Office of Plessa

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 29 '  N , 13 ° 38'  E
Basic data
Existing period:	1992–
State :	Brandenburg
County :	Elbe Elster
Area :	132.79 km 2
Residents:	6024 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	45 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	EE, FI, LIB
Office key :	12 0 62 5207
Office structure:	4 municipalities
Office administration address :	Steinweg 6 04928 Plessa
Website :	www.plessa.de
Office Director :	Goran Schrey
Location of the Plessa office in the Elbe-Elster district

The Plessa Office is an office in Brandenburg formed in 1992 , in which initially seven municipalities in the former districts of Bad Liebenwerda and Finsterwalde (from 1993 district of Elbe-Elster , Brandenburg) merged to form an administrative association. The official seat is in the municipality of Plessa . Due to the amalgamation and incorporation of parishes, the office currently consists of four parishes.

Geographical location

The Plessa office is located in the southern part of the Elbe-Elster district in Brandenburg (Germany). It borders in the north on the Elsterland office , in the north-east on the town Finsterwalde , in the east on the town Lauchhammer ( district Oberspreewald-Lausitz ) in the east, in the southeast on the Ortrand office , in the south on the Schradenland office and in the west on the Unofficial cities of Elsterwerda and Bad Liebenwerda .

Municipalities and districts

The Plessa Office currently manages four municipalities:

• Gorden-Staupitz with the districts Gorden and Staupitz
• Hohenleipisch with the district of Dreska
• Plessa with the districts of Döllingen and Kahla
• Schraden

history

On July 13, 1992, the Minister of the Interior of Brandenburg gave his consent to the formation of the Plessa Office. July 21, 1992 was set as the date of establishment of the office. The office was located in the municipality of Plessa and initially consisted of seven municipalities in the former districts of Bad Liebenwerda and Finsterwalde :

1. Dollingen
2. Gorden
3. Hohenleipisch
4. Kahla
5. Plessa
6. Schraden
7. Staupitz

As of December 31, 2001, the communities of Döllingen and Kahla were incorporated into the community of Plessa. On December 31, 2001, the communities of Gorden and Staupitz merged to form the new community of Gorden-Staupitz.

Population development

year Residents 1992 8 210 1993 8 492 1994 8 583 1995 8 339 1996 8 457 1997 8 430 1998 8 470 1999 8 259

year Residents 2000 8 136 2001 8 100 2002 7 999 2003 7 806 2004 7 764 2005 7 504 2006 7 248 2007 7 033 2008 6 890 2009 6 794

year Residents 2010 6 671 2011 6 643 2012 6 531 2013 6 398 2014 6 337 2015 6 240 2016 6 187 2017 6 140 2018 6 120 2019 6 024

Territory of the respective year, number of inhabitants: as of December 31, from 2011 based on the 2011 census

politics

Office Director

• 1993–2016: Manfred Drews
• since 2017: Göran Schrey

On July 7th, 2016, Schrey was elected Office Director for eight years by the Office Committee. He took office on January 1, 2017.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on November 7, 1994.

Blazon : “Fourth of silver and red; Field 1: an earthen black mug with a spout, field 2: a silver mill wheel, field 3: two upright, slightly angled silver ears, field 4: diagonally crossed black hammer and mallet. "

Web links

Commons : Amt Plessa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Office of Plessa

supporting documents

1. ↑ Population in the State of Brandenburg according to municipalities, offices and municipalities not subject to official registration on December 31, 2019 (XLSX file; 223 KB) (updated official population figures) ( help on this ).
2. ^ Service portal of the state administration of the state of Brandenburg - Amt Plessa
3. ↑ Formation of the offices of Gartz / Oder, Bad Liebenwerda, Mühlberg / Elbe, Plessa, Märkische Schweiz, Premnitz, Rüdersdorf, Scharmützelsee, Steinhöfel / Heinersdorf Elsterland, Kleine Elster and Falkenberg Uebigau. Announcement by the Minister of the Interior of July 21, 1992. Official Gazette for Brandenburg - Joint Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 3, Number 54, July 31, 1992, p. 970/1.
4. ^ Incorporation of the Döllingen community into the Plessa community. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of November 15, 2001. Official Journal for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 12, 2001, Number 50, Potsdam, December 11, 2001, p. 851 PDF
5. ↑ Incorporation of the Kahla parish into the Plessa parish. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of November 15, 2001. Official Journal for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 12, 2001, Number 50, Potsdam, December 11, 2001, p. 851 PDF
6. ^ Formation of the new community Gorden-Staupitz. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of December 19, 2001. Official Journal for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 12, 2001, Number 52, Potsdam, December 27, 2001, p. 891 PDF
7. ↑ Historical municipality register of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. Elbe-Elster district . Pp. 12-13
8. ↑ Population in the state of Brandenburg from 1991 to 2017 according to independent cities, districts and municipalities , Table 7
9. ^ Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg (Ed.): Statistical report AI 7, A II 3, A III 3. Population development and population status in the state of Brandenburg (respective editions of the month of December)
10. ↑ Two memorials accompany Drews. Plessa's official director in the service for 20 years. In: Lausitzer Rundschau , January 8, 2013.
11. ↑ Göran Schrey becomes Plessa's new official director. In: Lausitzer Rundschau , July 8, 2016.
12. ↑ Coat of arms information on the service portal of the state administration of Brandenburg