Territorial reform in Lower Saxony

The municipal territorial reform in Lower Saxony was carried out from 1972 to 1978 as a district reform. At the same time, many municipalities were dissolved and the administrative structures changed (reform of the administrative districts ).

In contrast to other district reforms, this was not carried out on a set date, but gradually by means of several laws that regulated the reorganization in different areas and came into force at different times. Initial experience was gained with the Wennigsen Act , which came into force on January 1, 1970. Other reorganization laws included a .:

• Eighth Law on Administrative and Territorial Reform
• Braunschweig / Wolfenbüttel / Helmstedt / Peine / Salzgitter law
• Hanover law
• Harzgesetz
• Northeim / Einbeck / Gandersheim law
• Osnabrück Law

Overview of the administrative structure before the district reform

Preliminary remark: The independent cities are marked in bold .

Before the regional reform, Lower Saxony was divided into 13 independent cities and 57 administrative districts, which were combined into six government and two administrative districts.

Aurich administrative district

The administrative district of Aurich included before the municipal reform a city and four counties. On February 1, 1978, it became part of the newly established Weser-Ems administrative district .

district	County seat	Area (in km²)	Residents (1970)	Population density (in E / km²)	Kfz-K.	Dissolution date
Aurich (East Frisia)	Aurich (East Frisia)	649	80,316	124	AUR	0Aug 1, 1977
Emden	-	61	48,525	795	EMD	-
Empty	Leer (East Frisia)	1058	135.813	128	LER	-
north	north	656	82,871	126	NOR	0Aug 1, 1977
Wittmund	Wittmund	720	56,717	79	WTM	0Aug 1, 1977

The Wittmund district was re-established on January 1, 1980.

Braunschweig administrative district

The administrative district of Braunschweig comprised the area of ​​the former Free State of Braunschweig and was divided into three independent cities and five rural districts before the regional reform. It was dissolved in 1978 and united with parts of other administrative districts to form the Braunschweig administrative district , which existed until 2004.

district	County seat	Area (in km²)	Residents (1970)	Population density (in E / km²)	Kfz-K.	Dissolution date
Blankenburg	Braunlage	131	14,159	108	BRL	0July 1, 1972
Braunschweig	-	77	246.094	3196	BS	-
Braunschweig	Braunschweig	463	93,424	202	BS	01st Mar 1974
Gandersheim	Bad Gandersheim	521	76,510	147	GAN	0Aug 1, 1977
Goslar	-	65	40,045	616	GS	0July 1, 1972
Goslar	Goslar	305	40,778	134	GS	-
Helmstedt	Helmstedt	691	118,938	172	HE	-
Salzgitter	-	213	118.201	555	SZ	-
Wolfenbüttel	Wolfenbüttel	656	122,153	186	WF	-

On July 1, 1972, the Braunschweig district lost its Thedinghausen exclave to the Verden district.

Hanover district

The Hanover Region included two county-level cities and nine counties in front of the local government reform. It existed until the government districts in Lower Saxony were abolished on December 31, 2004.

district	County seat	Area (in km²)	Residents (1970)	Population density (in E / km²)	Kfz-K.	Dissolution date
County of Diepholz	Diepholz	1162	75,797	65	DH	0Aug 1, 1977
County Hoya	Syke	1209	117.222	97	SY	0Aug 1, 1977
Schaumburg County	Rinteln	443	80.724	182	RI	0Aug 1, 1977
Hamelin	-	38	47,414	1248	HM	0Jan. 1, 1973
Hameln-Pyrmont	Hamelin	585	82,583	141	HM	-
Hanover	-	135	523.941	3881	H	0Nov 1, 2001
Hanover	Hanover	499	233,612	468	H	0Nov 1, 2001
Neustadt am Rübenberge	Neustadt am Rübenberge	583	118,595	203	NRÜ	01st Mar 1974
Nienburg (Weser)	Nienburg (Weser)	1164	102,453	88	NI	-
Schaumburg-Lippe	Stadthagen	341	84,589	248	STH	0Aug 1, 1977
Jump	Jump	408	70,386	173	SPR	01st Mar 1974

Note: The independent city of Hanover and the district of Hanover merged on November 1, 2001 to form the Hanover region .

