Ahaus district

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 52 ° 5 '  N , 7 ° 0'  E
Basic data (as of 1974)
Existing period:	1816-1974
State :	North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region :	Muenster
Regional association :	Westphalia-Lippe
Administrative headquarters :	Ahaus
Area :	682.88 km 2
Residents:	124,200 (Dec. 31, 1973)
Population density :	182 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	AH
Circle key :	05 5 31
Circle structure:	12 municipalities

The Ahaus district was a district in the Münster administrative district that existed from 1816 to 1974 . With that he belonged first to the Prussian province of Westphalia , from 1946 finally to North Rhine-Westphalia . From 1939 to 1969 it was called the district of Ahaus . Its county seat was Ahaus . On January 1, 1975, the Ahaus district became part of the new Borken district .

geography

Neighboring areas

In 1974, the Ahaus district bordered in a clockwise direction in the north, starting with the Grafschaft Bentheim , Steinfurt , Coesfeld and Borken districts . In the west and northwest it bordered the Dutch provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel .

history

For centuries, the area of the circle belonged Ahaus as official Ahaus to Bishopric Munster until this through the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss was dissolved on 25 February 1,803th It was followed by the princes of Salm-Kyrburg , until Emperor Napoleon declared the area to be French national territory by a Senate resolution of October 13, 1810. The French period lasted until the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig in October 1813, after which the French fled the occupied German territories. With the final act of the Congress of Vienna on June 9, 1815, the Westphalian area was added to the Kingdom of Prussia . After it was founded in 1816, the district was divided into the eight mayorships of Ahaus, Gronau, Nienborg, Ottenstein, Schöppingen, Stadtlohn, Vreden and Wessum until 1843 . With the introduction of the rural community order for the province of Westphalia in 1843 and 1844, the mayor's offices were transferred to offices . The district was then divided into the following offices and communities:

Office	Communities
free of charge	Ahaus, Stadtlohn and Vreden
Ammeloe	Ammeloe
Gronau	Village of Epe , parish of Epe and Gronau
Legden	Asbeck and Legden
Nienborg	Heek and Nienborg
Ottenstein	Alstätte and Ottenstein
Schoeppingen	Eggerode , town of Schöppingen and parish of Schöppingen
City wages	Almsick , Estern-Büren , Hengeler-Wendfeld , Hundewick and Wessendorf
South wage	South wage
What	Wessum village and parish of Wessum
Fluff	Ammeln and Wüllen

The Südlohn office was incorporated into the Stadtlohn office in 1883. The city of Gronau became vacant in 1897; the rest of the Gronau office has since formed the Epe office . In 1907 the new community of Oeding was separated from Südlohn. On April 1, 1934, the parishes of Dorf Epe and parish Epe were combined to form the new parish of Epe. In the same year, the offices of Ammeloe and Epe were canceled. The offices of Ottenstein and Wessum were merged in 1935 to form the office of Wessum-Ottenstein . On April 1, 1936, the municipalities of Dorf Wessum and parish Wessum were combined to form the new municipality of Wessum. On August 1, 1964, the parish of Stadtlohn was newly formed from the parishes of Almsick, Estern-Büren, Hengeler-Wendfeld, Hundewick and Wessendorf . In the same year the Wessum-Ottenstein Office was renamed Wessum Office . The number of offices in the district decreased to six by the 1960s.

On July 1, 1969, the municipalities of the district were restructured through the law on the reorganization of municipalities in the Ahaus district and the law on the merger of the municipalities of the Schöppingen office :

• Wüllen and Ammeln were incorporated into the city of Ahaus.
• The municipalities of Wigbold Nienborg and Heek were merged into a new, larger municipality of Heek .
• Legden and Asbeck were merged to form a new, larger municipality of Legden .
• The parish parish Stadtlohn was incorporated into the city of Stadtlohn.
• Südlohn and Oeding were merged to form a new, larger municipality of Südlohn .
• Vreden and Ammeloe were merged to form a new, larger town, Vreden .
• The communities of Wigbold Schöppingen, Kirchspiel Schöppingen and Eggerode were merged into a new, larger community of Schöppingen.
• The offices of Legden, Nienborg, Schöppingen, Stadtlohn and Wüllen were dissolved.

Since then, the Ahaus district has comprised twelve cities and municipalities. On October 1, 1969, the district became the Ahaus district.

On January 1, 1975, further municipalities were merged under the Münster / Hamm Act and the Ahaus district was dissolved:

• Ahaus, Alstätte, Ottenstein and Wessum were merged into a new, larger town of Ahaus.
• Gronau (Westphalia) and Epe were merged to form a new, larger city of Gronau (Westphalia).
• The Wessum office was dissolved.
• The Ahaus district was merged with the previous Borken district , the independent city of Bocholt , the city of Isselburg (formerly Rees district ) and the municipalities of Erle (formerly Recklinghausen district ) and Gescher (formerly Coesfeld district ) to form the new Borken district.

