AREA AND POPULATION — RELIGION, INSTRUCTION 903
Area and Population :-
District
Konstanz Freibuig Karlsruhe Mannheim
Total
Area: Square miles
Population
1910
1905
1,610
1,830
993
1,386
5,819
325,924 564,580 610,784 641,545
311,318 543,305 567,397 588,708
2,142,833 i 2,010,728
Pop. per square mile 1910
202-4 308-5 615-1 462-9
368-2
Including a part of the Lake of Constance, area is 5,889 square miles. Principal towns, 1910 : —
Lahr 15,191
Lorrach 14,756 Weinheim 14,170 Durlach 13,896 Villingen 10,924
Mannhe'im . 193,902 Konstanz . 27,591
Karlsruhe . 134,313 Baden . 22,066
Freiburg . 83,324 Offenburg , 16,848
Pforzheim . 69,082 Bruchsal . 15,391
Heidelberg . 56,016 Rastatt . 15,196 Marriages, 1911, 15,339; births, 61,845 ; deaths, 38,014; excess of births, 23,831. Included in the births were 1,598, or 2-58 per cent., still-born, and 4,998, or 8*08 per cent., illegitimate children.
Religion and Instruction.— In 1911 there were 1,278,836 Catholics, 826,364 Protestants, 5,408 other Christian sects, 25,896 Jews, and 6,329 others.
The Grand duke is Protestant, and head of the Protestant Church, which is governed by a synod, and whose affairs are administered by a board (Oberkirchenrat). The Roman Catholic Church has an Archbishop (at Freiburg), whose 4 suffragans are outside the Grand Duchy. State con- tributions to the Roman Catholic Church, 1912, 25,392^. (besides 5,120Z. dotation of the archbishopric) ; to the Protestant Church 23,611Z. To a certain number of ' Old Catholic ' parishes, the State contributes yearly 2,11SI. The Jews have 15 rabbinates, and receive (1912) 1,122Z.
Instruction is general and compulsory. The elementary schools are maintained by the communes and by the State, and administered by local authorities under the inspection of Government. Public schools in Baden : —
Number
Universities (summer session 1912)
Technical Academy (winter session 1911-12)
Academy of Arts (1911-12) ....
Handels-Hochschule (winter session, 1911-12)
Gymnasia (1910-11)
Realgymnasia, Realprogymiiasia, Oberrealschu len, Realscbulen, and hohere Blirgerschulen (1910-11)
Higher Schools forrGirls (1910-11)
Elementary Schools (1908-09)
Normal Schools (1910-11) ....
Technical, Agricultural, and other special schools (1910-11)
2 1 1 1 17
49
10
1,717
12
259
Teaching Staff
333- 92 16 34
404
953
312
7,050
152
1,042
Students & Pupils
6,227
1,375
119
544
5,159
13,248
5,513
365,546
2,263
32,316
Besides a great number of private middle schools, elementary scliools, and special schools.
In 1910, 16,531 persons weie convicted.
