Community reform in Brandenburg 2003

The municipal reform in Brandenburg led to the dissolution of most of the existing offices and the formation of larger municipalities. It was mainly regulated by six laws of the state of Brandenburg and other voluntary agreements between the municipalities, all of which came into force on October 26, 2003.

Since the reorganization laws often led to the involuntary loss of independence, some municipalities lodged constitutional complaints with the constitutional court of Brandenburg , which were ultimately unsuccessful.

backgrounds

Starting position

On December 31, 1999 there were 1,479 municipalities in the state of Brandenburg, of which 861 had fewer than 500 inhabitants, which corresponds to a share of 58.2%. In addition, the federal state of Brandenburg has a rather low population density overall. This led to difficulties with regard to local self-government , which is why many municipalities merged into offices in the course of 1992 and a district reform was carried out in December 1993 . In 1999, 1,413 municipalities were administered in one of the 152 offices, as opposed to only 62 municipalities and four independent cities. According to Section 3 (1) AmtsO, the population of an office should not fall below 5,000 inhabitants, but this was the case for 28 offices, especially in the outer development area of ​​Brandenburg.

In addition, the social development led to a break in the sociological unity of the communities, since many residents worked outside their home communities, children attend schools in other communities and leisure activities are also carried out outside of their home community. Another problem was the financial situation of many Brandenburg municipalities. Municipalities with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants in particular had little room for maneuver due to the contributions to the offices and districts. In addition, there was a decrease in willingness to participate in voluntary co-administration, especially in the smallest communities with less than 500 inhabitants. In the local elections on September 27, 1998, a third of all small municipalities did not elect their municipal council, as only the minimum number of candidates was available for the local election. In addition, there was no direct election of a mayor in 130 municipalities with fewer than 500 inhabitants. Another problem presented the disparities between the Berlin hinterland and rural areas. The rural area is about 80% share of the total by far the greater part of Brandenburg is, however, only 28% of the population live here, so there are few top and middle centers there. In 12 of the 152 Brandenburg offices, the administrative location was not part of the office. In the case of offices that encompass unofficial cities and municipalities, residents also often migrate to the surrounding areas, so that the tax revenues of the municipalities concerned decrease.

implementation

In September 2000 the Brandenburg state government presented the "Guidelines for the Development of the Community Structure in the State of Brandenburg", in which three models were considered. Offices that have a settlement core and have more than 5,000 inhabitants should be merged into municipalities that are free of office. If there is no central settlement core, the model of the office should be retained, especially in rural regions. However, offices should only be formed if no criterion for the formation of an office-free community can be met. Further conditions for the formation of an office were a population of more than 5,000 and a number of at least three and a maximum of six municipalities belonging to the office, whereby the maximum number of municipalities may be exceeded if the office falls below the minimum number of inhabitants of 5,000. In addition, in the case of municipal mergers, it should be noted that each municipality should have at least 500 inhabitants. The latter solution involves the incorporation of civil parishes into urban centers.

The municipal area changes should, if possible, be achieved on a voluntary basis, which is why the municipalities were supported by financial incentives. On March 16, 2001, the “Law to Reform the Municipal Structure and Strengthen the Administrative Power of the Municipalities of the State of Brandenburg” came into force, in which changes were made to the municipal and official ordinances and the municipal electoral law. On November 1, 2002, six new bills were presented to the Brandenburg state parliament . On March 5, 2003, the reorganization proposals were resolved; these came into force with the local elections on October 26, 2003.

criticism

In the spring of 2000, the Ministry of the Interior of the State of Brandenburg held regional conferences in the individual counties and municipalities, whereby a municipal area reform at the local political level was rather rejected. The reorganization laws passed on March 5, 2003 created a basis for compulsory incorporation. Citizens' decisions against incorporation were not taken into account.

After the forced amalgamations, there were violent protests in the affected communities. Several mayors of the districts of Teltow-Fläming and Dahme-Spreewald started a popular initiative against forced incorporation, which was supported by the Brandenburg Municipal Association. A total of around 100 municipalities sued the Brandenburg State Constitutional Court against their dissolution. The communities of Herzsprung and Königsberg were then spun off from the city of Wittstock / Dosse .

