Cottbus district
The district of Cottbus , until 1886 the district of Cottbus , was a district in Brandenburg . It existed in Prussia , the Soviet Zone and the GDR until 1952.
territory
On January 1, 1945, the Cottbus district comprised the city of Peitz , 84 other communities and a forest estate district .
Administrative history
Dominion Cottbus
In 1448, Elector Friedrich II of Brandenburg acquired the rule of Cottbus . Since 1462 it existed as a Brandenburg exclave in the middle of the Bohemian Lausitz . It was administratively incorporated into Neumark .
From 1807 to 1815 the area belonged to the Kingdom of Saxony . The surrounding Margraviate of Niederlausitz had been part of Saxony since 1635.
Cottbus district
In 1816 the Cottbus district was formed in the Prussian administrative district of Frankfurt , which included the lordships of Cottbus and Peitz as well as surrounding villages that had previously belonged to the Saxon Lower Lusatia. The district administrative office was in the city of Cottbus .
Since July 1, 1867, the district belonged to the North German Confederation and since January 1, 1871 to the German Empire .
Cottbus district
On October 27, 1886, the city of Cottbus left the Cottbus district and from then on formed its own urban district . This gave the Cottbus district the name of a district . On July 1, 1904, the rural community of Sandow and the manor district of Brunschwig were reclassified from the Cottbus district to the Cottbus district.
On September 30, 1929, a territorial reform took place in the Cottbus district in line with developments in the rest of the Free State of Prussia , in which almost all manor districts were dissolved and assigned to neighboring rural communities.
In the spring of 1945 the district was occupied by the Red Army .
Soviet occupation zone / German Democratic Republic
With effect from April 1, 1946, the municipalities Dubrau , Bohrau , Briesnig , Groß Bademeusel , Groß Jamno , Groß Schacksdorf , Jethe , Jocksdorf , Klein Bademeusel , Klein Jamno , Mulknitz , Naundorf , Simmersdorf , Smarso came by decision of the Presidium of the Provincial Administration of Mark Brandenburg and Weißagk of the dissolved Sorau district to the Cottbus district.
The law on the amendment to improve the district and municipal boundaries of April 28, 1950 resulted in a number of territorial changes on July 1, 1950:
- The urban districts of Cottbus, Forst and Guben were incorporated into the district of Cottbus.
- The municipalities of Atterwasch , Bärenklau , Deulowitz , Grabko , Grano , Grießen , Groß Breesen , Groß Gastrose , Horno , Kaltenborn , Kerkwitz , Klein Gastrose , Krayne , Lübbinchen , Reichenbach , Schenkendöbern , Schlagsdorf and Taubendorf of the dissolved Guben district were incorporated into the Cottbus district .
- The communities Pinnow and Staakow moved from the district of Lübben to the district of Cottbus.
- In return, the communities Babow , Briesen , Burg , Burg-Kauper , Burg-Kolonie , Fehrow , Guhrow , Müschen , Ruben , Saccassne , Schmogrow , Striesow and Werben moved to the district of Lübben.
- The Illmersdorf community moved from the Cottbus district to the Senftenberg district .
- The communities of Drieschnitz , Jocksdorf and Kahsel moved from the Cottbus district to the Spremberg district .
In 1952 there was another comprehensive regional reform in the GDR :
- The town of Forst and the communities of Dubrau, Bohrau, Briesnig, Gahry , Gosda , Groß Bademeusel, Groß Jamno, Groß Schacksdorf, Grötsch , Heinersbrück , Klinge , Jethe, Jocksdorf, Klein Bademeusel, Klein Jamno, Mattendorf , Mulknitz, Naundorf, Simmersdorf, Smarso , Trebendorf and Weißagk came to the new forest district .
- The town of Guben and the communities of Atterwasch, Bärenklau, Deulowitz, Drewitz , Grabko, Grano, Grießen, Groß Breesen, Groß Gastrose, Horno, Jänschwalde , Kaltenborn, Kerkwitz, Klein Gastrose, Krayne, Lübbinchen, Pinnow, Reichenbach, Schenkendöbern, Schlagsdorf, Staakow , Taubendorf and Tauer came to the new district of Guben .
- The remaining district area formed the core of the new Cottbus district , which was assigned to the Cottbus district .
- The municipalities of Babow, Briesen, Burg, Burg-Kauper, Burg-Kolonie, Fehrow, Guhrow, Müschen, Ruben, Saccassne, Schmogrow, Striesow and Werben moved back to the Cottbus district from the Lübben district.
- The town of Drebkau and the communities of Brodtkowitz , Casel , Domsdorf , Golschow , Greifenhain , Koschendorf , Laubst , Lassen , Raakow , Radensdorf b. Moved from the Senftenberg district . Drebkau , Siewisch and Steinitz in the Cottbus district.
- The communities Jehserig and Rehnsdorf moved from the district of Spremberg to the district of Cottbus.
Population development
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1750 | 20.207 | |
| 1796 | 33,260 | |
| 1816 | 30,595 | |
| 1840 | 46,498 | |
| 1871 | 66,303 | |
| 1890 | 52,338 | |
| 1900 | 54,392 | |
| 1910 | 52,333 | |
| 1925 | 53,883 | |
| 1933 | 56,833 | |
| 1939 | 59,427 | |
| 1946 | 76,343 |
Local constitution until 1945
The Cottbus district was divided into cities, rural communities and - until their almost complete dissolution in 1929 - manor districts. With the introduction of the Prussian Municipal Constitutional Law of December 15, 1933 and the German Municipal Code of January 30, 1935, the leader principle was enforced at the municipal level on April 1, 1935 .
