Altena district

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Altena district
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Coordinates: 51 ° 18 '  N , 7 ° 40'  E

Basic data (as of 1968)
Existing period: 1753-1968
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Arnsberg
Regional association : Westphalia-Lippe
Administrative headquarters : Altena
Area : 652.4 km 2
Residents: 184,250 (Dec. 31, 1968)
Population density : 282 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : AL
Circle key : 05 8 31
Circle structure: 15 municipalities
District Administrator : Heinz Chmill
Location of the Altena district in North Rhine-Westphalia
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The Altena district was a district in North Rhine-Westphalia that was dissolved in 1968. Until 1938 it was called the Altena district . Today the district is part of the Märkisches Kreis .

Neighboring areas

In 1968 the Altena district bordered clockwise in the north, starting with the Iserlohn , Arnsberg , Meschede , Olpe , Oberbergischer Kreis , Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis , Rhein-Wupper-Kreis and Ennepe-Ruhr district as well as the enclave of the Altena district surrounding urban district Lüdenscheid .

history

The Altena district was established in 1753 by Prussia as one of four district councils in the county of Mark . As a result of the Fourth Coalition War , the County of Mark had to be ceded by Prussia to France in 1807 . Napoleon linked the County of Mark and other areas with the Grand Duchy of Berg by a decree of March 1, 1808 . The Grand Duchy of Berg received a completely new administrative structure based on the French model. The district was now part of the Hagen arrondissement in the Ruhr department and was divided into the two cantons of Lüdenscheid and Neuenrade. After the French era , the Altena district, which was re-established in 1817 and partially redefined, belonged to the administrative district of Arnsberg in the new Prussian province of Westphalia . It was initially divided into the mayor's offices of Altena, Ebbe , Halver, Lüdenscheid, Meinerzhagen, Neuenrade and Plettenberg. In 1832 the Valbert mayor's office was reclassified from the neighboring district of Olpe to the district of Altena.

As part of the introduction of the rural community order for the province of Westphalia, the mayor's offices were transferred to offices in the 1840s . Since then there have been eight offices and a total of 19 communities in the Altena district:

Office Communities
Altena Kelleramt and Wiblingwerde
Halver Halver
Herscheid Herscheid
Kierspe Kierspe and Rönsahl
Ludenscheid Hülscheid and the rural community of Lüdenscheid
Meinerzhagen Meinerzhagen , Märkisch Valbert and Westfälisch Valbert
Neuenrade Dahle , Neuenrade , Ohle and Werdohl
Plettenberg Plettenberg country

The cities of Altena , Lüdenscheid and Plettenberg remained vacant.

In 1858 the two communities Märkisch Valbert and Westfälisch Valbert were merged to form the municipality of Valbert . In 1890 the community of Ohle was reclassified to the Plettenberg office. A year later, in 1891, the municipality of Werdohl left the Neuenrade office and formed its own office from then on.

The city of Lüdenscheid left the district on April 1, 1907 and became a district. At the same time, the cellar office and Wiblingwerde were merged to form the municipality of Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde, and the municipality of Schalksmühle was reorganized by hiving off the municipality of Halver. In 1922 the Altena office was renamed to Nachrodt office . In 1934 it was abolished together with the offices of Herscheid and Werdohl. On April 1, 1941, the community Ohle and the rural community Plettenberg were incorporated into the city of Plettenberg; at the same time the office of Plettenberg was canceled.

In 1968 the Altena district was the first district to be dissolved as part of the local reorganization in North Rhine-Westphalia . The merger with the urban district of Lüdenscheid and the communities Evingsen from the Hemer district in the Iserlohn district and Küntrop from the Balve district in the Arnsberg district to form the new Lüdenscheid district . All offices were dissolved and merged into the municipalities of the official seat (exception: Schalksmühle with Hülscheid). In 1975 the district of Lüdenscheid was combined with the district of Iserlohn (excluding Hohenlimburg and Schwerte ) and the independent city of Iserlohn and the Balve district ( Arnsberg district ) to form the Märkisches Kreis .

