Alsfeld district
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Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ' N , 9 ° 16' E |
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| Basic data (as of 1972) | ||
| Existing period: | 1832-1972 | |
| State : | Hesse | |
| Administrative region : | Darmstadt | |
| Administrative headquarters : | Alsfeld | |
| Area : | 625.55 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 53,200 (Dec. 31, 1971) | |
| Population density : | 85 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| License plate : | AS | |
| Circle key : | 06 1 31 | |
| Circle structure: | 14 municipalities | |
The district of Alsfeld was a district in Hesse . It existed from 1832 to 1972. The district office was in Alsfeld .
The district area belonged to the province of Upper Hesse in the Grand Duchy of Hesse , from 1919 the state of Hesse . After the founding of Greater Hesse in 1945, the district belonged to the Darmstadt administrative district . On August 1, 1972, it was united with the neighboring Lauterbach district to form the Vogelsbergkreis , whose administrative seat was Lauterbach.
geography
At the beginning of 1972 the district bordered in a clockwise direction in the northwest on the districts of Marburg , Ziegenhain , Lauterbach , Büdingen and Gießen .
history
In 1821 the offices in the Grand Duchy of Hesse were dissolved and districts and districts were formed. In the later area of the Alsfeld district, these were the Kirtorf district with its seat in Homberg and the Romrod district with its seat in Alsfeld. By edict of June 6, 1832 and the implementing ordinance of August 20, 1832, these district councils were repealed and merged into the Alsfeld district. Only the place Ermenrod (previously to Kirtorf) came to the new district Grünberg .
By announcement of December 28, 1838, the district of Schlitz was dissolved and assigned to the Alsfeld district with effect from February 1, 1839.
From 1848 to 1852 the district was part of the Alsfeld administrative district . On May 12, 1852, the administrative districts were repealed. A newly delimited district of Alsfeld was created from the regional court districts Alsfeld and Homberg as well as some places in the regional court district Ulrichstein. The Schlitz room came to the Lauterbach district.
After the German War , it was agreed in the peace treaty of September 3, 1866 that an Kurhessian enclave , the former Mainz court of Katzenberg with the four communities of Ohmes , Ruhlkirchen , Seibelsdorf and Vockenrod, fell to the Grand Duchy. These communities, which until then had belonged to the Kirchhain district of Hesse , were now added to the Alsfeld district.
During the Hessian district reform of 1874, when the Grünberg district was dissolved, the 13 communities Atzenhain , Bernsfeld , Ermenrod , Flensungen , Ilsdorf , Kirschgarten , Lehnheim , Merlau , Nieder-Ohmen , Ober-Ohmen , Ruppertenrod , Wettsaasen and Zeilbach were added to the Alsfeld district. At the same time, Helpershain , Köddingen , Meiches and Stumpertenrod moved from the Alsfeld district to the Schotten district . Thereafter, the Alsfeld district comprised 84 communities.
Due to the law of April 7, 1938, the Schotten district was dissolved and with effect from October 1, 1938, 13 municipalities were incorporated into the Alsfeld district. Köddingen, Stumpertenrod, Altenhain , Bobenhausen II , Groß-Eichen , Helpershain , Höckersdorf , Ilsdorf (Solms) , Ober-Seibertenrod , Schmitten , Sellnrod , Unter-Seibertenrod and Wohnfeld were added . After Ilsdorf (Solms) were incorporated into Ilsdorf and Kirschgarten to Merlau in 1939 and Schmitten to Sellnrod in 1951, the district comprised 94 communities,
As part of the Hessian regional reform , numerous municipalities in the Alsfeld district were merged between 1969 and 1972. On December 31, 1971, the district was also reduced in size:
- The communities of Lehnheim and Altenhain left the district and were incorporated into Grünberg and Laubach in the district of Gießen.
- The communities of Bobenhausen II, Helpershain, Ober-Seibertenrod, Unter-Seibertenrod and Wohnfeld left the district and were incorporated into Ulrichstein in the Lauterbach district.
Overall, the number of municipalities in the district decreased to 14 by July 1972.
On August 1, 1972, the Alsfeld district was dissolved and merged with the neighboring Lauterbach district to form the Vogelsbergkreis . At the same time, further incorporations took place. In the end, ten communities from the Alsfeld district joined the new Vogelsberg district.
