Sömmerda district

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Basic data
District of the GDR Erfurt
County seat Sömmerda
Area : 556 km² (1989)
Residents : 65,735 (1989)
Population density : 118 inhabitants / km² (1989)
License plate : L and F (1953–1990)
LV (1974–1990)
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The Sömmerda district in the Erfurt district

The Sömmerda district was a district in the Erfurt district of the GDR from 1952 to 1990 . From 1990 it existed as the district of Sömmerda in the state of Thuringia . His area is now in the Sömmerda district in Thuringia. The seat of the district administration was in Sömmerda .

geography

location

The district was north of Erfurt in the Thuringian Basin .

Most important places

The most important places besides the district town Sömmerda were the cities Kölleda , Rastenberg , Buttstädt , Kindelbrück and Weißensee as well as the communities Straussfurt , Olbersleben and Guthmannshausen .

Neighboring areas

The district of Sömmerda bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Artern , Nebra , Naumburg , Apolda , Weimar-Land , Erfurt-Land , Langensalza and Sondershausen .

history

On July 25, 1952, a comprehensive district reform took place in the GDR . The new Sömmerda district was closed

  • the communities Gangloffsömmern, Favoredt, Henschleben, Kranichborn, Orlishausen, Riethgen, Rohrborn, Schallenburg, Scherndorf, Schwerstedt, Sömmerda, Sprötau, Straussfurt, Tunzenhausen, Vogelsberg, Waltersdorf, Weißensee, Wenigensömmern, Werningshausen and Wundersleben from the smaller district of Erfurt ,
  • the communities Bachra, Beichlingen, Büchel, Dermsdorf, Frohndorf, Griefstedt, Großmonra, Kölleda, Leubingen, Ostramondra, Roldisleben, Rothenberga, Schillingstedt and Stödten from the dissolved district of Kölleda ,
  • the communities Herrnschwende, Kindelbrück and Ottenhausen from the smaller district of Sondershausen and
  • the communities Buttstädt, Ellersleben, Eßleben, Großbrembach, Großneuhausen, Guthmannshausen, Hardisleben, Kleinbrembach, Kleinneuhausen, Mannstedt, Olbersleben, Rastenberg, Rudersdorf and Teutleben from the smaller district of Weimar

formed and assigned to the newly formed district of Erfurt. The seat of the district was the city of Sömmerda.

On May 17, 1990, the name of the district was changed to Sömmerda district . On the occasion of the reunification of the two German states, the district became part of the re-established state of Thuringia in October 1990 .

Population development

Sömmerda district
year 1960 1971 1981 1989
Residents 66,817 67,873 67,444 65,735

economy

In addition to agriculture, which was favored by the fertility of the Thuringian Basin, the following important industrial companies existed in the district:

traffic

In national road traffic, the district area was opened up by the F 4 towards Nordhausen and Erfurt , the F 85 towards Weimar , the F 86 towards Sangerhausen and the F 176 towards Eisenach and Naumburg . The closest autobahn was the Eisenach – Görlitz autobahn , which led past the district to the south.

The railway traffic served in the north-south direction the lines Nordhausen-Straussfurt-Erfurt and Sangerhausen-Sömmerda-Erfurt and in the west-east direction the branch lines Ballstädt-Straussfurt and Straussfurt-Großheringen .

License Plate

Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinguishing signs starting with the pair of letters LV from about 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was LX 00-01 to LX 20-00 .

At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinguishing mark SÖM .

Communities

When it was renamed the Sömmerda district, the Sömmerda district comprised the following 46 communities:

Incorporations and associations

During the existence of the Sömmerda district from 1952 to 1990, the following communities were dissolved:

  • Dissolution of the municipality of Stödten - incorporation into Leubingen (July 1, 1961)
  • Dissolution of the communities of Eßleben and Teutleben - merger to form the community of Eßleben-Teutleben (March 14, 1974)
  • Dissolution of the communities Rohrborn and Wenigensömmern - incorporation into Sömmerda (March 14, 1974)

Reclassifications of municipalities

There were also two reclassifications to and from other circles:

  • Reclassification of the Kranichborn Community from the Sömmerda District to the Erfurt District (December 4, 1952)
  • Reclassification of the municipality of Frömmstedt from the district of Sondershausen to the district of Sömmerda (January 1, 1956)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistical Yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 .
  3. ↑ Law on the self-administration of municipalities and districts in the GDR (municipal constitution) of May 17, 1990
  4. ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 302 .
  5. ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 505 .