Hildesheim administrative district

For administrative district Hildesheim belonged before the municipal reform a city and eleven counties. The city of Göttingen lost its district freedom on July 4, 1964. On February 1, 1978, the government district was dissolved and divided between the administrative districts of Braunschweig and Hanover.

district	County seat	Area (in km²)	Residents (1970)	Population density (in E / km²)	Kfz-K.	Dissolution date
Alfeld (leash)	Alfeld (leash)	488	79.501	163	ALF	0Aug 1, 1977
Duderstadt	Duderstadt	220	41,266	188	DUD	0Jan. 1, 1973
Einbeck	Einbeck	310	42,626	138	A	01st Mar 1974
Goettingen	-		108.991		GÖ	04th July 1964
Goettingen	Goettingen	507	155.414	307	GÖ	-
Hildesheim	-	33	93,800	2842	HI	01st Mar 1974
Hildesheim-Marienburg	Hildesheim	643	118.917	185	HI	01st Mar 1974
Holzminden	Holzminden	606	80,352	133	HOL	-
Münden	Münden	327	44,361	136	HMÜ	0Jan. 1, 1973
Northeim	Northeim	745	90,477	121	NOM	-
Osterode am Harz	Osterode am Harz	410	84,957	207	OHA	0Nov 1, 2016
Torment	Torment	396	98.012	248	PE	-
Zellerfeld	Clausthal-Zellerfeld	533	33,661	63	CLZ	0July 1, 1972

Lüneburg administrative district

For Lüneburg belonged before the reform three county-level cities and nine counties. It existed until the government districts in Lower Saxony were abolished on December 31, 2004.

district	County seat	Area (in km²)	Residents (1970)	Population density (in E / km²)	Kfz-K.	Dissolution date
Burgdorf	Burgdorf	825	137.724	167	BU	01st Mar 1974
Celle	-	49	57,155	1166	CE	0Jan. 1, 1973
Celle	Celle	1542	104,866	68	CE	-
Fallingbostel	Fallingbostel	958	63,224	66	FAL	0Aug 1, 1977
Gifhorn	Gifhorn	1605	135,633	85	GF	-
Harburg	Winsen (Luhe)	1348	144,485	107	WL	-
Lüchow-Dannenberg	Lüchow	1209	50,623	42	DAN	-
Luneburg	-	42	59,516	1417	LG	01st Mar 1974
Luneburg	Luneburg	1001	63,361	63	LG	-
Soltau	Soltau	924	65.113	70	SOL	0Aug 1, 1977
Uelzen	Uelzen	1446	95,923	66	UE	-
Wolfsburg	-	35	88,655	2533	WOB	-

Oldenburg administrative district

The administrative district of Oldenburg was established on the territory of the former Free State of Oldenburg and comprised three independent cities and six districts. On February 1, 1978, he went on in the newly created Weser-Ems administrative region.

district	County seat	Area (in km²)	Residents (1970)	Population density (in E / km²)	Kfz-K.	Dissolution date
Ammerland	Westerstede	707	104,095	147	WST	-
Cloppenburg	Cloppenburg	1365	102,770	75	CLP	-
Delmenhorst	-	42	63,266	1506	DEL	-
Friesland	Jever	631	93,233	148	FRI	-
Oldenburg (Oldenburg)	-	103	130,852	1270	OIL	-
Oldenburg (Oldenburg)	Oldenburg (Oldenburg)	894	84,736	95	OIL	-
Vechta	Vechta	760	86,557	114	VEC	-
Wesermarsch	Brake (Lower Weser)	883	98.033	111	BRA	-
Wilhelmshaven	-	60	102.732	1712	WHV	-

Osnabrück administrative district

The administrative district Osnabrück included before the municipal reform a city and eight counties. It went up on February 1, 1978 in the new Weser-Ems administrative region.

