District of Bützow
| Basic data (as of 1994) | |
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| Existing period: | 1952-1994 |
| District : | Schwerin |
| Administrative headquarters : | Bützow |
| Area : | 502 km² |
| Residents: | 29,600 (1985) |
| Population density: | 59 inhabitants per km² |
| License plate : | BA (1974–1990)
BÜZ (1991-1994) |
| Circle structure: | 37 municipalities, including 2 cities |
| Location of the district in the GDR | |
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The Bützow district was a district in the north of the Schwerin district in the GDR . From May 17, 1990 he continued as the district of Bützow . Today his area belongs to the Rostock district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The seat of the district administration was in Bützow .
geography
location
The district north of the Mecklenburg Lake District reached from the Bützow Basin , which is only a few meters above sea level and is traversed by the Warnow and Nebel rivers, to the heights of the Rugberg ( Langer Berg 147 m, Hohe Burg 144 m above sea level ) which at the time was the 64-meter-high Schlemmin television tower owned by Deutsche Post . From the observation platform of the tower, which is no longer publicly accessible, one could see as far as the Hanseatic cities of Rostock and Wismar.
Area and population
The area of the district was 502 km². That corresponded to 5.8% of the area of the Schwerin district. The population was around 29,600 in 1985. That was 5% of the district's population. The population density was 59 inhabitants per km².
Neighboring areas
The Bützow district bordered the Wismar district in the northwest, the Sternberg district in the southwest and south, the Güstrow district in the east and the Bad Doberan and Rostock-Land districts in the north .
history
The Mecklenburg district of Bützow was created when the federal states were dissolved on July 25, 1952 from the western part of the former district of Güstrow and belonged to the newly formed district of Schwerin. The district came to the newly founded state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on October 3, 1990 within the accession area to the Federal Republic of Germany . On June 12, 1994, the district (since May 17, 1990 referred to as the district) was dissolved and divided: the majority (28) were reunited with the Teterow and Güstrow districts in the Güstrow district, while the Schwaan office had eight at that time Municipalities in the northeast fell to the Bad Doberan district .
Economy and Infrastructure
Agriculture played a major role in many villages. In addition to grassland management in the lowlands of Warnow and Nebel, pig fattening in particular was carried out in the Bützow district. In the district town of Bützow there were companies in the textile and shoe industry, mechanical engineering and an oxygen plant. The building materials industry in Wiendorf, Klein Sien and Schwaan used the clay deposits near Wiendorf.
The Bützow-Dreibergen detention center , which had existed since the middle of the 19th century, was known beyond the district boundaries .
No trunk road ran through the district, the cities of Bützow and Schwaan were connected to the national traffic arteries via country roads ( Autobahn Berlin-Rostock , F 104 , F 105 ). The main railway line Schwerin-Rostock crossed the district, trains from Schwaan and Bützow to Güstrow .
cities and communes
On October 3, 1990, the district of Bützow had 37 communities, two of which were cities:
License Plate
Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinguishing signs starting with the pair of letters BA from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was BY 25–01 to BY 50–00 .
At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinguishing mark BÜZ . It was issued until June 11, 1994. It has been available in the Rostock district since March 18, 2013 due to the license plate liberalization .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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 .
- ↑ Law on the self-administration of municipalities and districts in the GDR (municipal constitution) of May 17, 1990
- ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 301 .
- ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 551 .