Results

A total of around 700 communities came together on a voluntary basis. Another 337 municipalities were affected by the restructuring laws. Overall, the number of municipalities was reduced from 1,043 to 422 municipalities. The communities of Diepensee (district of Dahme-Spreewald) and Haidemühl (district of Spree-Neiße) intended for devastation received a special status until they were demolished, but were administered by the communities of Schönefeld and Spremberg , respectively . The number of offices fell to 54.

Overview of the restructuring measures

Barnim district

• Dissolution of the office of Ahrensfelde / Blumberg - merger of the member communities Ahrensfelde , Blumberg , Barnim , Lindenberg and Mehrow to form the non-official community of Ahrensfelde-Blumberg
• Dissolution of the offices of Groß Schönebeck (Schorfheide) and Wandlitz :
  • Amalgamation of the member communities Basdorf , Klosterfelde , Lanke , Prenden , Schönerlinde , Schönwalde , Stolzenhagen , Wandlitz and Zerpenschleuse to form the unofficial community of Wandlitz
  • Incorporation of the Marienwerder member community into the Biesenthal-Barnim office
• Dissolution of the Panketal office :
  • Merger of the member communities Schwanebeck and Zepernick to form the unofficial community of Panketal
  • Incorporation of the member community Schönow into the free city of Bernau near Berlin
• Dissolution of the Werneuchen office - amalgamation of the member communities of Hirschfelde , Krummensee , Schönfeld , Seefeld , Tiefensee , Werneuchen and Willmersdorf to form the city of Werneuchen, which is free of office

District of Dahme-Spreewald

• Dissolution of the Friedersdorf office :
  • Dissolution of the member communities Bindow , Blossin , Dannenreich , Dolgenbrodt , Friedersdorf , Gräbendorf , Gussow , Kolberg , Pätz , Prieros , Streganz and Wolzig - merger to form the unofficial community of Heidesee
  • Dissolution of the member community Pätz - integration into the non-official community of Bestensee
• Dissolution of the Heideblick office - integration of the member community Walddrehna into the Heideblick community , which becomes vacant
• Dissolution of the Lieberose and Oberspreewald offices - merger to form the new Lieberose / Oberspreewald office and a reduction in the number of communities there:
  • Dissolution of the member community Doberburg - incorporation into Lieberose
  • Dissolution of the member communities Goyatz , Lamsfeld-Groß Liebitz , Jessern , Mochow , Ressen-Zaue and Speichrow - merger to form the new community Schwielochsee
  • Dissolution of the member community Briesensee - incorporation into Neu Zauche
  • Dissolution of the member communities Leeskow and Ullersdorf - incorporation into Jamlitz
  • Dissolution of the member communities Alt Zauche and Wußwerk - merger to form the community of Alt Zauche-Wußwerk
  • Dissolution of the member communities Byhleguhre and Byhlen - merger to form the community Byhleguhre-Byhlen
  • Dissolution of the member communities of Butzen , Laasow , Sacrow and Waldow - merger to form the community of Spreewaldheide
• Dissolution of the Luckau office - incorporation of the member communities Cahnsdorf , Duben , Görlsdorf and Schlabendorf am See into the city of Luckau , which is no longer official
• Dissolution of the Märkische Heide office - merger of the member communities Alt-Schadow , Biebersdorf , Dollgen , Dürrenhofe , Glietz , Gröditsch , Groß Leine , Groß Leuthen , Hohenbrück-Neu Schadow , Klein Leine , Krugau , Kuschkow , Leibchel , Plattkow , Pretschen , Schuhlen-Wiese and Wittmannsdorf-Bückchen to form the new municipality of Märkische Heide , which will become vacant
• Dissolution of the office in Mittenwalde - merger of the member communities Brusendorf , Gallun , Mittenwalde, Motzen , Ragow , Schenkendorf , Telz and Töpchin to form the new town of Mittenwalde , which is no longer official
• Reduction in the number of parishes in the Schenkenländchen district :
  • Dissolution of the member communities Briesen , Freidorf and Oderin - integration into Halbe
  • Dissolution of the member community Löpten - integration into Groß Köris
• Dissolution of the office of Schönefeld - merger of the member communities Großziethen , Kiekebusch , Schönefeld, Selchow , Waltersdorf and Waßmannsdorf to form the new municipality of Schönefeld , which is no longer official
• Dissolution of the Lower Dahmeland office - incorporation of the member communities Kablow , Niederlehme , Senzig , Wernsdorf , Zeesen and Zernsdorf into the city of Königs Wusterhausen