district	County seat	Area (in km²)	Residents (1970)	Population density (in E / km²)	Kfz-K.	Dissolution date
Aschendorf-Hümmling	Aschendorf	1146	76,072	66	ASD	0Aug 1, 1977
Bersenbrück	Bersenbrück	1054	82,918	79	BSB	0July 1, 1972
County of Bentheim	Nordhorn	916	111.161	121	NOH	-
Lingen	Lingen (Ems)	816	80.149	98	LIN	0Aug 1, 1977
Melle	Melle	254	40,851	161	MEL	0July 1, 1972
Meppen	Meppen	1038	77,078	74	MEP	0Aug 1, 1977
Osnabrück	-	61	143.905	2359	OS	-
Osnabrück	Osnabrück	607	139,556	230	OS	-
Wittlage	Wittlage	314	28,021	89	WTL	0July 1, 1972

Administrative region of Stade

Before the reform, the administrative district of Stade included an independent city and seven districts. In 1978 it became part of the Lüneburg administrative district.

district	County seat	Area (in km²)	Residents (1970)	Population density (in E / km²)	Kfz-K.	Dissolution date
Bremervörde	Bremervörde	1241	72,413	58	BRV	0Aug 1, 1977
Cuxhaven	-	46	44,564	969	CUX	0Aug 1, 1977
Land Hadeln	Otterndorf	868	63,389	73	OTT	0Aug 1, 1977
Osterholz	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	611	80.186	131	OHZ	-
Rotenburg (Wümme)	Rotenburg (Wümme)	840	56,263	67	ROW	0Aug 1, 1977
Stade	Stade	1263	139,745	111	HOURS	-
Verden	Verden	682	89,455	131	VER	-
Wesermünde	Bremerhaven	1169	78.292	67	WHOM	0Aug 1, 1977

Territorial Reform Laws

Harzgesetz

The Harz Act , which came into force on July 1, 1972, provided for a reduction in the number of communities in parts of the districts of Gandersheim , Goslar , Osterode am Harz , Wolfenbüttel , Blankenburg and Zellerfeld, as well as the dissolution of the last two.

• In the district of Gandersheim two cities were expanded:
  • The town of Langelsheim was expanded to include the communities of Astfeld and Wolfshagen in the Harz Mountains, as well as the community of Bredelem from the Goslar district and the mountain town of Lautenthal from the Zellerfeld district.
  • The communities Engelade , Herrhausen , Ildehausen , Kirchberg and Münchehof as well as the community Bilderlahe from the Hildesheim-Marienburg district were incorporated into the town of Seesen .
• The district of Goslar was newly formed from:
  • the community Liebenburg , which was created through the merger with the communities Dörnten , Groß Döhren , Heißum , Klein Döhren , Klein Mahner , Liebenburg, Neuenkirchen , Ostharingen , Othfresen and Upen (all in the previous district of Goslar),
  • the city of Vienenburg , which had been expanded to include the municipalities of Immenrode , Lengde , Lochtum , Weddingen and Wiedelah (all in the previous district of Goslar),
  • the previously independent city of Goslar , into which the communities of Hahndorf and Jerstedt from the previous district of Goslar and the community of Hahnenklee-Bockswiese from the district of Zellerfeld and the city of Oker from the district of Wolfenbüttel have been incorporated,
  • the mining towns of Altenau , Clausthal-Zellerfeld (expanded to include the community of Buntenbock ), St. Andreasberg and Wildemann and the community of Schulenberg in the Upper Harz and the northern part of the non- parish Harz region from the previous district of Zellerfeld and
  • the town of Braunlage (expanded to include the municipality of Hohegeiß ) and the municipality-free areas of Braunlage , Hohegeiß (mostly) and Wieda (small parts) from the district of Blankenburg.
• The southern parts of the districts of Blankenburg and Zellerfeld came to the district of Osterode am Harz . In addition, some municipalities were incorporated:
  • The communities Walkenried , Wieda and Zorge as well as the community-free areas Hohegeiß (only small parts), Walkenried , Wieda (mostly) and Zorge from the district of Blankenburg, the communities Badenhausen , Gittelde (expanded to include the community Teichhütte ), Windhausen and the community-free area Badenhausen from the previous district of Gandersheim as well as the mountain town of Bad Grund and the southern part of the non-parish Harz region from the district of Zellerfeld expanded the district area.
  • The town of Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains was expanded to include the communities of Barbis , Bartolfelde and Osterhagen .
  • The town of Bad Sachsa expanded to include the communities of Steina and Tettenborn and Neuhof from the district of Blankenburg.
  • After Herzberg am Harz , the communities of Pöhlde and Scharzfeld as well as Lonau and Sieber (both in the previous district of Zellerfeld) were incorporated.
  • The municipalities of Dorste , Förste , Marke , Nienstedt am Harz and the previous Hörden district of Düna as well as the municipalities of Lerbach and Riefensbeek-Kamschlacken (both from the Zellerfeld district) came to the city ​​of Osterode am Harz .
• The former district of Wolfenbüttel was only affected by the district reform later.
  • There, however, the city of Bad Harzburg was expanded to include the communities Bettingerode , Bündheim , Harlingerode and Westerode .