District administrators
- –1749 Heinrich Wilhelm von Pannwitz
- 1749–1760 Julius Ulrich von Buggenhagen
- 1760–1781 Friedrich Wilhelm von Vernezobre
- 1781–1805 Friedrich Ehrenreich von Muschwitz
- 1805–1820 Friedrich Wilhelm von Normann
- 1821–1823 from Pannwitz
- 1824–1844 Ernst von Schönfeldt (?), Father of the next
- 1844–1857 Ernst von Schönfeldt
- 1858–1870 Adolf von Werdeck
- 1871 Hubert (interim)
- 1871–1893 Danko von Funcke
- 1893–1919 Oskar von Wackerbarth
- 1919–1933 Felix Eichler
- 1933–1945 Johannes Schroeter
cities and communes
Status 1945
In 1945 the following towns and communities belonged to the Cottbus district:
After the Second World War, Brahmow , Bräsinchen , Kackrow , Klein Lieskow , Radewiese and Saccasne became independent communities again after they had been incorporated into the 1930s.
Municipalities dissolved before 1939
- Oelsnig , 1929 on Auras
- Wiesendorf , 1926 to Kriechow
- Wintdorf , 1926 to Leuthen
- Sandow , 1904 to Cottbus
Name changes
In 1933 the spelling for the municipality of Roggosna was changed to Roggosen .
literature
- Gustav Neumann : Geography of the Prussian State. 2nd edition, Volume 2, Berlin 1874, pp. 105-106, item 15.
- Royal Statistical Bureau: The municipalities and manor districts of the Prussian state and their population . Part II: Province of Brandenburg , Berlin 1873, pp. 218-225.
- Topographical-statistical manual of the government district of Frankfurt a. O. Verlag von Gustav Harnecker u. Co., 1867, pp.38-49.
- Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Mark Brandenburg and the Markgrafthum Nieder-Lausitz , Volume 3, Brandenburg 1856, pp. 580-600 ( online ).
- Topographical-statistical overview of the government district of Frankfurt ad Oder. Compiled from official sources . Frankfurt ad O. 1844, pp. 37-46.
- W. Riehl and J. Scheu (eds.): Berlin and the Mark Brandenburg with the Margraviate Nieder-Lausitz in their history and in their present existence . Berlin 1861, pp. 600-522.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dominion Cottbus and Peitz in: Friedrich Wilhelm August Bratring : Description of the Mark Brandenburg , 1809
- ^ Ingo Materna, Wolfgang Ribbe (ed.): Brandenburg history . Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-05-002508-5 , Boundaries and Administrative Structure, p. 32 ff . ( Digitized version [accessed on May 5, 2016]).
- ^ Official Journal of the Royal Prussian Government in Frankfurt ad Oder . No. 12 , 1816, p. 108 ( digitized version [accessed on May 5, 2016]).
- ^ The Sorau district at genealogy.net
- ^ Provincial administration Mark Brandenburg (ed.): Ordinance sheet of the Provincial Administration Mark Brandenburg No. 14 of September 23, 1946 . Resolution of the Presidium of the Provincial Administration of Mark Brandenburg on the dissolution of the remaining Sorau district and change of the boundaries of the Cottbus and Spremberg districts and the forest district.
- ^ Friedrich Wilhelm August Bratring : Statistical-topographical description of the entire Mark Brandenburg . tape 3 . Friedrich Maurer, Berlin 1809, chap. Cottbus district, S. 335 ff . ( Digitized version ).
- ↑ Georg Hassel: Statistical outline of all European states . The statistical view and special statistics of Central Europe. Vieweg, Braunschweig 1805, p. 42 ( digitized version ).
- ^ Christian Gottfried Daniel Stein: Handbook of Geography and Statistics of the Prussian State . Vossische Buchhandlung, Berlin 1819, The administrative district of Frankfurt, p. 210 ( digitized version [accessed on May 5, 2016]).
- ↑ Topographical-statistical overview of the administrative district of Frankfurt ad O., Harnecker, 1844, p. 30
- ^ The municipalities and manor districts of the Province of Brandenburg and their population in 1871
- ↑ a b c d e f Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Cottbus district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ↑ 1946 census
- ↑ Cf. Rolf Jehke: Landkreis Cottbus. In: Territorial changes in Germany and German administered areas 1874–1945. Retrieved February 24, 2015 .
Administrative districts: Frankfurt administrative district | Potsdam administrative district
City districts: Brandenburg an der Havel | Cottbus | Eberswalde | Forst (Lausitz) | Frankfurt (Oder) | Guben | Landsberg (Warthe) | Potsdam | Rathenow | Wittenberg
Districts: Angermünde | Beeskow-Storkow | Calau | Cottbus | Cross | Guben | Jüterbog-Luckenwalde | Königsberg Nm. | Landsberg (Warthe) | Lebus | Luebben | Luckau | Meseritz | Niederbarnim | Oberbarnim | East Havelland | Ostprignitz | Oststernberg | Prenzlau | Ruppin | Schwerin (Warta) | Soldin | Sorau | Spremberg | Teltow | Templin | West Havelland | Westprignitz | Weststernberg | Zauch-Belzig | Züllichau-Schwiebus
Dissolved in 1825 : Spremberg-Hoyerswerda , dissolved in 1827 : Frankfurt , dissolved in 1836 : Cüstrin | Teltow-Storkow , dissolved in 1873 : Sternberg , retired in 1881 : Berlin , in 1938 to the province of Pomerania : Arnswalde | Friedeberg Nm.