Grevenbroich district

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Grevenbroich district
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Coordinates: 51 ° 5 '  N , 6 ° 35'  E

Basic data (as of 1974)
Existing period: 1816-1974
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Dusseldorf
Regional association : Rhineland
Administrative headquarters : Grevenbroich
Area : 551.19 km 2
Residents: 290,700 (Dec. 31, 1973)
Population density : 527 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : GV
Circle key : 05 1 34
Circle structure: 34 municipalities
District Administrator : Matthias Hoeren ( CDU )

The Grevenbroich district is a former district that was established in 1816 in the Prussian province of Jülich-Kleve-Berg (from 1822 Rhine province ). The original circle Grevenbroich in 1929 with the county Neuss and parts of the circle Gladbach to district Grevenbroich-Neuss united, in 1946 the district of Grevenbroich has been renamed.

On January 1, 1975, in the course of the municipal reorganization in North Rhine-Westphalia, the previously independent city of Neuss was incorporated into the Grevenbroich district and district seat; the Grevenbroich district was renamed Neuss district , now Rhein-Kreis Neuss . Accordingly, the Rhein-Kreis Neuss is legally identical to the Grevenbroich district.

geography

Neighboring areas

The circle Grevenbroich bordered 1971 clockwise to the north starting at the circle Kempen-Krefeld , the independent city of Krefeld , at the county Dusseldorf-Mettmann , in the cities of Dusseldorf and Neuss , the Rhine Wupper circle , to the county-level city Cologne , the Bergheim (Erft) and Erkelenz districts and the independent cities of Rheydt and Mönchengladbach .

history

1816 to 1929

The first district of Grevenbroich was formed in 1816 from the area of ​​the canton of Elsen, which was established during the French era , and parts of the cantons of Odenkirchen and Erkelenz. There were fifteen mayorships in the district , the successors of the Mairien established in the French era . In 1845, the municipal code for the Rhine Province gave all places that had their own households the status of a municipality. Since then, the circle has been structured as follows:

Mayorry Communities
Bedburdyck Bedburdyck
Elsen Elfgen , Elsen , Laach
Evinghoven Broich , Hoeningen , Oekoven
Frimmersdorf Frimmersdorf , Neurath
Garzweiler Garzweiler
Grevenbroich Allrath , Barrenstein , Grevenbroich (city), Neuenhausen
Gustorf Gindorf , Gustorf
Inhibitors Hemmerden , chapels
Hochneukirch Hochneukirch
Hulchrath Hoisten , Neukirchen
Juchen Juchen
Kelzenberg Kelzenberg
Wanlo Wanlo
Wevelinghoven Wevelinghoven (city)
Wickrath Wickrath

The mayor's offices , which consisted of several municipalities, were designated as offices since 1927 .

1929 to 1969

With the law on municipal reorganization of the Rhenish-Westphalian industrial area of 1 August 1929, the county Grevenbroich with was the district of Neuss and the four municipalities Kleinenbroich , Korschenbroich , Song Mountain and Pesch from the dissolved district Gladbach to district Grevenbroich-Neuss together. At the same time, the community of Hoisten was incorporated into the now free community of Neukirchen and Gindorf in Gustorf.

There were numerous municipal changes in the 1930s: On October 1, 1930, the communities of Allrath, Barrenstein and Neuenhausen were incorporated from the Grevenbroich district and the Laach district from the Elsen district were incorporated into the city of Grevenbroich. At the same time the Office Elsen was dissolved and its communities Elsen and Elfgen came to the Office Grevenbroich. The Kelzenberg community came to the Jüchen community on July 1, 1934. On August 1, 1934, the municipality of Wanlo merged with the municipality of Wickrath . On June 1, 1935, the Grefrath community was incorporated into the Holzheim community. On April 1, 1937, the municipality of Elsen also came to the city of Grevenbroich - at the same time the Grevenbroich office was dissolved and the remaining municipality of Elfgen formed the new Jüchen office with the municipality of Jüchen. In 1938 the municipality of Broich was incorporated into the municipality of Gohr in the Nievenheim district.

