Werdau district

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Basic data
District of the GDR Karl Marx City
County seat Werdau
surface 208 km² (1989)
Residents 69,884 (1989)
Population density 336 inhabitants / km² (1989)
License Plate T, X (1953–1990)
TW, XW (1974–1990)
WDA (1991–1994)
Location Werdau district.png
The Werdau
district in the Karl-Marx-Stadt district

The Werdau district was a district in the Karl-Marx-Stadt district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1994 it existed as the district of Werdau in the Free State of Saxony . His area is now in the Zwickau district in Saxony. The seat of the district administration was in Werdau .

geography

location

The Werdau district was west of Zwickau . The Pleisse flowed through it.

Neighboring areas

The Werdau district bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the Schmölln , Glauchau , Zwickau-Land , Zwickau , Reichenbach , Greiz and Gera-Land districts .

history

On July 25, 1952, a comprehensive district reform took place in the GDR , in which, among other things, the states lost their importance and new districts were formed.

The new Werdau district was formed from the following 28 communities:
3 communities from the Gera district :

  • Großpillingsdorf, Mannichswalde and Vogelgesang

1 municipality in the district of Glauchau :

  • Waldsachsen

2 municipalities in the district of Greiz :

  • Fraureuth and Gottesgrün

22 municipalities in the district of Zwickau :

  • Beiersdorf, Blankenhain, Crimmitschau, Dänkritz, Gospersgrün, Hartmannsdorf b. Werdau, Königswalde, Langenbernsdorf, Langenhessen, Langenreinsdorf, Lauenhain, Lauterbach, Leubnitz, Neukirchen ad Pleiße, Niederalbertsdorf, Oberalbertsdorf, Ruppertsgrün, Seelingstädt, Steinpleis, Trünzig, Werdau and Zwirtzschen.

The district was assigned to the newly formed Karl-Marx-Stadt district . The city of Werdau became the district seat .

Due to changes in the municipal area and reclassifications in neighboring districts, the number of municipalities fell from 28 to 21 in 1990 to 15:

  • June 20, 1957 - incorporation of Oberalbertsdorf into the Gde. Niederalbertsdorf
  • February 01, 1973 - Incorporation of Gösau into the city of Crimmitschau
  • April 1, 1974 - Großpillingsdorf is incorporated into the district of Blankenhain
  • January 1, 1994 - Blankenhain, Langenreinsdorf and Mannichswalde are incorporated into the town of Crimmitschau
  • January 1, 1994 - Beiersdorf and Gospersgrün are incorporated into the district of Ruppertsgrün
  • March 1, 1994 - Niederalbertsdorf is incorporated into the Gde. Langenbernsdorf
  • Dec. 04, 1952 - Forest Saxony is reorganized into the Glauchau district
  • Dec. 04, 1952 - Braunichswalde and Gösau were reclassified from the Schmölln district to the Werdau district
  • Dec. 04, 1952 - Gottesgrün is reintegrated into the Greiz district
  • July 1, 1958 - Reclassification of Seelingstädt and Zwirtzschen, reclassification of Braunichswalde and Vogelgesang into the Gera-Land district .

On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Werdau district. On the occasion of the reunification of the two German states, the district was awarded to the re-established state of Saxony in October 1990 . During the first Saxon district reform , it was absorbed on August 1, 1994 in the new Zwickauer Land district .

Population development

Werdau district
year 1960 1971 1981 1989
Residents 91,967 86,820 75,539 69,884

economy

Significant companies included:

traffic

The district was connected to the GDR motorway network via the Eisenach – Dresden motorway. The F 175 from Zwickau via Werdau to Weida also served national road traffic .

The district area was opened up by the Werdau – Dresden , Leipzig – Werdau – Plauen and Werdau – Weida – Mehltheuer railway lines. The Werdau curved triangle branch had an important function in West Saxony.

Population data

Population overview of all 21 municipalities in the district that came to the re-established state of Saxony in 1990.

AGS local community Residents Area (ha)
3rd October 1990 December 31, 1990
14054010 Beiersdorf 706 707 680
14054020 Blankenhain 1 042 1 034 1 143
14054030 Crimmitschau , city 22 801 22 665 2,854
14054040 Dänkritz 189 189 167
14054050 Fraureuth 3 675 3 652 928
14054070 Gospersgrün 333 333 263
14054090 Hartmannsdorf 122 123 284
14054100 Königswalde 654 650 651
14054110 Langenbernsdorf 2,080 2,047 1 966
14054120 Langenhessen 2,013 2 010 1 035
14054130 Langenreinsdorf 677 675 851
14054140 Lauenhain 356 364 895
14054150 Lauterbach 591 585 471
14054160 Leubnitz 3 255 3 233 2,945
14054170 Mannichswalde 722 718 655
14054180 Neukirchen / Pleiße 3,580 3 555 1 041
14054190 Niederalbertsdorf 612 609 951
14054200 Ruppertsgrün 1 366 1 368 383
14054210 Steinpleis 2,557 2 543 1 006
14054220 Truly 1 024 1 025 718
14054230 Werdau , city 19 683 19 241 930
14054000 Werdau district 68038 67326 20819

License Plate

Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs starting with the letter pairs TW and XW from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was XH 60-01 to XH 99-99 .

At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinctive sign WDA . It was issued until December 31, 1994. It has been available in the Zwickau district since November 9, 2012 .

literature

  • Werner Querfeld : The oldest written mentions of the places in the Werdau district . In: Regional historical contributions from the Karl-Marx-Stadt district , volume 3, Karl-Marx-Stadt 1981, pp. 73–77.

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. ↑ Saxony regional register
  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. 303 .
  6. ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 525 .