Elbe-Elster district

• Dissolution of the office of Doberlug-Kirchhain and the surrounding area - incorporation of the member communities Arenzhain , Lugau and Trebbus into the city of Doberlug-Kirchhain , which is no longer official
• Dissolution of the office of Falkenberg / Elster - incorporation of the member community Schmerkendorf into the city of Falkenberg / Elster , which becomes free of office
• Reduction of the number of communities in the Kleine Elster (Niederlausitz) office :
  • Dissolution of the member community Gahro - incorporation into Crinitz
  • Dissolution of the member community Göllnitz - incorporation into Sallgast
• Dissolution of the office of Sonnewalde - incorporation of the member communities Breitenau and Münchhausen into the city of Sonnewalde , which becomes free of office

Havelland district

• Dissolution of the office of Brieselang - incorporation of the member communities Bredow and Zeestow into the municipality of Brieselang , which is no longer official
• Reduction of the number of parishes in the Friesack district by dissolving the member parishes Brädikow , Vietznitz and Warsow and merging to form the new member parish Jahnberge
• Dissolution of the office of Ketzin - merger of the member communities Etzin , Falkenrehde , Ketzin, Tremmen and Zachow to form the new town of Ketzin , which is no longer official
• Dissolution of the Milow office - merger of the member communities of Bützer , Großwudicke , Jerchel , Milow , Möthlitz , Nitzahn , Vieritz and Zollchow to form the Milower Land community , which becomes vacant
• Dissolution of the Premnitz office - incorporation of the Döberitz member community into the city of Premnitz , which becomes free of office
• Reduction in the number of communities in the Nennhausen district :
  • Dissolution of the member communities of Bamme , Gräningen and Mützlitz - incorporation into Nennhausen
  • Dissolution of the member communities Kotzen, Kriele and Landin - merger to form the new community Kotzen
• Dissolution of the offices of Nauen-Land and Schönwalde-Glien :
  • Integration of the member community Selbelang into the community Paulinenaue in the Friesack office
  • Incorporation of the member community Retzow into the Friesack office
  • Merger of the member communities Grünefeld , Paaren im Glien , Pausin , Perwenitz , Schönwalde and Wansdorf to form the new community Schönwalde-Glien , which will become vacant
  • Incorporation of the member communities Berge , Bergerdamm , Börnicke , Groß Behnitz , Kienberg , Klein Behnitz , Lietzow , Markee , Ribbeck , Tietzow and Wachowin into the city of Nauen