Osnabrück Law

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In addition to reducing the number of municipalities, this law provided for the following changes at district level:

• The district of Osnabrück was formed from:
  • the previous district of Osnabrück with the exception of the communities Atter , Darum , Gretesch , Hellern , Lüstringen , Nahne , Pye and Voxtrup ,
  • the previous district of Bersenbrück with the exception of the municipality of Vörden ,
  • the previous district of Melle as well
  • the previous district of Wittlage
• The municipalities of Atter, Darum, Gretesch, Hellern, Lüstringen, Nahne, Pye and Voxtrup were incorporated into the independent city of Osnabrück .

Braunschweig / Wolfenbüttel / Helmstedt / Peine / Salzgitter law

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The law, promulgated on February 11, 1974 and in force from March 1, 1974, reads in § 23: The Braunschweig district is dissolved.

• In the independent city Braunschweig communities were Bevenrode , Bienrode , Broitzem , Dibbesdorf , Hondelage , Lamme , Mascherode , Rautheim , Rüningen , Schapen , Stöckheim , Thune , Timmerlah , Völkenrode , Volkmarode , Waggum , Watenbüttel and turning as well as the unincorporated areas Buchenhorst and Querum incorporated.
• The district of Helmstedt was expanded to include the communities of Beienrode , Essehof , Essenrode , Flechtorf , Groß Brunsrode , Klein Brunsrode , Lehr and Wendhausen, as well as the non- parish areas of Beienrode , Essehof I , Essehof II , Essehof III and Wendhausen .
• The district of Peine was formed around the communities of Alvesse , Bettmar , Bodenstedt , Bortfeld , Denstorf , Duttenstedt , Essinghausen , Fürstenau , Groß Gleidingen , Harvesse , Klein Gleidingen , Köchingen , Liedingen , Meerdorf , Neubrück , Sierße , Sonnenberg , Sophiental , Vallstedt , Vechelade , Vechelde , Wahle , Wedtlenstedt , Wendeburg , Wendezelle , Wierthe and Zweidorf as well as the community-free areas of Meerdorfer Holz , Sophiental I and Sophiental II expanded.
• The district of Wolfenbüttel was expanded to include the municipalities of Abbenrode , Cremlingen , Destedt , Erkerode , Gardessen , Hemkenrode , Hordorf , Hötzum , Klein Schöppenstedt , Lucklum , Niedersickt , Obersickt , Schandelah , Schulenrode , Veltheim (Ohe) and Weddel .

At the municipal level, the law provided for the following changes:

• In the city of Konigslutter communities were Boimstorf , Bornum am Elm , Glentorf , United Steinum , Lauingen , Lelm , Rieseberg , Rotenkamp , Rottorf , Scheppau , Schickel home and Sunstedt and the communities Beienrode , small Steimke , Ochsendorf , Rhode and Uhry from the former Gifhorn district incorporated.
• The communities of Ahmstorf , Rennau and Rottorf were merged to form a new community of Rennau .
• The communities Barnstorf , Uehrde, Warle and Watzum were merged into a new community Uehrde .
• The communities of Groß Dahlum and Klein Dahlum were combined to form the community of Dahlum .
• The combined community of Süd-Elm was dissolved.
• On March 1, 1974, the communities of Sauingen and Üfingen , which had previously belonged to the Wolfenbüttel district, were incorporated into the city of Salzgitter .