Population development

year Residents source
1819 027,274
1832 033,438
1871 054,984
1880 066,129
1890 081,857
1900 096,432
1910 084,449
1925 094,460
1939 104,359
1950 141.297
1960 161,100
1968 184,250

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. The information from 1969 relates to the Lüdenscheid district.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year SPD CDU FDP BHE KPD
1946 44.2 46.0 6.8
11948 1 44.2 41.7 02.1 5.6
21952 2 40.6 25.7 20.5 6.6 2.6
1956 47.9 28.4 18.0 2.4
1961 45.3 33.8 20.9
1964 49.0 34.0 15.7
31969 3 47.7 34.2 12.5

Footnotes

1 1948: additionally: RSF: 3.8%, DZP: 2.9%
2 1952: additionally: DZP: 2.0%
3 1969: additionally: NPD: 5.6%

District administrators

Seal mark of the royal district administrator of the Altena district

Upper District Directors

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the former district of Altena goes back to the Counts of Altena-Mark and represents the black Altena lion on a golden (yellow) background above the Brandenburg chess bar .

The lion is often referred to as "Bergisch", but the Counts of Altena split off from the Counts of Berg as early as 1160, who died out in the male line in 1225 and were inherited by the Limburgers. It was only Heinrich IV of Limburg who brought the Limburg lion into the Bergisch coat of arms. Before that, the Bergisch coat of arms only had three rows of red battlements on a silver background. The Altena counts Friedrich von Berg-Altena and Adolf I von der Mark and Altena , as well as his descendant Otto von Altena , already ran the lion. Thus, its origin from Berg or the hostile Limburg is excluded. Stirnberg suspects a foundation of the coat of arms by Friedrich von Berg-Altena, the founder of the Altena-Mark line, between 1170 and 1199. Presumably at the same time as the foundation of the coat of arms of the Altena-Isenberg line by Count Arnold von Altena .

It is assumed that the Altena-Mark lion is black with red weapons - tongue and claws - and a golden crown, as in this coat of arms. A picture that corresponds to this assumption can be found under the glass windows at Altena Castle . However, the surviving rider's seals of Count Adolf do not provide any information about the correctness of the presumption. Wingolf Lehnemann attributes the red Lünen lion, whose colors have been known since 1509, to the Brandenburg, i.e. Altenaic, lion, so that a possible red coloration remains possible.

Cities, offices and municipalities (as of 1968)

Cities and municipalities not subject to official duties

Offices and their cities and municipalities

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinguishing sign AL when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It was issued until December 31, 1968.

literature

  • Adolf Feuring : The city of Altena and its ties to the district. 1988

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Westphalia Lexicon 1832-1835 . In: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Ed.): Reprints for the Westphalian archive maintenance . tape 3 . Münster 1978, p. 10 (reprint of the original from 1834).
  2. ↑ a b U. Kuemmel: History of the Altena district. 1911, accessed on February 2, 2014 (digitized version).
  3. ↑ Landgemeinde -ordnung for the Province of Westphalia from October 31, 1841 (PDF; 1.6 MB)
  4. ↑ a b Official Gazette for the administrative district of Arnsberg 1843: Formation of the offices of Altena and Herscheid. Retrieved February 2, 2014 .
  5. ↑ a b c Official Journal for the Arnsberg District 1846: Formation of the Meinerzhagen, Halver and Lüdenscheid offices. Retrieved February 2, 2014 .
  6. ^ Official journal for the administrative district of Arnsberg 1846: Formation of the Kierspe office. Retrieved February 2, 2014 .
  7. ↑ a b Official Journal for the Arnsberg District 1844: Formation of the Plettenberg and Neuenrade offices. Retrieved February 2, 2014 .
  8. ^ A b Rolf Jehke: Territorial changes in Germany. Retrieved February 12, 2014 .
  9. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster (Westphalia) 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 .
  10. ^ Wolfgang Leesch: Administration in Westphalia 1815-1945 . In: Publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia . tape 38 . Aschendorff, Münster 1992, ISBN 3-402-06845-1 .
  11. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the Altena district and the independent city of Lüdenscheid
  12. ^ Statistisches Bureau zu Berlin (Ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Prussian state . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1821 ( digitized version ).
  13. ↑ a b Community encyclopedia Westphalia 1887 p. 131
  14. ↑ a b c d e f g Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. altena.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  15. ↑ Source: respective issue of the State Statistical Office (LDS NRW), Mauerstr. 51, Düsseldorf, with the election results at the district level.
  16. ↑ Wingolf Lehnemann: history of the city Luenen to 1806, the 1,993th