District of Märkisch-Oderland

• Dissolution of the office of Bad Freienwalde-Insel - merger of the member communities Altglietzen , Bad Freienwalde (Oder), Bralitz , Hohenwutzen , Neuenhagen and Schiffmühle to form the city of Bad Freienwalde (Oder) , which is no longer official
• Reduction in the number of parishes in the Barnim-Oderbruch district :
  • Dissolution of the member community Wriezener Höhe - integration into Wriezen
  • Dissolution of the member communities Altreetz , Neuküstrinchen , Neureetz , Neurüdnitz and zackericker Loose - merger to form the new community of Oderaue
  • Dissolution of the member community Güstebieser Loose , Neulewin and Neulietzegöricke - merger to form the new community Neulewin
• Reduction in the number of parishes in the Falkenberg-Höhe district through the dissolution of the Wölsickendorf-Wollenberg member parish and its integration into Höhenland
• Dissolution of the Hoppegarten office - merger of the member communities of Hönow , Dahlwitz-Hoppegarten and Münchehofe to form the new Hoppegarten municipality , which will become vacant
• Reduction in the number of municipalities in the Office of Märkische Schweiz :
  • Dissolution of the Ihlow community - incorporation into Oberbarnim
  • Dissolution of the municipalities of Werder and Zinndorf - incorporation into Rehfelde
• Reduction of the number of communities in the Neuhardenberg district through the dissolution of the Quappendorf community and its incorporation into Neuhardenberg
• Dissolution of the Rüdersdorf office - merger of the member communities Hennickendorf , Herzfelde , Lichtenow and Rüdersdorf near Berlin to form the new municipality of Rüdersdorf near Berlin , which will become vacant
• Reduction in the number of municipalities in the Seelow-Land office :
  • Dissolution of the member communities Alt Mahlisch , Carzig and Niederjesar - merger to form the member community Fichtenhöhe
  • Dissolution of the member communities Diedersdorf , Friedersdorf , Marxdorf and Worin - merger to form the member community Vierlinden
  • Dissolution of the member communities Dolgelin , Libbenichen , Neu Mahlisch and Sachsendorf - merger to form the member community Lindendorf
  • Dissolution of the member community Werbig - integration into the city of Seelow

Oberhavel district

• Dissolution of the Fürstenberg office :
  • Incorporation of the member communities Altthymen , Barsdorf , Blumenow , Bredereiche , Himmelpfort , Steinförde , Tornow and Zootzen into the city of Fürstenberg / Havel , which is no longer official
  • Incorporation of the member community Dannenwalde into the city of Gransee in the office of Gransee and communities
• Dissolution of the Liebenwalde and Oranienburg-Land offices :
  • Incorporation of the member communities of Freienhagen , Hammer , Kreuzbruch , Liebenthal and Neuholland into the city of Liebenwalde , which will become vacant
  • Integration of the member community Nassenheide into the community Löwenberger Land
  • Incorporation of the member communities Friedrichsthal , Germendorf , Lehnitz , Malz , Schmachtenhagen , Wensickendorf and Zehlendorf into the free city of Oranienburg
• Dissolution of the Schildow office :
  • Amalgamation of the member communities Mühlenbeck , Schildow , Schönfließ and Zühlsdorf to form the community Mühlenbecker Land , which will become vacant
  • Incorporation of the member community Stolpe into the non-governmental city of Hohen Neuendorf
• Dissolution of the office of Zehdenick and municipalities - incorporation of the member municipalities of Badingen , Cap , Klein-Mutz , Kurtschlag , Marienthal , Mildenberg , Wesendorf and Zabelsdorf into the city of Zehdenick , which is no longer official

Oberspreewald-Lausitz district

• Dissolution of the office of Calau - incorporation of the member communities Bolschwitz , Groß Mehßow , Kemmen , Mlode , Saßleben and Werchow into the city of Calau , which becomes officially free
• Dissolution of the Lübbenau / Spreewald office - incorporation of the member communities of Bischdorf , Boblitz , Groß Beuchow , Groß Lübbenau , Groß Klessow , Hindenberg , Kittlitz , Klein Radden , Leipe and Ragow into the city of Lübbenau / Spreewald , which is no longer official
• Dissolution of the Vetschau office - incorporation of the member communities Koßwig , Laasow , Missen and Raddusch into the city of Vetschau / Spreewald , which is no longer official

