Karl-Marx-Stadt district

Basic data
District capital:	Karl Marx City
Area :	6,009 km²
Residents :	1,859,500 (1989)
License plate :	T, X
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The Karl-Marx-Stadt district was the most populous and densely populated district of the German Democratic Republic . It was established by the administrative reform of 1952 as one of a total of 14 districts and existed until 1990. Due to the renaming of its district town, it was called Chemnitz District for a short time at its beginning and end .

location

The Karl-Marx-Stadt district comprised the western and central Ore Mountains , the Ore Mountain Foreland and the Vogtland . Oberwiesenthal , not far from the border with what was then Czechoslovakia , was 914  m above sea level. NN . not only the highest town in the district, but also in the entire GDR. In addition, the Fichtelberg , which stands on the border of the district with Czechoslovakia, was the highest mountain in the GDR with a height of 1,214.6 m.

history

On May 10, 1953, the name of the city of Chemnitz was changed to Karl-Marx-Stadt , and that of the district accordingly. 37 years later, on June 1, 1990, the city and district were given the name Chemnitz again after three quarters of the city's residents voted for the city to be renamed on April 23, 1990. With the Land Introduction Act of July 22, 1990, the Chemnitz district was dissolved and the area was incorporated into the State of Saxony . The circles initially remained apart from a few limit deviations.

The administrative district of Chemnitz , formed on January 1, 1991, was almost identical to the dissolved GDR district in terms of its spatial extent.

Administrative division

The district was divided into the following districts and city districts:

Urban district	surface	population
Karl-Marx-Stadt (until May 10, 1953 and from June 1, 1990 Chemnitz )	129 km²	317,600
Plauen	58 km²	78,800
Zwickau	57 km²	122,100
Johanngeorgenstadt (until June 20, 1957)
Schneeberg (until November 23, 1958)

circle	surface	population
Annaberg	382 km²	85,100
Aue	365 km²	124,800
Auerbach	233 km²	72,200
Brand-Erbisdorf	354 km²	37,600
Flea	263 km²	53,500
Freiberg	310 km²	84,500
Glauchau	174 km²	70,200
Hainichen	318 km²	69,200
Hohenstein-Ernstthal	134 km²	62,300
Karl-Marx-Stadt-Land (until May 10, 1953 and from June 1, 1990 Chemnitz )	292 km²	109,100
Klingenthal	236 km²	36,100
Marienberg	434 km²	66,100
Oelsnitz	348 km²	39,600
Plauen-Land	308 km²	24,100
Reichenbach	155 km²	59,300
Rochlitz	311 km²	52,800
Schwarzenberg	198 km²	59,100
Stollberg	196 km²	84,300
Werdau	208 km²	76,600
Zschopau	214 km²	56,700
Zwickau-Land	332 km²	88,400

Government and party leaders

Chair of the District Council

• 1952–1960: Max Müller (1899–1977)
• 1960–1963: Werner Felfe (1928–1988)
• 1963–1981: Heinz Arnold (1920–2000)
• 1981–1990: Lothar Fichtner (* 1934)
• 1990 -9999: Albrecht Buttolo (government representative, * 1947)

First secretaries of the SED district leadership

• 1952–1959: Walter Buchheim (1904–1979)
• 1959–1963: Rolf Weihs (1920–2000)
• 1963–1976: Paul Roscher (1913–1993)
• 1976–1989: Siegfried Lorenz (* 1930)
• 1989–1990: Norbert Kertscher (* 1954)

Population development

year	Residents
1961	2,098,600
1967	2,080,090
1970	2,057,200
1981	1,920,000

coat of arms

Due to the seal order of the GDR of May 28, 1953, all regional coats of arms lost their meaning as brands or seals. However, the coats of arms of the cities and districts were still used on buildings or in publications without fulfilling an official function. The coat of arms of the Karl-Marx-Stadt district used in some books actually shows the coat of arms of the city of Karl-Marx-Stadt . The seal coat of arms of the GDR was official. It was not until the municipal constitution of the GDR on May 17, 1990 that municipalities and districts were able to expressly use coats of arms again and use them as seals.

Web links

Commons : District Karl-Marx-Stadt  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} "40 Years of the GDR" - State Central Administration for Statistics, May 1989
2. ↑ Michael Richter : The formation of the Free State of Saxony. Peaceful revolution, federalization, German unity 1989/90 . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-525-36900-X , p. 272 books.google.de