District of Aschersleben (Province of Saxony)

This article deals with the Aschersleben district in the province of Saxony (1816–1901). For the Aschersleben district (Halle district, 1952–1990) and the Aschersleben district (Saxony-Anhalt, 1990–1994) see Aschersleben district .

Basic data
Prussian Province	Province of Saxony
Administrative district	Magdeburg
Administrative headquarters	Quedlinburg
surface	455 km² (1900)
Residents	92,069 (1900)
Population density	202 inhabitants / km² (1900)
Communities	26 (1900)
Location of the Aschersleben district

The Aschersleben district ( pronunciation ^{? / I} ) was a district in the Prussian province of Saxony from 1816 to 1901 . The district seat was in Quedlinburg . The former district area is now in the Salzlandkreis and the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt .

history

The Aschersleben district was formed in 1816 in the Prussian administrative district of Magdeburg in the province of Saxony . In 1901 the city of Aschersleben became independent and thus left the district. The remaining district area formed the district of Quedlinburg , which existed in this form until 1952 .

Population development

year	Residents	source
1816	36,283
1843	44,744
1871	62,610
1890	80,752
1900	92,069

Municipalities with more than 2,000 inhabitants (as of 1900):

local community	Residents
Aschersleben	28,964
Ditfurt	2,332
Gatersleben	2,354
Hedersleben	2,229
Neinstedt	2,543
Prussian Börnecke	2,990
Quedlinburg	27,233
Thale	13,255
Westerhausen	2,403

District administrators

• 1816–1823 Gotthelf Schmaling00
• 1823–1864 Carl Weyhe00
• 1864–1901 Otto Stielow00

cities and communes

In 1900 the Aschersleben district comprised three cities and 23 other municipalities:

Aschersleben , city Cochstedt , city Ditfurt Friedrichsaue Friedrichsbrunn Gatersleben Gross Schierstedt Hausneindorf Hedersleben Königsaue Nachterstedt Neinstedt Prussian Börnecke

Quedlinburg , city Skull life Cutters Stecklenberg Suderode Thale Warnstedt Weddersleben Wedderstedt Westdorf Westerhausen Wilsleben Winningen

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rolf Jehke: Territorial changes in Germany. Retrieved May 22, 2009 . 
2. ^ Christian Gottfried Daniel Stein: Handbook of Geography and Statistics of the Prussian State . Vossische Buchhandlung, Berlin 1819, The administrative district of Magdeburg, p. 330 ( digitized version [accessed July 5, 2016]).
3. ^ Handbook of the Province of Saxony . Rubachsche Buchhandlung, Magdeburg 1843, p. 89 ( digitized version [accessed on July 6, 2016]).
4. ↑ Royal Statistical Office of Prussia (ed.): The municipalities and manor districts of the Prussian state and their population . The municipalities and manor districts of the Province of Saxony. Publishing house d. Royal Extra Bureaus, Berlin 1873 ( digitized [accessed July 5, 2016]).
5. ^ ^{A b} Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Aschersleben district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Uli Schubert: German municipality register 1910. Retrieved on May 22, 2009 .