After the Second World War, the mergers continued: In 1958, the municipality of Elfgen was dissolved due to lignite mining. It became part of the city of Grevenbroich. 1968 formed the office of Nettesheim, consisting of the communities Nettesheim-Butzheim and Frixheim-Anstel , with the municipality of Rommerskirchen the joint office of Rommerskirchen-Nettesheim. This was the first voluntary union before the imminent municipal reorganization.

Before the municipal reform, the Grevenbroich district was divided into 3 unofficial cities and 12 unofficial municipalities as well as 9 offices with 20 official municipalities in an area of ​​509.49 km² with 215,551 inhabitants (as of June 30, 1967).

1969 to 1974

Since it was known that the state government wanted to dissolve the offices, the communities of Frimmersdorf and Neurath, which formed the common office of Frimmersdorf, decided in 1969 to merge to form the non-office municipality of Frimmersdorf . Under the same conditions, the municipalities of Dormagen and Hackenbroich - they already had a joint administration in the Dormagen office - merged to form the city of Dormagen , which was free of charge . Both amalgamations took place on July 1, 1969. This increased the number of municipalities with no office to 17, while the number of municipalities fell to 7 with 16 municipalities belonging to the office.

On October 1, 1969, the district became the district of Grevenbroich.

On January 1, 1970, the district was expanded to the north by the law on the reorganization of the Kempen-Krefeld district and the independent city of Viersen . As a result, the municipality Osterath (with a minor adjustment of the border to Willich) and the Lank office with the municipalities of Ilverich, Langst-Kierst, Lank-Latum, Nierst, Ossum-Bösinghoven and Strümp (all of the Kempen-Krefeld district ) became the municipality Büderich merged to form the new town of Meerbusch , which was assigned to the Grevenbroich district. The district increased by 48.1 km² and 26,104 inhabitants (as of December 31, 1968).

On January 1, 1972, the town of Jackerath was separated from the municipality of Garzweiler and incorporated into the municipality of Titz due to the “ Aachen Law ” . At the same time, Jackerath moved from the Grevenbroich district to the new Düren district. The Wickrath community also lost the village of Kuckum . It was incorporated into the town of Erkelenz in the new district of Heinsberg. The district lost 3.42 km² and approx. 563 inhabitants to the district of Düren and 1.78 km² and 365 inhabitants to the district of Heinsberg .

From then until 1974 the circle was structured as follows:

Cities
  1. Dormagen , 33,227 inhabitants
  2. Grevenbroich , 26,564 inhabitants
  3. Meerbusch , 50,720 inhabitants
  4. Wevelinghoven , 7,536 inhabitants, today part of Grevenbroich
  5. Zons , 9,715 inhabitants, today part of Dormagen
Municipalities not in office
  1. Bedburdyck , 5,738 inhabitants, today in Jüchen
  2. Büttgen , 14,380 inhabitants, today in Kaarst
  3. Frimmersdorf , 5,552 inhabitants, today part of Grevenbroich
  4. Garzweiler , 1,841 inhabitants, today to Jüchen
  5. Gustorf , 7,338 inhabitants, today part of Grevenbroich
  6. Hochneukirch , 6,749 inhabitants, today in Jüchen
  7. Holzheim , 8,573 inhabitants, today part of Neuss
  8. Jüchen , 6,077 inhabitants
  9. Kaarst , 20,299 inhabitants
  10. Kleinenbroich , 7,102 inhabitants, today to Korschenbroich
  11. Neurath approx. 2,500 inhabitants, today to Grevenbroich
  12. Neukirchen , 7,113 inhabitants, today part of Grevenbroich
  13. Wickrath , 13,823 inhabitants, today part of Mönchengladbach
Offices and official municipalities
  1. Amt Evinghoven , 2,828 inhabitants, today part of Rommerskirchen
    1. Hoeningen , 1,412 inhabitants
    2. Oekoven , 1,416 inhabitants
  2. Amt Glehn , 6,838 inhabitants, today in Korschenbroich
    1. Glehn , 4,471 inhabitants
    2. Liedberg , 2,367 inhabitants
  3. Office Hemmerden , 6,192 inhabitants, today in Grevenbroich
    1. Hemmerden , 2,328 inhabitants
    2. Kapellen / Erft , 3,864 inhabitants
  4. Office Korschenbroich , 10,349 inhabitants, today to Korschenbroich
    1. Korschenbroich , 8,649 inhabitants
    2. Pesch , 1,709 inhabitants
  5. Amt Nievenheim , 11,669 inhabitants, today part of Dormagen
    1. Gohr , 1,650 inhabitants
    2. Nievenheim , 7,907 inhabitants
    3. Straberg , 2.112 inhabitants
  6. Amt Norf , 13,987 inhabitants, today part of Neuss
    1. Norf , 8,817 inhabitants
    2. Rosellen , 5,170 inhabitants
  7. Office Rommerskirchen-Nettesheim , 8,436 inhabitants, today part of Rommerskirchen
    1. Frixheim - Anstel , 1,330 inhabitants
    2. Nettesheim - Butzheim , 1,720 inhabitants
    3. Rommerskirchen , 5,386 inhabitants