Oder-Spree district

• Dissolution of the Friedland (Niederlausitz) office - integration of the member community Groß Muckrow into the city of Friedland , which becomes free of office
• Dissolution of the Glienicke / Rietz-Neuendorf office - incorporation of the member communities Alt Golm and Glienicke into the Rietz-Neuendorf community , which becomes vacant
• Dissolution of the Grünheide (Mark) office - incorporation of the member communities Hangelsberg , Mönchwinkel and Spreeau into the Grünheide (Mark) community , which becomes vacant
• Reduction of the number of communities in the Neuzelle district through the dissolution of the community of Ossendorf and its incorporation into Neuzelle
• Reduction in the number of municipalities in the Odervorland office :
  • Dissolution of the Falkenberg community - incorporation into Madlitz-Wilmersdorf
  • Dissolution of the Sieversdorf community - incorporation into Jacobsdorf
• Reduction in the number of communities in the Schlaubetal district :
  • Dissolution of the member communities of Bremsdorf , Fünfeichen and Kieselwitz - merger to form the member community of Schlaubetal
  • Dissolution of the member communities Dammendorf and Grunow - merger to form the new member community Grunow-Dammendorf
  • Dissolution of the member communities Pohlitz , Rießen and Schernsdorf - merger to form the member community Siehdichum
• Reduction of the number of parishes in the Spreenhagen office :
  • Dissolution of the member community Markgrafpieske - incorporation into Spreenhagen
  • Dissolution of the member communities Gosen and Neu Zittau - merger to form the member community Gosen-Neu Zittau
• Dissolution of the office of Steinhöfel / Heinersdorf - incorporation of the member communities Buchholz , Demnitz and Neuendorf im Sande into the municipality of Steinhöfel , which becomes vacant
• Dissolution of the office Storkow (Mark) - incorporation of the member communities Bugk , Görsdorf b. Storkow , Groß Eichholz , Groß Schauen , Kehrigk , Kummersdorf , Philadelphia , Rieplos and Selchow in the city of Storkow (Mark) , which will become vacant
• Dissolution of the Tauche office - incorporation of the Stremmen community into the Tauche community , which becomes vacant

Ostprignitz-Ruppin district

• Dissolution of the office of Fehrbellin - incorporation of the member communities Betzin , Brunne , Dechtow , Deutschhof , Hakenberg , Karwesee , Königshorst , Langen , Lentzke , Linum , Manker , Protzen , Tarmow , Walchow , Wall and Wustrau-Altfriesack into the community of Fehrbellin , which will become vacant
• Dissolution of the office of Heiligengrabe / Blumenthal - incorporation of the member municipality of Blumenthal into the municipality of Heiligengrabe , which becomes free of office
• Dissolution of the Kyritz office - incorporation of the member community Drewen into the city of Kyritz , which becomes free of office
• Reduction of the number of parishes in the Lindow (Mark) office through the dissolution of the member parishes of Hindenberg , Schönberg (Mark) and their integration into the city of Lindow (Mark)
• Dissolution of the offices of Rheinsberg and Wittstock-Land :
  • Incorporation of the member communities Basdorf , Braunsberg , Dierberg , Dorf Zechlin , Flecken Zechlin , Großzerlang , Heinrichsdorf , Kagar , Kleinzerlang , Linow , Luhme , Schwanow , Wallitz , Zechlinerhütte , Zechow and Zühlen into the city of Rheinsberg , which will become vacant
  • Incorporation of the member communities Dranse , Fretzdorf , Gadow , Goldbeck , Herzsprung , Königsberg , Rossow and Schweinrich into the city of Wittstock / Dosse
• Reduction of the number of parishes in the Temnitz office through the dissolution of the Garz member parish and its incorporation into Temnitz valley

