Bielefeld law

The "Law for the reorganization of the communities and districts of the reorganization area Bielefeld (Bielefeld law)" , which was passed on September 28, 1972 by the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament , includes the territorial reform for a large part of the northern and central administrative district of Detmold at the level of the municipalities and Circles. The new town of Harsewinkel came from the administrative district of Münster to the administrative district of Detmold. The law came into force on January 1, 1973.

Brief description

I. section	Territorial changes in the area of the municipalities
§ 1	Merger of the cities of Bielefeld , Brackwede , Senne City and the municipalities Gadderbaum , Senne I , Babenhausen , Großdornberg , Hoberge-Uerentrup , Kirchdornberg , low Dornberg Depp village , Altenhagen , Brake , Brönninghausen , Heepen , Hillegossen , Lämershagen-Gräfinghagen , Milse , Oldentrup , Ubbedissen , Jöllenbeck , Theesen , Vilsendorf and Schröttinghausen to the new city of Bielefeld; Dissolution of the district of Bielefeld and the offices of Dornberg , Heepen and Jöllenbeck
§ 2	Merger of the city of Halle (Westphalia) and the communities of Bokel , Hesseln , Hörste , Kölkebeck and Künsebeck to form the new city of Halle (Westphalia) ; Dissolution of the Halle office
§ 3	Amshausen , Brockhagen and Steinhagen communities merge to form the new Steinhagen community
§ 4	Merger of the city of Versmold and the communities of Bockhorst , Hesselteich , Loxten , Oesterweg and Peckeloh to form the new city of Versmold ; Dissolution of the Versmold office
§ 5	Merger of the city of Werther (Westphalia) and the communities of Häger , Rotenhagen , Rotingdorf and Theenhausen to form the new city of Werther (Westphalia) ; Dissolution of the Werther office
§ 6	Merger of the city of Harsewinkel and the communities of Greffen and Marienfeld to form the new city of Harsewinkel ; Dissolution of the Harsewinkel office
§ 7	Merger of the city of Lübbecke and the communities of Alswede , Blasheim , Eilhausen , Gehlenbeck and Nettelstedt to form the new city of Lübbecke ; Dissolution of the Gehlenbeck office and the Alswede office
§ 8th	Merger of the city of Espelkamp and the municipalities of Fabbenstedt , Frotheim , Fiestel , Gestringen , Isenstedt , Schmalge and Vehlage to form the new city of Espelkamp ; Dissolution of the Alswede office
§ 9	Merger of the communities of Ahlsen-Reineberg , Bröderhausen , Büttendorf , Holsen , Huchzen , Hüllhorst, Oberbauerschaft , Schnathorst and Tengern to form the new community of Hüllhorst ; Dissolution of the Hüllhorst office
§ 10	Merger of the city of Preußisch Oldendorf and the communities of Börninghausen , Engershausen , Getmold , Harlinghausen , Holzhausen , Offelten , Schröttinghausen , Hedem and Lashorst to form the new city of Preußisch Oldendorf ; Dissolution of the Preußisch Oldendorf office
§ 11	Merger of the communities of Kleinendorf , Preußisch Ströhen , Rahden, Sielhorst , Ton Heide , Varl and Wehe to form the new town of Rahden ; Dissolution of the Rahden office
§ 12	Merger of the municipalities of Arrenkamp , Dielingen , Drone , Haldem , Oppendorf , Oppenwehe , Wehdem , Westrup , Destel , Levern , Niedermehnen , Sundern and Twiehausen to form the new municipality of Stemwede ; Dissolution of the offices of Dielingen-Wehdem and Levern
§ 13	Incorporation of the communities of Bölhorst , Dützen , Haddenhausen , Häverstädt , Hahlen , Kutenhausen , Päpinghausen , Stemmer , Todtenhausen , Aminghausen , Dankersen , Leteln and Meißen into the city of Minden ; Dissolution of the Dützen office
§ 14	Merger of the municipalities of Oberlübbe , Rothenuffeln , Unterlübbe , Eickhorst , Hartum , Hille, Holzhausen II , Nordhemmern and Südhemmern to form the new municipality Hille ; Dissolution of the Hartum office
§ 15	Amalgamation of the cities of Petershagen and Schluesselburg and the municipalities of Buchholz , Eldagsen , Friedewalde , Großenheerse , Hävern , Maaslingen , Meßlingen , Ovenstädt , Südfelde , Bierde , Döhren , Frille , Gorspen-Vahlsen , Heimsen , Ilse , Ilserheide , Ilvese , Jössen , Lahde , Neuenknick , Quetzen , Raderhorst , Rosenhagen , Seelenfeld , Wasserstraße , Wietersheim and Windheim to the new town of Petershagen ; Dissolution of the offices of Petershagen and Windheim
