Artern district

Basic data
District of the GDR	Hall
County seat	Artern
surface	473 km² (1989)
Residents	54,274 (1989)
Population density	115 inhabitants / km² (1989)
License Plate	K and V (1953–1990) KA and VA (1974–1990) ART (1991–1995)

The Artern district in the Halle district (clickable map)

The Artern district was a district in the Halle district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1994 it existed as the Artern district in the state of Thuringia . Today its area is mostly in the Kyffhäuserkreis in Thuringia. The seat of the district administration was in Artern .

geography

location

The Artern district, in which the Kyffhäuser Mountains lay, was traversed by the Helme and the Unstrut .

Biggest places

The largest places besides the district town of Artern were the towns of Bad Frankenhausen , Heldrungen , Wiehe and the community of Roßleben .

Neighboring areas

The district of Artern bordered in a clockwise direction to the north on the districts of Sangerhausen , Querfurt , Nebra , Sömmerda and Sondershausen .

history

On July 25, 1952, a comprehensive district reform took place in the GDR , in which, among other things, the states lost their importance and new districts were formed. The Artern district was newly formed from:

the municipalities of Bilzingsleben, Bretleben, Donndorf, Etzleben, Gorsleben, Hauteroda, Heldrungen, Hemleben, Kannawurf, Langenroda, Nausitz, Oberheldrungen, Reinsdorf, Sachsenburg and Wiehe from the dissolved district of Kölleda ,
the communities Bottendorf , Roßleben and Schönewerda from the reduced district of Querfurt ,
the communities Artern / Unstrut, Gehofen, Heygendorf, Kalbsrieth, Mönchpfiffel, Nikolausrieth, Ritteburg, Schönfeld and Voigtstedt from the smaller district of Sangerhausen ,
the communities of Bad Frankenhausen / Kyffhäuser, Borxleben, Esperstedt, Göllingen, Günserode, Ichstedt, Oldisleben, Ringleben, Rottleben, Seega, Seehausen, Steinthaleben, Udersleben from the smaller district of Sondershausen

and assigned to the newly formed Halle district .

On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Artern district. After the reunification of the two German states, the Artern district became part of the re-established state of Thuringia in 1990 and was almost completely incorporated into the Kyffhäuserkreis during the district reform that came into force on July 1, 1994 . Only the communities of Bilzingsleben and Kannawurf came to the Sömmerda district .

Population development

Artern district
year	1960	1971	1981	1989
Residents	62,258	60,027	56,428	54,274

economy

Important companies in the district were among others:

VEB Kyffhäuserhütte Artern
VEB Sugar Factory Artern
VEB Potash Plant Roßleben
VEB Plastmaschinenwerk Wiehe
VEB brewing and malt factory Sangerhausen, Artern plant
VEB Elektro Artern

traffic

The F 85 from Berga via Bad Frankenhausen to Weimar and the F 86 from Hettstedt via Artern to Erfurt served national road traffic .

The Artern district was opened up by the Sangerhausen – Artern – Erfurt , Artern – Nebra – Naumburg and Bretleben – Sondershausen railway lines.

Communities

When it was dissolved, the Artern district comprised the following 34 municipalities:

Unified municipalities

Administrative communities
* Seat of the administrative community

1. Administrative community An der Schmücke

2. Administrative community Kindelbrück

3. Kyffhäuser administrative community

4. Administrative community Mittelzentrum Artern

↑ The cross-district VG Kindelbrück also includes seven other communities in what was then the district of Sömmerda, where the seat is also located.
↑ The VG Kyffhäuser, which also spans districts, also includes three other communities in what was then the district of Sondershausen, where the seat is also located.

Changes at the community level

The following changes at community level occurred during the existence of the Artern district:

Dissolution of the communities Mönchpfiffel and Nikolausrieth - merger to form Mönchpfiffel-Nikolausrieth (January 1, 1957)
Dissolution of the municipality of Ritteburg - incorporation into Kalbsrieth (January 1, 1973)
Dissolution of the Seehausen community - incorporation into Bad Frankenhausen / Kyffhäuser (January 1, 1973)
Dissolution of the Sachsenburg community - incorporation into Oldisleben (January 1, 1974)
Dissolution of the municipality of Langenroda - incorporation into Wiehe (March 25, 1994)
Dissolution of the community of Udersleben - incorporation into Bad Frankenhausen / Kyffhäuser (April 9, 1994)

Changes in administrative communities

Foundation of the administrative community at An der Schmücke (June 8, 1993)
Expansion of the administrative community in Kindelbrück to include the communities of Bilzingsleben and Kannawurf (June 26, 1993)
Founding of the Helme-Unstrutaue administrative association (August 20, 1993)
Foundation of the administrative association Artern-Reinsdorf (November 25, 1993)
Establishment of the Kyffhäuser Administrative Association (March 8, 1994)
Expansion of the administrative community at An der Schmücke to include the communities of Bretleben and Oldisleben (June 18, 1994)
Expansion of the administrative community Artern-Reinsdorf to include the member communities of the dissolved administrative communities Helme-Unstrutaue (except Donndorf) and Ringleben and renaming to the administrative community Mittelzentrum Artern (June 30, 1994)

License Plate

Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs from around 1974 to the end of 1990, beginning with the letter pairs KA and VA . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was VE 35-01 to VE 99-99 .

At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinguishing mark ART . It was issued until January 31, 1995. It has been available from the Kyffhäuserkreis since November 29, 2012 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Statistical Yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 .