Regional reform in 1975

Through the Düsseldorf Act of September 10, 1974, with effect from January 1, 1975, the following municipalities were formed in the district, which was also renamed the Neuss district :

  • Dormagen , city: merger of the cities of Dormagen and Zons, the municipalities of the Nievenheim office and some areas of the city of Cologne in the area of ​​the Bayer plants;
  • Grevenbroich , Stadt: Amalgamation of the cities of Grevenbroich and Wevelinghoven as well as the communities Frimmersdorf, Gustorf, Neukirchen (excluding Helpenstein, Hoisten, Speck and Wehl) and the communities of the Hemmerden office for border corrections against Bedburdyck and Glehn;
  • Jüchen : Amalgamation of the communities Bedburdyck, Garzweiler, Hochneukirch and Jüchen;
  • Kaarst : Merger of the municipalities of Büttgen (without Büttgerwald) and Kaarst (without bridge) as well as the residential areas Rottes and Weilerhöfe (municipality of Kleinenbroich) with simultaneous border correction to Willich;
  • Korschenbroich : Amalgamation of the municipality of Kleinenbroich and the municipalities of the offices of Glehn and Korschenbroich as well as the districts of Büttgerwald (municipality of Büttgen) and Ringesfeldchen (city of Rheydt) with border adjustment to Grevenbroich and Willich;
  • Neuss , City: Integration of the municipality of Holzheim, the Norf office and the districts of Brücke (municipality of Kaarst), Helpenstein, Hoisten, Speck and Wehl (municipality of Neukirchen) and the part of the city of Meerbusch south of the motorway into the previously independent city of Neuss, the was in turn incorporated into the circle;
  • Rommerskirchen : Merger of the municipalities of the offices of Evinghoven and Rommerskirchen-Nettesheim.

The municipality of Wickrath and some areas of the municipalities of Jüchen, Kleinenbroich and Korschenbroich came to the new city of Mönchengladbach .

Apart from the assignment to Neuss, the city ​​of Meerbusch was to be divided between the cities of Düsseldorf and Krefeld (Langst-Kierst, Lank-Latum, Nierst and Ossum-Bösinghoven). This division was annulled by judgment of the Constitutional Court of September 13, 1975. Since the Grevenbroich district legally continued to exist as the Neuss district, a new decision on whether the city of Meerbusch was part of the district was not necessary.

Population development

year Residents source
1816 28,194
1835 31,653
1871 38,756
1880 40,676
1890 42,623
1900 45,842
1910 50,344
1925 53,632
1939 110.494
1946 128.064
1950 143,641
1960 172,300
1961 195,367
1970 258,871
1973 290,700

politics

Results of the district elections from 1946

The list only shows parties and constituencies that received at least two percent of the votes in the respective election.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year CDU SPD FDP DZP BHE KPD
1946 55.9 27.7 10.5 5.3
1948 44.4 36.2 14.0 5.4
1952 43.5 27.2 10.7 08.5 7.2 2.9
1956 47.1 32.9 08.6 06.1 4.4
1961 54.6 29.0 08.3 04.5 2.3
1964 51.0 36.0 09.6
1970 56.5 36.1 05.4 02.2

District administrators of the old Grevenbroich district

District administrators of the Grevenbroich-Neuss district

District administrators of the new Grevenbroich district

Upper District Directors

  • 1946–1961: Otto Gilka
  • 1961–1974: Paul Edelmann

badges and flags

flag

With a certificate from the Minister of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia dated May 2, 1952, the Grevenbroich district received the approval to use the coat of arms described below. Description of coat of arms

"In the split shield in front a black cross in silver, behind a black, red-tongued lion in gold."

meaning

The Electoral Cologne cross and the Jülich lion indicate the tradition of the district, which in large parts used to be under Electoral Cologne and Jülich rule.

flag

In addition, the district was granted permission by the Minister of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia on December 10, 1952 to fly the flag described below:

"The circular coat of arms on a white background, the two long sides of which are delimited by narrow black stripes."

