 18 April and members of the Senat ...

were Franz Beutel (DSAP, elected to the Senate from the 3rd district in 1925 and 1929),

Karl Čermak Karl Čermak (26 May 1881 – 24 October 1924) was a German socialist politician. A skilled organizer, Čermak emerged as a key leader of the labour movement in German Bohemia in the years preceding World War I. He went on to become a parliamentaria ...

(DSAP, died in October 1924, replaced by Rudolf Schiller), Rudolf Fischer (DSAP, contested the Senate election in 1925), Ernst Grünzner (DSAP, re-elected in 1925 and 1929, elected to the Senate in 1935 from the 3rd district), Eduard Hausmann (DSAP, resigned his seat in February 1925), Irene Kirpal (DSAP, re-elected in 1925, 1929 and 1935), Josef Schweichhart (DSAP, re-elected in 1925 and 1929), Josef Böhr (DCSVP, elected to the Senate from the 3rd district in 1925 and 1929), Franz Seraphim Heller (BdL, re-elected in 1925 and 1930), Franz Krepek (BdL, elected to the Senate from the 3rd district in 1925), Josef Kleibl (DNP, re-elected in 1925 and 1929, resigned from DNP October 10, 1933 and remained an independent), Vinzenz Kraus (DNP, re-elected in 1925, died in March 1926), Leo Wenzel (DNSAP, re-elected in 1925, elected to the Senate from the 3rd district in 1929). Hans Krebs of DNSAP was one of the deputies from the 5th electoral district from 1925 until 1933. Franz May of the

Sudeten German Party The Sudeten German Party (, SdP, ) was created by Konrad Henlein under the name ''Sudetendeutsche Heimatfront'' ("Front of the Sudeten German Homeland") on 1 October 1933, some months after the First Czechoslovak Republic had outlawed the Germ ...

was one of the deputies from the district from 1935 until 1938.Lilla, Döring, Schultz, p. 406

References

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