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 RELIGION — INSTRUCTION

In 1919, there were 1,202,542 males and 1,323,629 females.

In 1919, 936,583, or 371 per cent., lived in communes of 5,000 in- habitants and upwards, and 1,589,588, or 62"9 per cent., in other communes. Foreigners, 25,848 in 1910.

The movement of the population for four years was : —

Year Mirriages

1917 1918 1919 1920

9,812 11,150 31,984 32,027

Total Btrtbi

36,752 38,128 51,145 64,781

Stillborn Illegitimate

l.oOS 1,119 1,306

1,774

3,881 4,670 5,613

Total DtBtfca

36,807 7,070

Surplus of Births

2,247

8,095

14,338

27,711

The population in 1919 of the largest towns was as follows: —

Stuttgart l. Ulm. Heilbronn Rsslingen Reutlingen 1. Ludwigsburg ]

309,197 59,040 44,105 37,814 28,897 23,306

Goppingen. Gmiind Tubingen. Heidenheim Tuttlingen. Ravensbunr

21,629 20,294 20,481 18,412 15,719 16,779

Schwenuingen 17,175

Feuerbach Zuffenhausen Ebingen Aalen. Geislingen.

16,729 14,480 11,168

13,521

1 Including extensions.

Religion.

of 1910:—

-The various creeds were distributed as follows at the census

Kreise

Protestant

Roman Catholic

Other Christians

Jews

Others

Ncckar. ., Black Forest. Jagst Danube.

762,178 418,409 275,976 214,620

1,671,183

105,617 147,507 135,475 351,396

739,995

7,404 3,381 1,048 1,030

6,276, 1,359 2,412 1,935

1,094 164

58

Total.

1 12,863

11,982

1,551

The administration of the Evangelical Church is in the hands of a con- sistorium of a president, and councillors, and four general superintendents, at Ludwigsburg, Heilbronn, Reutlingen, and Ulm. The representative body of the Evangelical ecclesiastical communes is the Evangelical Landes- kirchenversammlung consisting of 26 clerical and 55 lay representatives of the dioceses and 1 of the evangelical theological faculty of the university. It meets at least every six years, oftener if necessary. The Roman Catholics are under a bishop, who has his see at Rottenburg, and is suffragan to the archbishop of Freiberg in Baden. The Jews likewise are under a special council (Oberkirchenbehorde).

Instruction. — Education is compulsory, and there must be one public school or more in every commune. According to official returns, there is not an individual above the age of ten unable to read and write. In 1918 there were 2,232 places with elementary schools with 6,776 teachers, attended

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