As a legal successor, this coat of arms and this flag will be continued after the regional reform of the Neuss district, today's Rhein-Kreis Neuss.

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign GV when the vehicle license plates were introduced . It was issued until December 31, 1974. It has been available in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss since August 19, 2015 due to the license plate liberalization .

literature

Wikiversity: History of Grevenbroichs  - course materials
  • Karl Emsbach: The district office of the Grevenbroich district and the construction of the state house . In: Contributions to the history of the city of Grevenbroich 10 (1994), pp. 135–144.
  • Karl P. Haendly: The Grevenbroich district. Its economic development and the state of its administration. With a foreword by District Administrator Dr. Bird. Paderborn 1927, p. 20 ff.
  • Heinz Ohletz: 1929–1974 years people initiatives in the greater Grevenbroich district .oO, (1975)

Web links

Commons : Kreis Grevenbroich  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Section 23 of the Düsseldorf Act .
  2. ^ Official journal for the administrative district of Düsseldorf 1816, p. 14.
  3. ↑ Municipal Code for the Rhine Province 1845, § 1.
  4. ^ Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia 1885
  5. ^ Official journal for the administrative district of Düsseldorf 1930, p. 399
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. neuss.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  7. ↑ Official Gazette for the Düsseldorf administrative region 1935, p. 216
  8. ^ Official Journal for the Düsseldorf administrative region 1937, p. 62 f.
  9. ↑ Expert Commission for the Communal Restructuring of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia , The Communal and State Restructuring of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Section B, The Restructuring of Cities and Municipalities in the Urban Areas and the Reform of the Districts, Siegburg 1968, p. 223
  10. ↑ Law on the reorganization of municipalities in the Grevenbroich district of June 24, 1969, GV. NRW. 1969 p. 409
  11. ↑ Announcement of the new version of the district regulations for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from August 11, 1969 in the Law and Ordinance Gazette for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, year 1969, No. 2021, p. 670 ff.
  12. ↑ § 9 of the law on the reorganization of the district of Kempen-Krefeld and the independent city of Viersen of December 18, 1969, GV. NRW. 1969 p. 966
  13. ↑ State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia , draft law of the state government, printed matter No. 6/1348, p. 117
  14. ↑ Landtag North Rhine-Westphalia , draft law of the state government, printed matter No. 6/830, section C, pp. 267, 326
  15. ↑ a b c Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 294 f .
  16. ^ GV. NRW. 1974 p. 890
  17. ↑ § 3 of the Düsseldorf Act
  18. ↑ § 4 of the Düsseldorf Act
  19. ↑ § 7 of the Düsseldorf Act
  20. ↑ § 6 of the Düsseldorf Act
  21. ↑ § 5 of the Düsseldorf Act
  22. ↑ §§ 2, 23 para. 1 of the Düsseldorf Act
  23. ↑ § 8 of the Düsseldorf Act
  24. ↑ § 1 of the Düsseldorf Act
  25. ↑ § 9 No. 1, § 10 Paragraph 1 of the Düsseldorf Act
  26. ↑ VerfGH 43/74, GV. NRW. 1975 p. 568
  27. ^ A b Johann Georg von Viebahn: Statistics and topography of the government district of Düsseldorf. 1836, p. 112 , accessed on May 5, 2014 (digitized version).
  28. ↑ a b Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia 1885
  29. ↑ 1946 census
  30. ↑ Statistical Yearbook 1975, p. 52
  31. ↑ Source: respective issue of the State Statistical Office (LDS NRW), Mauerstr. 51, Düsseldorf, with the election results at the district level.