Potsdam-Mittelmark district

• Dissolution of the Fahrland and Werder offices :
  • Incorporation of the member communities Golm , Groß Glienicke , Fahrland , Marquardt , Neu Fahrland , Uetz-Paaren and Satzkorn into the independent city of Potsdam
  • Incorporation of the member community Töplitz into the non-governmental city of Werder (Havel)
  • Integration of the member community Seeburg into the non-governmental community Dallgow-Döberitz in the district of Havelland
• Dissolution of the office in Belzig - incorporation of the municipalities Hagelberg and Schwanebeck into the city of Belzig , which becomes free of office
• Dissolution of the offices of Emster-Havel and Groß Kreutz :
  • Merger of the member communities Bochow , Deetz , Götz , Groß Kreutz, Jeserig , Krielow , Schenkenberg and Schmergow to form the new community Groß Kreutz / Emster , which will become vacant
  • Dissolution of the member communities Gollwitz and Wust - incorporation into the independent city of Brandenburg an der Havel
  • Dissolution of the member community Trechwitz - integration into the non-official community Kloster Lehnin
• Dissolution of the Michendorf office - merger of the member communities Fresdorf , Langerwisch , Michendorf , Stücken , Wildenbruch and Wilhelmshorst to form the new Michendorf community , which will become vacant
• Dissolution of the Treuenbrietzen office - incorporation of the member community Lühsdorf into the city of Treuenbrietzen , which becomes vacant
• Reduction of the number of parishes in the Ziesar office by dissolving the Rottstock member parish and integrating it into Gräben

District of Prignitz

• Reduction of the number of parishes in the Bad Wilsnack / Weisen office through the dissolution of the member parish Groß Breese and its incorporation into Breese
• Dissolution of the Karstädt office - incorporation of the member communities Boberow and Nebelin into the Karstädt municipality , which becomes vacant
• Reduction in the number of communities in the Lenzen-Elbtalaue district :
  • Dissolution of the member parishes Besendet and Wootz - merger to form the member parish Lenzerwische
  • Dissolution of the member communities Eldenburg and Mellen - incorporation into Lenzen (Elbe)

Spree-Neisse district

• Reduction in the number of municipalities in the Döbern-Land office :
  • Dissolution of the member community Reuthen - incorporation into Felixsee
  • Dissolution of the member community Wolfshain - incorporation into Tschernitz
• Dissolution of the Jänschwalde office - merger of the member communities of Grießen , Drewitz and Jänschwalde to form the new Jänschwalde municipality , which is assigned to the Peitz office
• Reduction in the number of communities in the Neuhausen / Spree office :
  • Inclusion of the member communities Groß Gaglow , Gallinchen and Kiekebusch in the independent city of Cottbus
• Reduction of the number of parishes in the Peitz office through the dissolution of the member parish of Grötsch and its incorporation into Heinersbrück
• Dissolution of the office of Schenkendöbern - merger of the member communities Atterwasch , Bärenklau , Gastrose-Kerkwitz , Grabko , Lutzketal and Pinnow-Heideland to form the community of Schenkendöbern , which will become vacant
• Dissolution of the office of Welzow - incorporation of the member community Proschim into the city of Welzow , which becomes free of office

Teltow-Fläming district

• Dissolution of the Am Mellensee office - incorporation of the member communities of Gadsdorf and Saalow into the Am Mellensee community , which becomes vacant
• Dissolution of the offices of Blankenfelde-Mahlow and Rangsdorf :
  • Merger of the member communities of Blankenfelde , Dahlewitz , Groß Kienitz and Mahlow to form the community of Blankenfelde-Mahlow , which will become vacant
  • Incorporation of the member community Groß Machnow into the community Rangsdorf , which becomes free of office
• Reduction of the number of parishes in the Dahme / Mark department through the dissolution of the member parishes of Niebendorf-Heinsdorf , Schöna-Kolpien , Wahlsdorf and their incorporation into Dahme / Mark
• Dissolution of the Niederer Fläming office - the Herbersdorf member community is incorporated into the Niederer Fläming community , which becomes vacant
• Dissolution of the office of Trebbin - incorporation of the member communities Lüdersdorf , Schönhagen and Thyrow into the city of Trebbin , which is no longer official
• Dissolution of the Zossen office - amalgamation of the member communities Glienick , Kallinchen , next Neuendorf , Nunsdorf , Schöneiche , Wünsdorf and Zossen to form the new town of Zossen , which is no longer official