§ 16	Merger of the town of Hausberge and the communities of Barkhausen , Costedt , Eisbergen , Holtrup , Holzhausen , Kleinenbremen , Lerbeck , Lohfeld , Möllbergen , Nammen , Neesen , Veltheim , Vennebeck and Wülpke to form the new town of Porta Westfalica ; Dissolution of the Hausberge office
§ 17	Merger of the city of Bad Oeynhausen and the municipalities of Dehme , Eidinghausen , Lohe , Rehme , Volmerdingsen , Werste and Wulferdingsen to form the new city of Bad Oeynhausen ; Dissolution of the Rehme office
§ 18	Incorporation of the community of Uffeln into the city of Vlotho
Section II	Area changes in the area of the circles
§ 19	Combination of the communities Borgholzhausen , Gütersloh , Halle (Westf.), Harsewinkel, Herzebrock , Langenberg , Rheda-Wiedenbrück , Rietberg , Holte-Stukenbrock Castle , Steinhagen, Verl , Versmold and Werther to form the new Gütersloh district ; Dissolution of the districts of Halle (Westphalia) and Wiedenbrück
§ 20	Combination of the municipalities of Augustdorf , Bad Salzuflen , Barntrup , Blomberg , Detmold , Dörentrup , Extertal , Horn-Bad Meinberg , Kalletal , Lage , Lemgo , Leopoldshöhe , Lügde , Oerlinghausen , Schieder-Schwalenberg and Schlangen to form the new Lippe district ; Dissolution of the Detmold and Lemgo districts
§ 21	Combination of the communities Bad Oeynhausen, Espelkamp, Hille, Hüllhorst, Lübbecke, Minden, Petershagen, Porta Westfalica, Preußisch Oldendorf, Rahden and Stemwede to form the new Minden-Lübbecke district ; Dissolution of the Lübbecke and Minden districts
III. section	Final provisions
§ 22	Confirmation or amendment of existing territorial change agreements and provisions of the supervisory authorities
§ 23	Provisions for the establishment of city districts in the area of the city of Bielefeld
§ 24	Provisions on employee representatives and commissions
§ 25	Individual provisions for the cities of Minden and Vlotho as well as for the Herford and Warendorf districts
§ 26	Regulations for the regional association Lippe
§ 27	Reorganization of the judicial districts Bielefeld District Court , District Court Halle (Westf.) , Amtsgericht Lübbecke , District Court Rahden , Amtsgericht Minden , District Court Peter Hagen , Bad Oeynhausen District Court and District Court Warendorf . Vlotho district court repealed
§ 28	Come into effect
Annexes 1 to 21
	In the area change agreement between the Detmold and Lemgo districts (Annex 20) it is agreed, among other things, that the headquarters of the Lippe regional association should be relocated from Detmold to Lemgo as compensation for the loss of the district administration's seat in Lemgo.

Individual evidence

^ Draft of a law for the reorganization of the municipalities and districts of the reorganization area Bielefeld. (PDF; 2.9 MB) In: plenary minutes 7/57. State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, September 28, 1972, p. 2132 , accessed on May 24, 2017 .
↑ Law on the reorganization of the municipalities and districts of the reorganization area Bielefeld (Bielefeld Law) of October 24, 1972 (PDF; 11.3 MB) In: Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume 26, No. 49 . government of North Rhine-Westphalia, November 6, 1972 S. 284-350 , accessed on May 24, 2017 .

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[1] Draft of a law for the reorganization of the municipalities and districts of the reorganization area Bielefeld. (PDF; 2.9 MB) In: plenary minutes 7/57. State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, September 28, 1972, p. 2132 , accessed on May 24, 2017 .

[2] Law on the reorganization of the municipalities and districts of the reorganization area Bielefeld (Bielefeld Law) of October 24, 1972 (PDF; 11.3 MB) In: Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume 26, No. 49 . government of North Rhine-Westphalia, November 6, 1972 S. 284-350 , accessed on May 24, 2017 .