STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 270, sig. 109-4/12 Page 6 · 6 of 26
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 270, sig. 109-4/12
English Translation
-5 - Strutz 612 ha large (as Jewish property in forced administration of the ground office). Raigern is an important center of the area. Raigerner is the seat of a well-known Benedictine monastery, whose inmates have always been champions of the Czechization of this area. The monastery owns 1276 hectares (including 968 hectares of forest and 247 hectares of arable land), and ne- Stod tao Se p t d monastic property has been subject to land reform. As a result, there are possibilities to use at least part of the property for settlement purposes. It is worth mentioning that the area is cut through by the Reichsautobahn Wien - Wrocław, and that it is also planned to connect the city of Brno with the Oder-Donau-Kanal to pass through the area. b) the area between Brno and Olmütz. Wischau and the Wi-schau Sprachinsel are at the centre of the region. The population figures of the city of Wischau are as follows: 1890 1910 1920 3 1930 4 B.Tsch. D. Tch. D Tsch. Tsch 2298 3222 337 5878 91 5357 83 5296 The figures show how strong the German language was in Wischau and that there is every reason to strive with all means to achieve the lost German influence and German population share again. It will make a significant contribution to the fact that Wischau has become a German garrison. The airbase currently already includes 2500 men, you will be raised to 40oo Hann. The influence of this strong German force will soon become apparent. As a result, it is also necessary, as already stated in special reports, to ensure in Wischau the German influence in the administration by the establishment of a German mayor and a German district captain. An important task of this German-led administration will be to attract Czechs, who can easily enter through it,