Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1911 — Growth Of Prussian Cities [ARTICLE]

Growth Of Prussian Cities

German Kingdom Has Thirty-Two Municipalities of More Than 100,000 Against Twenty-Nine In 1909. Berlin.—According to the last census (autumn of 1910), Prussia has 32 cities of over 100,000 Inhabitants, against 29 cities of that size in 1905 and 25 in 1900. Sixty-one cities of over 50,000 inhabitants each have a total population of 10,880,000. In 1905 there were 57 such cities with a total population of 9,650,000, and in 1900, 62 with a population of 8,300,000. Cologne is now the second city in Prussia in size, having passed Breslau, second in 1906. Frankfort on Main, with 414,598 inhabitants, comes fourth. Heaviest increase during the period from 1905 to 1910 was noted in the cities immediately surrounding Berlin. OI these cities, sou burg, Rixdorf, Schoeneberg and Duetsch-Wilmersdorf —have now over 100,000 inhabitants, while the fifth, Lichtenberg. bids fair to att&ln that

figure within a short time. In DeutschWilmersdorf the increase in five years was over 72 per cent. Berlin itself shows only 1 per cent increase. All 61 cities in the 50,000 class show an increase in population. In all these cities births have been in excess of deaths. A number'of cities have lost by immigration, chiefly Berlin, From 1905 to 1910 people moving away from Berlin outnumbered new arrivals by nearly 60,000. Among other cities to show a loss in this respect are Elberfeld,. Altona, Aix le Chapelle and Crefeld. Among the cities which, in addition to increase' through births, attracted “immigrants," were the cities surrounding Berlin, as well as Frankfort on Main, Dusseldorf, Essen, Breslau, Dortmund, Cologne and Kiel. Frankfort on Main gained 25,000 inhabitants in this -manner. As compared with the period from 1900 to 1995, the figures for 1905 to 1910 show that increase of population in cities of over 50,000 was somewhat less rapid. Increase of urban population through “immigration" appears to be dimihishlng. Excess of births was more considerable between 1905 and 1910, although in proportion to population.births are also decreasing.