Population development
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1852 | 34,499 | |
| 1900 | 36,280 | |
| 1910 | 37,883 | |
| 1925 | 37,746 | |
| 1933 | 39,157 | |
| 1939 | 43,819 | |
| 1950 | 62,455 | |
| 1960 | 54,300 | |
| 1970 | 55,700 | |
| 1971 | 53,200 |
politics
District administrators
- 1821–1827 District Administrator Friedrich Ludwig Follenius
- 1829–1839 District Administrator Eduard Neidhardt
- 1839–1842 District Councilor Peter Camesasca
- 1842–1848 District Councilor Carl Fuhr
- 1848–1852 Councilor Christoph Hoffmann
- 1852–1874 District Councilor Wilhelm Frö (h) lich
- 1874–1889 District Councilor Robert Hoffmann
- 1889–1896 District Councilor Konrad von Grölmann
- 1896–1906 District Councilor Carl Melior
- 1906–1910 District Councilor Franz Hölzinger
- 1910–1917 district councilor, from 1917 district director Otto Heinrichs
- 1917–1933 Hermann Stammler , district director
- 1933 Febr. - March District Director Walter Nanz
- 1934–1936 Hugo Lotz as acting district director
- 1936–1937 Harald Kessel as acting district director
- 1937–1945 District Director, from 1939 District Administrator Heinrich Schönhals
- 1941–1943 Eberhard Fuhr (acting)
- 1943–1944 Wilhelm Reeb (acting)
- 1944–1945 James Legau (acting)
- 1946–1947: August Rosenkranz
- 1949–1967: Kurt Mildner
- 1967 - January 29, 1972 Georg Kratz
coat of arms
On December 4, 1956, the Alsfeld district received its own coat of arms from the Hessian Ministry of the Interior in Wiesbaden. It shows the half-timbered town hall of the district town of Alsfeld , built between 1512 and 1516, on a red background , one of the most important architectural monuments in Hesse.
The coat of arms was in use until the two districts of Alsfeld and Lauterbach merged.
Communities
The following list contains all municipalities that belonged to the Alsfeld district and the dates of all incorporations.
License Plate
On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinguishing sign ALS when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It was issued until February 11, 1979 in the Alsfeld district of the Vogelsberg district.
literature
- Eva Haberkorn, Friedrich Boss: Alsfeld district office. (= REPERTORIES OF THE HESSIAN STATE ARCHIVE DARMSTADT ) Holdings G 15 Alsfeld (PDF; 1.01 MB). In: Archive Information System Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen), status: November 2006, accessed on September 15, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette . 1832, p. 365 ff. And 561-563.
- ^ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette . 1839, p. 13.
- ^ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette . 1852, No. 30, ( reader.digitale-sammlungen.de )
- ^ A b Philipp Alexander Ferdinand Walther: The Grand Duchy of Hesse by history, country, people, state and locality . Darmstadt 1854, p. 388 ( books.google.de [accessed June 6, 2015]).
- ^ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette . No. 28 . Darmstadt June 12, 1874, p. 247 ( digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de ).
- ↑ gemeindeververzeichnis.de: District Alsfeld
- ↑ Reg.Bl. 1938, p. 7 f.
- ↑ a b c Vogelsberg district. Historical local dictionary. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ^ 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. 347 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. alsfeld.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ^ Statistical yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany. 1972.
- ^ Statistical yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany. 1973.
Province of Upper Hesse : Alsfeld | Büdingen | Friedberg | Casting | Lauterbach | Bulkheads |
Delivered to Prussia in 1866: Biedenkopf | Vöhl |
Dissolved in 1874: Grünberg | Vilbel | Nidda
Province of Rheinhessen : Alzey | Bingen | Mainz | Oppenheim | Worms
Starkenburg Province : Bensheim | Darmstadt | Dieburg | Erbach | Groß – Gerau | Heppenheim | Offenbach |
Dissolved in 1874: Lindenfels | Neustadt | Wimpfen
Province of Upper Hesse : Alsfeld | Büdingen | Friedberg | Casting | Lauterbach |
Newly founded in 1938: Stadtkreis Gießen
Disbanded in 1938: Schotten
Province of Rheinhessen : Alzey | Bingen | Mainz | Worms
Newly founded in 1938: Stadtkreis Mainz | Worms district
Disbanded in 1938: Oppenheim
Starkenburg Province : Darmstadt | Dieburg | Erbach | Groß – Gerau | Offenbach |
Newly founded in 1938: Darmstadt district | Offenbach am Main district | Bergstrasse district
Disbanded in 1938: Bensheim | Heppenheim
1972 dissolved: District Alsfeld | District of Büdingen | District of Erbach | District Friedberg | District of Hersfeld | District of Hofgeismar | District of Hünfeld | Lauterbach district | Obertaunuskreis | Rotenburg district | Usingen district | Wolfhagen district . 1973 dissolved: District of Eschwege | District of Frankenberg | District of Fritzlar-Homberg | District of Melsungen | District of Waldeck | District of Witzenhausen | Ziegenhain district . 1974 dissolved: District Biedenkopf | District of Gelnhausen | District of Hanau | Limburg County | District of Marburg | Oberlahnkreis | District of Schlüchtern . 1976 dissolved: Darmstadt district | District of Dieburg | Dill circle | Rheingau district | Untertaunuskreis | Wetzlar district .