Uckermark district

• Dissolution of the Office Angermünde country - integration of member communities Biesenbrow , Bölkendorf , Bruchhagen , Crussow , Ms. Hagen , Gellmersdorf , Görlsdorf , Greiffenberg , Güntersberg , Herzsprung , Kerkow , Mürow , Neukünkendorf , Schmargendorf , Schmiedeberg , Steinhoefel , Stolpe / Oder , Welsow , Wilmersdorf and Wolletz in the city of Angermünde
• Reduction in the number of parishes in the Gartz (Oder) district :
  • Dissolution of the member communities Groß Pinnow and Hohenselchow - merger to form the member community Hohenselchow-Groß Pinnow
  • Dissolution of the member community Biesendahlshof - incorporation into Casekow
  • Dissolution of the member communities of Hohenfelde and Vierraden - integration into the non-governmental city of Schwedt / Oder
• Reduction in the number of parishes in the Oder-Welse office through the dissolution of the Schönow member parish and its integration into the Welsebruch member parish
• Dissolution of the Templin-Land office - incorporation of the member communities of Beutel , Densow , Gandenitz , Gollin , Groß Dölln , Grunewald , Hammelspring , Herzfelde , Klosterwalde , Petznick , Röddelin , Storkow and Vietmannsdorf into the non-governmental town of Templin