Population development

year	Residents	source
1819	034,738
1832	038,245
1858	040,823
1871	035,752
1880	035,552
1890	039.123
1900	047,372
1910	054,781
1925	064,636
1939	078,677
1950	097.286
1960	103,400
1970	119,300
1973	124,200

politics

Results of the district elections from 1946

The list only shows parties and constituencies that received at least two percent of the votes in the respective election.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	DZP	FDP	BHE	KPD
1946	64.6	19.8	09.8			4.0
1948	40.8	23.6	33.2			2.4
1952	50.3	16.2	18.9	4.2	8.4	2.0
1956	53.0	19.3	17.8	3.3	6.6
1961	68.5	18.2	06.3	7.0
1964	65.3	22.1	06.5	6.1
1969	66.0	26.5	03.8	3.7

District administrators

• 1816–1823: Clemens Mersmann (district commissioner)
• 1823–1833: Ernst von Westhoven (district commissioner until 1827, then district administrator)
• 1833–1856: Theodor von Heyden
• 1856–1859: Julius von Hülst
• 1859–1860: Jakob von Hilgers
• 1860–1874: Maximilian von Kerckerinck zur Borg
• 1874–1878: Walther Herwig
• 1878–1881: Wilhelm Scheffer
• 1881–1882: Wilhelm Riedesel zu Eisenbach
• 1882–1895: Gustav Gärtner
• 1895–1920: Friedrich von Schorlemer-Alst
• 1920–1944: Felix Sümmermann
• 1946–1968: Bruno Vagedes , CDU
• 1968–1974: Franz Skorzak , CDU

On January 1, 1975, Franz Skorzak became the first district administrator of the "new" Borken district .

Communities

The Ahaus district in 1845

In the early 1960s, the district was made up of the following communities:

1. Ahaus
2. Epe
3. Gronau
4. City wages
5. Vreden

Offices and municipalities:

1. Office Ammeloe
   1. Ammeloe
   2. Ellewick-Crosewick
   3. Lünten
   4. Wennewick-Oldenkott
   5. Zwillbrock
2. Legden office
   1. Asbeck
   2. Legden
3. Office of Nienborg
   1. Heek
   2. Nienborg , Wiegbold
4. Office Schöppingen
   1. Eggerode
   2. Parish of Schöppingen
   3. Schöppingen , Wiegbold
5. City wage office
   1. Almsick
   2. Estern-Büren
   3. Hengeler-Wendfeld
   4. Doggie
   5. Oeding
   6. Südlohn , Wiegbold
   7. Wessendorf
6. Wessum-Ottenstein Office
   1. Alstätte
   2. Ottenstein
   3. What
7. Office Wüllen
   1. Ammeln
   2. Fluff

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign AH when the vehicle license plates were introduced . It was issued until December 31, 1974. Since February 1, 2013 it has been available in the Borken district due to the license plate liberalization .

source

• German administrative history in the province of Westphalia, Ahaus district

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Westphalia Lexicon 1832-1835 . In: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Ed.): Reprints for the Westphalian archive maintenance . tape 3 . Münster 1978, p. 195 (reprint of the original from 1834).
2. ↑ Landgemeinde -ordnung for the Province of Westphalia from October 31, 1841 (PDF; 1.6 MB)
3. ↑ Official Gazette for the Münster district in 1843. Retrieved on February 2, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Official Gazette for the Münster district in 1844. Retrieved on February 2, 2014 . 
5. ^ ^{A b c} Wolfgang Leesch: Administration in Westphalia 1815–1945 . In: Publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia . tape 38 . Aschendorff, Münster 1992, ISBN 3-402-06845-1 .
6. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 231 .
7. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 208 .
8. ^ Law on the amalgamation of the municipalities of the office of Schöppingen
9. ↑ Announcement of the new version of the district regulations for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from August 11, 1969 in the Law and Ordinance Gazette for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, year 1969, No. 2021, p. 670 ff.
10. ^ 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. 311 .
11. ^ Statistisches Bureau zu Berlin (Ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Prussian state . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1821 ( digitized version ).
12. ^ Statistical news about the government district of Münster 1858, p. 3
13. ↑ ^{a b} Community encyclopedia Westphalia 1887 p. 127
14. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. ahaus.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
15. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972
16. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1975
17. ↑ Source: respective issue of the State Statistical Office (LDS NRW), Mauerstr. 51, Düsseldorf, with the election results at the district level.
18. ↑ Brief information on the Borken district  ( 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. ; District Government Münster; Retrieved September 13, 2012  

literature

• Aloys Börner: The Ahaus district . Die Post, Berlin 1893 ( digitized ).
• Heinrich Bremer: The district of Ahaus (=  district and city handbooks of the Westphalian Heimatbund , Volume 18). Munster 1953.