Law on the Harburg area

Location of the municipality in the Harburg district (clickable map)

With the law on the reorganization of the municipalities in the Harburg area of ​​June 23, 1972, the number of municipalities was reduced through amalgamation and integration.

In the district of Harburg , the following communities were created through merger:

• Marschacht from the communities of Eichholz , Niedermarschacht , Oldershausen , Rönne and Obermarschacht .
• Drage from communities Drage, Drennhausen , Elbstorf , Hunden, Schwinde and Stove.
• Seevetal from the communities Beckedorf , Bullenhausen , Emmelndorf , Fleestedt , Glüsingen , Groß Moor , Helmstorf , Hittfeld , Hörsten , Holtorfsloh , Horst , Klein Moor , Lindhorst , Maschen , Meckelfeld , Metzendorf , Ohlendorf , Over and Ramelsloh .
• Egestorf from the communities Döhle , Sahrendorf , Evendorf and Egestorf.
• Nenndorf from the communities Eckel, Ehestorf , Emsen , Iddensen , Klecken , Leversen, Nenndorf, Sottorf , Tötensen and Vahrendorf .

In the district of Harburg were the communities

• Avendorf and Bütlingen in the municipality of Tespe ,
• Bahlburg , Borstel , Gehrden , Hoopte , Laßrönne , Luhdorf , Pattensen , Rottorf , Roydorf , Sangenstedt , Scharmbeck , Stöckte and Tönnhausen in the city of Winsen (Luhe) ,
• Lübberstedt to the municipality of Gödenstorf ,
• Luhmühlen , Oelstorf and Putensen in the municipality of Salzhausen ,
• Tangendorf in the municipality of Toppenstedt ,
• Ashausen , iegenberg and Rosenweide in the community of Stelle ,
• Thieshope in the municipality of Brackel ,
• Nindorf, Ollsen, Quarrendorf and Schierhorn in the municipality of Hanstedt ,
• Wehlen in the municipality of Undeloh ,
• Itzenbüttel and Lüllau , as well as the southeastern part of the Klecker Forest in the municipality of Jesteburg ,
• Dibbersen , Holm, Seppensen, Sprötze , Steinbeck , Trelde , Reindorf district of the Itzenbüttel community and the Holm-Seppensen settlement of the Lüllau community in the city of Buchholz ,
• Inzmühlen in the municipality of Handeloh ,
• Bötersheim in the municipality of Kakenstorf ,
• Todtglüsingen to the municipality of Tostedt ,
• Kampen to the community of Welle ,
• Todtshorn to the municipality of Otter ,
• Elstorf , Rade , Rübke , Schwiederstorf and exclaves of the communities of Ketzendorf and Ovelgönne in the community of Neu Wulmstorf ,
• and the exclave of the municipality of Hittfeld (Reuterberg) in the municipality of Harmstorf

incorporated.

Subsequently, Marschacht, Drage and Tespe merged to form the Elbmarsch municipality and Nenndorf renamed itself Rosengarten in 1973 . Through this law the Minister of the Interior was authorized to carry out further amalgamations of some municipalities.

Law on the area of ​​Cuxhaven / Land Hadeln / Stade

With the law on the reorganization of the municipalities in the area of ​​Cuxhaven / Land Hadeln / Stade of June 22nd, 1972, the number of municipalities was reduced through merger and integration.

The following communities in the Landkreis Land Hadeln were created through merger:

• Mittelstenahe from the municipalities of Mittelstenahe , Nordahn and Varrel .
• Hollnseth from the parishes of Abbenseth and Hollen .
• East from the communities Altendorf , Isensee and Osten .
• Hechthausen from the communities of Bornberg , Hechthausen , Kleinwörden , Klint , Laumühlen and Wisch .

In the district of Hadeln were the municipalities

• Altenbruch , Altenwalde and Lüdingworth in the city of Cuxhaven ,
• Opole to the municipality of Wingst ,
• Kehdingbruch in the municipality of Belum ,
• Hackemühlen , Ihlbeck , Nindorf and Wohlenbeck in the municipality of Lamstedt ,
• Moorausmoor and Neubachenbruch in the municipality of Stinstedt ,
• and Domsode and Langenmoor in the municipality of Armstorf

incorporated.

