Schongau district

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Coat of arms of the district of Schongau
Schongau district
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Coordinates: 47 ° 49 '  N , 10 ° 54'  E

Basic data (as of 1972)
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Upper Bavaria
Administrative headquarters : Schongau
Area : 507.78 km 2
Residents: 41,756 (May 27, 1970)
Population density : 82 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : SO-CALLED
Circle key : 09 1 50
Circle structure: 24 municipalities
Location of the district of Schongau in Bavaria
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The district of Schongau belonged to the Bavarian administrative district of Upper Bavaria . When it was dissolved in the regional reform in 1972, the district comprised 24 municipalities.

geography

location

The district of Schongau was bordered by two prominent foothills of the Bavarian Alps: the Auerberg in the west and the Hohen Peißenberg in the east. The origins of the district of Schongau lie in the former Wittelsbach high court of Schongau, which at times extended from Fuchstal in the north to Schwangau in the south. As part of the Upper Bavarian Pfaffenwinkel , the district of Schongau housed the monastery towns of Steingaden and Rottenbuch , the pilgrimage site Hohenpeißenberg and the famous pilgrimage church in the Wies (Wieskirche) . It was the only district in Upper Bavaria that extended a large part of its territory, including the district town, to Swabian territory west of the Lech.

Important places

The municipalities with the highest population were the district towns of Schongau , Peiting , Hohenpeißenberg , Altenstadt and Steingaden .

Neighboring areas

In 1972 the district bordered clockwise in the north, starting with the districts of Landsberg am Lech , Weilheim in Upper Bavaria , Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Füssen , Marktoberdorf and Kaufbeuren .

history

District Office

The district office of Schongau in the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1862 succeeded the regional court of the older order of Schongau .

On August 4, 1865, the community of Schwangau moved from the district office of Schongau to the district office of Füssen .

On November 1, 1874, the district office of Landsberg am Lech was enlarged by the municipalities of the district office of Schongau.

On the occasion of the reform of the layout of the Bavarian district offices, the district office of Schongau ceded communities to the district office of Füssen on January 1, 1880.

On January 1, 1913, the Schongau district office ceded the communities of Kohlgrub and Saulgrub to the Garmisch district office .

district

On January 1, 1939, the term district was uniformly introduced in the German Reich . So the district office became the district of Schongau.

On July 1, 1972, the district was dissolved as part of the regional reform in Bavaria :

politics

District administrators

Term of office District Administrator Political party
1945 to 1946 Xaver Bauer
September 1, 1946 to December 31, 1948 Franz Josef Strauss CSU
January 1, 1949 to 1970 Gustav Hilger CSU
1970 to 1972 Manfred Blaschke CSU

In the district election on April 28, 1946, Franz Josef Strauss was defeated by his opponent Josef Hamberger , but he was also elected district administrator for the Augsburg district and did not take up office in Schongau. Strauss won the repeat election on August 31, 1946.

Population development

year Residents source
1864 19,924
1885 18,020
1900 20,014
1910 22,612
1925 22,941
1939 24,670
1950 38,911
1960 37,900
1971 42,500

Communities

The 24 communities in the district of Schongau before the community reform. The churches that still exist today are in bold .

former parish today's parish today's district
Altenstadt Altenstadt Weilheim-Schongau district
Apple village Apple village Landsberg am Lech district
Bayersoien Bad Bayersoien Garmisch-Partenkirchen district
Bernbeuren Bernbeuren Weilheim-Schongau district
Birkland Peiting Weilheim-Schongau district
Boing Boing Weilheim-Schongau district
Burggen Burggen Weilheim-Schongau district
Epfach Thinkers Landsberg am Lech district
Hohenfurch Hohenfurch Weilheim-Schongau district
Hohenpeissenberg Hohenpeissenberg Weilheim-Schongau district
Kinsau Kinsau Landsberg am Lech district
Peiting , market Peiting Weilheim-Schongau district
Prem Prem Weilheim-Schongau district
Reichling Reichling Landsberg am Lech district
Rottenbuch Rottenbuch Weilheim-Schongau district
Sachsenried Schwabsoien Weilheim-Schongau district
Schoenberg Rottenbuch Weilheim-Schongau district
Schongau , city Schongau Weilheim-Schongau district
Schwabbruck Schwabbruck Weilheim-Schongau district
Schwabniederhofen Altenstadt Weilheim-Schongau district
Schwabsoien Schwabsoien Weilheim-Schongau district
Steingaden Steingaden Weilheim-Schongau district
Tannenberg Burggen Weilheim-Schongau district
Wildsteig Wildsteig Weilheim-Schongau district

The communities Fronreit , Lauterbach and Urspring were merged on April 1, 1939 to form the Steingaden community.

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinguishing sign SOG when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . Since September 16, 2013 it has been available again in the Weilheim-Schongau district due to the license plate liberalization .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official register of places for Bavaria 1964
  2. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 566 .
  3. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 97 .
  4. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 590 and 595 .
  5. ^ Helmut Schmidbauer: Brief history of the state administration in the old district of Schongau. (PDF; 2.50 MB) In: The Altlandkreise Weilheim and Schongau. 2012, pp. 28–29 , accessed on March 26, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Little scruples on the way to the ministry. In: Merkur.de. April 26, 2009. Retrieved March 26, 2019 .
  7. ^ Eugen Hartmann: Statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria . Ed .: Royal Bavarian Statistical Bureau. Munich 1866, population figures of the district offices 1864 ( digitized version ).
  8. ↑ Royal Bavarian Statistical Bureau (ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria . Munich 1888, population figures of the district offices 1885 ( digitized ).
  9. ↑ a b www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de
  10. ^ Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria, based on the census of June 16, 1925
  11. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the German Reich 1940
  12. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1952
  13. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1961
  14. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1973
  15. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Schongau district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  16. ↑ BayernViewer of the Bavarian Surveying Administration (accessed on July 27, 2010)

literature

  • Sigfrid Hofmann: The district of Schongau. A home book. Verlag Bayerische Heimatbücher, Munich 1959.