Remarks

1. ↑ The municipality of Diepensee , which also belonged to the Schönefeld office until October 23, 2003, was co-administered by the municipality of Schönefeld until it was dissolved due to the devastation of the place.
2. ↑ The parishes of Herzsprung and Königsberg were reclassified to the parish of Heiligengrabe on December 31, 2004 due to their municipal constitutional complaint.
3. ↑ The municipality of Haidemühl , which also belonged to the Welzow office until October 23, 2003, was co-administered by the city of Welzow until it was dissolved due to the devastation of the place.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Michael Nierhaus: Municipal structures in the new federal states after 10 years of German unity. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2002, p. 19.
2. ^ Ministry of the Interior of the State of Brandenburg (Ed.): The new municipal reform law. Information for citizens, elected officials and public officials. Potsdam 2002, p. 4ff.
3. ^ Claudia Mier: The municipal area reform in the state of Brandenburg. University of Potsdam, Potsdam 2002, p. 22.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am} 5th law on state-wide municipal reform
5. ↑ Incorporation of the Mehrow community into the Ahrensfelde community. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of June 7, 2002. Official Journal for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, 2002, Number 26, Potsdam, June 26, 2002, p. 618 (PDF)
6. ^ Formation of a new community in Panketal. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of November 20, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg - Joint Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 14, Number 9, of March 5, 2003, p. 273. (PDF)
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am} 6th law on state-wide municipal reform
8. ^ Formation of a new community in Heidesee. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of May 15, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, Number 22, May 29, 2002, p. 562 (PDF)
9. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} law to confirm the state-wide municipal reform after another hearing of the population  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 15, Number 13, P. 295, Potsdam, July 2, 2004 PDF  
10. ^ Formation of a new community in Märkische Heide. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of September 4, 2002. In: Official Journal for Brandenburg. Joint ministerial journal for the state of Brandenburg. Volume 13, number 39, September 18, 2002, p. 843, (PDF)
11. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z} 4th law on state-wide municipal reform
12. ↑ Incorporation of the Etzin community into the city of Ketzin. Communication from the Ministry of the Interior of April 30, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, 2002, Number 20, Potsdam, May 15, 2002, p. 519 (PDF)
13. ^ Formation of the new community in Milower Land. Communication from the Ministry of the Interior of April 30, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, 2002, Number 20, Potsdam, May 15, 2002, p. 519 (PDF)
14. ^ Formation of a new community Oderaue. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of February 19, 2003. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 14, Number 9, March 5, 2003, p. 276 (PDF)
15. ^ Formation of a new community in Neulewin. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of February 19, 2003. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 14, Number 9, March 5, 2003, p. 276 (PDF)
16. ↑ Formation of a new community Fichtenhöhe Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of October 25, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, Number 50, December 4, 2002, p. 1050 (PDF)
17. ^ Formation of a new community Vierlinden Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of October 25, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, Number 50, December 4, 2002, p. 1050 (PDF)
18. ↑ Formation of a new community Lindendorf Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of October 25, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, Number 50, December 4, 2002, p. 1050 (PDF)
19. ↑ Incorporation of the communities Altthymen, Steinförde, Barsdorf, Tornow, Blumenow and Zootzen into the city of Fürstenberg / Havel. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of July 30, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg - Joint Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, Number 34, August 14, 2002, p. 694 (PDF)
20. ↑ Formation of a new city Liebenwalde Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of November 14, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 14, 2003, Number 9, Potsdam, March 5, 2003, p. 273 (PDF)
21. ↑ Incorporation of the Nassenheide community into the Löwenberger Land community. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of November 14, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 14, 2003, Number 9, Potsdam, March 5, 2003, p. 272 (PDF)
22. ↑ Incorporation of the communities Lehnitz, Schmachtenhagen, Malz, Germendorf, Wensickendorf, Friedrichsthal and Zehlendorf into the city of Oranienburg. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of November 14, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Joint Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 14, 2003, Number 9, Potsdam, March 5, 2003, p. 272/3 (PDF)
23. ↑ Incorporation of the community of Stolpe Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of May 24, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, 2002, Number 25, Potsdam, June 19, 2002, p. 606 (PDF)
24. ^ Formation of a new community in Schlaubetal. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of April 24, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg - Joint Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, Number 20, May 15, 2002, p. 518 (PDF)
25. ^ Formation of a new community in Siehdichum. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of June 17, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg - Joint Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, Number 27, July 3, 2002, p. 625 (PDF)
26. ^ Formation of a new parish in Fehrbellin. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of May 7, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, 2002, Number 22, May 29, 2002, p. 561 (PDF)
27. ^ Formation of the new town of Rheinsberg. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of July 16, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg - Joint Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, Number 31, July 31, 2002, p. 663 (PDF)
28. ↑ ^{a b} 3rd law on state-wide municipal reform
29. ↑ Incorporation of the municipality of Töplitz into the city of Werder (Havel). Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of April 30, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg - Joint Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, 2002, Number 22, Potsdam, May 29, 2002, p. 561 (PDF)
30. ^ 1. Law on state-wide municipal area reform
31. ^ Formation of a new community in Lenzerwische. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of July 22, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg - Joint Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, Number 33, August 7, 2002, p. 691 (PDF)
32. ↑ Incorporation of the Eldenburg community into the city of Lenzen (Elbe). Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of April 26, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg - Joint Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, Number 22, May 29, 2002, p. 560 (PDF)
33. ↑ ^{a b} 2nd law on state-wide municipal area reform
34. ↑ Formation of the new community Schenkendöbern. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of July 18, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, 2002, Number 31, July 31, 2002, p. 663 (PDF)
35. ↑ Incorporation of the community Schöna-Kolpien into the city of Dahme / Mark. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of August 21, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, 2002, Number 38, Potsdam, September 11, 2002, p. 837 PDF
36. ↑ Incorporation of the municipality of Wahlsdorf into the city of Dahme / Mark. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of August 21, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, 2002, Number 38, Potsdam, September 11, 2002, p. 837 PDF
37. ^ Incorporation of the communities of Bölkendorf, Bruchhagen, Crussow, Frauenhagen, Gellmersdorf, Görlsdorf, Greiffenberg, Günterberg, Herzsprung, Kerkow, Mürow, Neukünkendorf, Schmargendorf, Schmiedeberg, Steinhöfel, Stolpe / Oder, Welsow, Wilmersdorf and Wolletz into the city of Angermünde. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of March 12, 2002. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 13, 2002, Number 19, Potsdam, May 8, 2002, pp. 509-512 (PDF)
38. ^ Incorporation of the Hohenfelde community into the city of Schwedt / Oder. Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior of March 17, 2003. Official Gazette for Brandenburg Common Ministerial Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 14, 2003, Number 15, Potsdam, April 16, 2003, p. 417 (PDF)