Claim: The Landkreis Sprottau was a district of the German state Prussia from 1816 to 1945 with a majority of Germans forming 98.85% of the population in 1890 and 97.78% in the 1900s.
Evidence: The Landkreis Sprottau was a district of the German state Prussia from 1816 to 1945. Ethnolinguistic structure in the district 98.85% 97.78%