In the district of Stade , the following communities were created through merger:

• Engelschoff from the communities Engelschoff and Neuland .
• Burweg from the communities of Blumenthal , Bossel and Burweg .
• Estorf from the municipalities of Behrste , Estorf and Gräpel .
• Fredenbeck from the communities of Groß Fredenbeck , Klein Fredenbeck , Schwinge and Wedel .
• Kutenholz from the communities Aspe , Essel , Kutenholz and Mulsum .
• Jork from the municipalities of Borstel , Estebrugge , Jork , Kingdom , Ladekop , Hove (Harburg district) and Moorende (Harburg district).
• Brest from the municipalities of Brest , Reith and Wohlerst .
• Ahlerstedt from the communities of Ahlerstedt , Ahrensmoor , Ahrenswohlde , Bokel , Kakerbeck , Oersdorf , Ottendorf and Wangersen .
• Sauensiek from the communities of Revenahe , Sauensiek and Wiegersen .

In the district of Stade were the municipalities

• Assel and Hüll in the Drochtersen municipality ,
• Breitenwisch and Kuhla in the municipality of Himmelpforten ,
• Groß Sterneberg and Mitteldorf in the municipality of Hammah ,
• Brobergen in the municipality of Kranenburg ,
• Hagenah to the community of Heinbockel ,
• Bützfleth , Haddorf , Hagen , Schölisch , Wiepenkathen and parts of Hollern to the city of Stade ,
• Helmste in the municipality of Deinste ,
• Hollenbeck , Issendorf and Ruschwedel in the Harsefeld spots
• Ohrensen in the municipality of Bargstedt ,
• Grundoldendorf in the municipality of Apensen ,
• Goldbeck and Nindorf in the municipality of Beckdorf ,
• and Daensen , Eilendorf , Immenbeck , the predominant parts of Ketzendorf (Harburg district) and Ovelgönne (Harburg district), Dammhausen , Hedendorf , Neukloster and Ottensen in the city of Buxtehude

incorporated.

The integrated community of Bargstedt was dissolved.

The following joint municipalities (new) were formed:

• Samtgemeinde Am Dobrock
• Joint municipality of Börde Lamstedt
• Joint municipality of Hemmoor
• Joint municipality of Himmelpforten
• Joint municipality of Oldendorf
• Integrated community of Fredenbeck
• Harsefeld municipality
• Joint municipality of Apensen

Northeim / Einbeck / Gandersheim law

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Hanover law

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Eighth Law on Administrative and Territorial Reform

The eighth law on administrative and territorial reform came into force on August 1, 1977 and ended the district reform in Lower Saxony

