Saalfeld district

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Basic data
District of the GDR Gera
County seat Saalfeld
surface 337 km² (1989)
Residents 58,505 (1989)
Population density 174 inhabitants / km² (1989)
License Plate N (1953–1990)
NN, NO (1974–1990)
SLF (1991–1994)
Saalfeld district in the Gera district
The Saalfeld district in the Gera district

The Saalfeld district was a district in the Gera district . From 1990 to 1994 it existed as the district of Saalfeld in Thuringia . His area is now in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in Thuringia. The seat of the district administration was in Saalfeld .

geography

location

The district of Saalfeld was on the inner-German border in the Thuringian slate mountains and was traversed by the Saale .

Most important places

The most important places besides the district town of Saalfeld were the town of Leutenberg and the communities of Drognitz , Goßwitz , Kamsdorf , Kaulsdorf , Probstzella and Unterwellenborn .

Neighboring areas

The district of Saalfeld bordered clockwise in the northwest on the (rural) districts of Rudolstadt , Pößneck , Lobenstein , Kronach and Neuhaus .

history

On July 25, 1952, there was an extensive administrative reform in the GDR , during which, among other things, the states of the GDR lost their importance and new districts were established. The then district of Saalfeld gave municipalities to the districts of Lobenstein and Pößneck . The Saalfeld district with its seat in Saalfeld was formed from the remaining district area . The district was assigned to the newly formed Gera district .

On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Saalfeld district. On the occasion of the reunification of the two German states, the district of Saalfeld was awarded to the re-established state of Thuringia in October 1990 . During the district reform in Thuringia , it went up on July 1, 1994 in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district .

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Saalfeld district
 Blazon : "Three green conifers in silver, a silver wavy bar in the base of the shield."
Justification of the coat of arms: The district coat of arms was officially approved on March 13, 1948 and used until 1952. It was reintroduced on June 22, 1992 and remained valid until the administrative reform and the dissolution of the district.

District Administrator

  • 1990–1994 Jürgen Pfeiffer (CDU)

Population development

Saalfeld district
year 1960 1971 1981 1989
Residents 59,026 61,792 59,816 58.505

economy

Important companies included:

traffic

The district area was opened up for national road traffic by the F 85 from Probstzella via Saalfeld to Weimar , the F 90 from Saalfeld to Hirschberg and the F 281 from Eisfeld via Sonneberg to Triptis .

The routes Großheringen – Saalfeld , Arnstadt – Saalfeld and Leipzig – Probstzella were used for rail traffic .

License Plate

Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs starting with the letter pairs NN and NO from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was NZ 68-01 to NZ 75-00 .

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

Web links

Commons : Kreis Saalfeld  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistical Yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 .
  2. ↑ a b 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. 514 .