• The district of Ammerland with the district town of Westerstede was formed from:
  • the previous district of Ammerland as well
  • the communities of Bockhorn, Varel and Zetel from the previous district of Friesland
• The district of Aurich with the district town of Aurich was formed from:
  • the previous district of Aurich as well
  • the previous district of the north
• The district of Cuxhaven with the district town of Cuxhaven was formed from:
  • the previously independent city of Cuxhaven ,
  • the previous Landkreis Hadeln as well
  • the previous district of Wesermünde
• The district of Diepholz with the district town of Diepholz was formed from:
  • the previous county of Diepholz
  • the previous county of Hoya with the exception of the communities Beckeln , Bücken , Conrade , Dünsen , Eystrup , Gandesbergen , Groß Ippener , Hämelhausen , Harpstedt , Hassel , Hilgermissen , Hoya , Hoyerhagen , Kirchseelte , Prinzhöfte , Schweringen , Warpe and Winkelsett
• The district of Emsland with the district town of Meppen was formed from:
  • the previous district of Aschendorf-Hümmling ,
  • the previous district of Meppen as well
  • the previous district of Lingen with the exception of the municipality of Wietmarschen
• The district of Friesland with the district town of Wittmund was formed from:
  • the previous district of Wittmund as well
  • the previous district of Friesland with the exception of the communities of Bockhorn , Varel and Zetel
• The district of Goslar was expanded to include the communities of Hahausen , Langelsheim , Lutter am Barenberge , Seesen and Wallmoden as well as the community-free areas of Gittelde , Hahausen , Langelsheim , Riechenberger Klosterforsten , Seesen I , Seesen II and Wolfshagen of the previous district of Gandersheim.
• The district of Grafschaft Bentheim was expanded to include the municipality of Wietmarschen from the previous district of Lingen.
• The Hameln-Pyrmont district was expanded to include the town of Hessisch Oldendorf.
• The district of Hildesheim with the district town of Hildesheim was formed from:
  • the previous district of Hildesheim
  • the previous district of Alfeld (Leine) with the exception of the communities Coppengrave , Duingen , Hoyershausen , Marienhagen and Weenzen
• The Holzminden district was expanded to include the communities of Coppengrave, Duingen, Hoyershausen, Marienhagen and Weenzen.
• The district of Nienburg (Weser) was expanded to include the communities of Bücken, Eystrup, Gandesbergen, Hämelhausen, Hassel, Hilgermissen, Hoya, Hoyerhagen, Schweringen and Warpe from the previous district of Grafschaft Hoya.
• The district of Northeim was expanded to include the communities of Bad Gandersheim and Kreiensen of the previous district of Gandersheim and the municipality of Kalefeld of the previous district of Osterode am Harz.
• The district of Oldenburg was expanded to include the communities of Beckeln, Conrade, Dünsen, Groß Ippener, Harpstedt, Kirchseelte, Prinzhöfte and Winkelsett from the previous district of Grafschaft Hoya.
• The district of Rotenburg (Wümme) with the district town of Rotenburg (Wümme) was formed from:
  • the previous district of Rotenburg (Wümme) and
  • the previous district of Bremervörde
• The district of Soltau-Fallingbostel (today Heidekreis ) with the district town of Fallingbostel was formed from:
  • the former Fallingbostel district
  • the previous district of Soltau
• The district of Schaumburg with the district town of Stadthagen was formed from:
  • the previous district of Grafschaft Schaumburg with the exception of the city of Hessisch Oldendorf
  • the previous district of Schaumburg-Lippe

1. ↑ ^{a b} The changes described were reversed on January 1st, 1980 by re-establishing the previous districts of Ammerland, Friesland and Wittmund.

Individual mergers in the course of the regional reform in Lower Saxony

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• City of Diepholz 1972 incorporated districts of Aschen , Heede , Sankt Hülfe
• Integrated municipality Barnstorf : On March 23, 1974 Drebber , Drentwede and Eydelstedt were incorporated.
  • With effect from March 1, 1974, the municipality of Bockstedt was incorporated into the municipality of Drentwede.
• Rehden community merged in 1972 from five member communities Barver , Dickel , Hemsloh , Rehden and Wetschen .
• Unified community of Wagenfeld : On January 1, 1967, the communities of Wagenfeld-Bockel, Wagenfeld-Förlingen, Wagenfeld-Haßlingen and Wagenfeld-Neustadt merged. On March 1, 1974, the municipality of Ströhen was incorporated.

See also

• List of area changes in Lower Saxony

literature

• Matthias Blazek: From Landdrostey to District Government - The history of the Hanover District Government as reflected in the administrative reforms. ibidem-Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-89821-357-9 .
• Marcus René Duensing: The regional and administrative reform in Lower Saxony using the example of the Nienburg and Weser area. Self-published, 2006, ISBN 3-939667-00-5 .
• Georg-Christoph von Unruh: Territorial and administrative reform in Lower Saxony 1965–1978. Hanover 1978.

Web links

• Legal information system Lower Saxony, www.lexsoft.de
• Wolfgang Schrödter, Lower Saxony Association of Cities: Territorial and administrative reform in Lower Saxony, www.nst.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harzgesetz , stadt-braunlage.de.
2. ^ Gudrun Pischke: Salzgitter - Past and present of a German city - 1942-1992 . Ed .: Wolfgang Benz . Verlag CH Beck, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-406-35573-0 , Salzgitter in the Lower Saxony territorial and administrative reform, p. 480-497 .
3. ^ Law on the reorganization of the municipalities in the area of ​​Cuxhaven / Land Hadeln / Stade, June 27, 1972
4. ↑ Eighth Law on Administrative and Territorial Reform of June 28, 1977 Accessed on May 8, 2013.