Bernburg district
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| District of the GDR | Hall |
| County seat | Bernburg |
| surface | 389 km² (1989) |
| Residents | 75,754 (1989) |
| Population density | 195 inhabitants / km² (1989) |
| License Plate | K and V (1953–1990) KC and VC (1974–1990) |
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| The Bernburg district in the Halle district (clickable map) |
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The Bernburg district was a district in the Halle district of the GDR . From 1990 it existed as the district of Bernburg in the state of Saxony-Anhalt . His area is now in the Salzlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt. The seat of the district administration was in Bernburg .
geography
The Bernburg district was on both sides of the Saale between Magdeburg and Halle (Saale) . It bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Schönebeck , Koethen , Saalkreis , Hettstedt , Aschersleben and Staßfurt .
history
A district of Bernburg had existed in Anhalt since 1863 , which had belonged to the state of Saxony-Anhalt since 1945 and thus to the GDR since 1949. On July 25, 1952, there was a comprehensive district reform in the GDR , in which, among other things, the states were dissolved and replaced by districts .
The district of Bernburg gave parts of the area to the new districts of Schönebeck , Aschersleben , Hettstedt and Staßfurt . From the remaining part of the district, the district of Bernburg was formed together with some communities in the Saalkreis as well as the districts of Köthen , Eisleben and Schönebeck. This was assigned to the newly formed Halle district .
On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the district of Bernburg. During the reunification of the federal states , the district became part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt in October 1990 . During the second district reform in Saxony-Anhalt , it went on July 1, 2007 in the Salzland district .
Population development
| Bernburg district | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | 1960 | 1971 | 1981 | 1989 | ||||
| Residents | 93,652 | 91.167 | 80,368 | 75,754 | ||||
cities and communes
After the administrative reform of 1952, the following towns and communities belonged to the Bernburg district:
economy
Important companies in the district were among others:
- VEB Zementwerke Bernburg
- VEB agricultural machinery construction Bernburg
- VEB Spielwaren Bernburg
- VEB beverage company Bernburg
- Bernburg rock salt works
- VEB Sodawerk Bernburg
traffic
The F 71 in the direction of Magdeburg and Halle , the F 185 in the direction of Aschersleben and Dessau and the F 6 in the direction of Quedlinburg and Halle were used for national road traffic .
The Bernburg district was opened up by the Aschersleben – Bernburg – Dessau, Könnern – Bernburg – Calbe and Halle – Könnern – Halberstadt railway lines.
License Plate
Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs starting with the letter pairs KC and VC from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was VG 00-01 to VG 50-00 .
At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinctive mark BBG .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Statistical Yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 .
- ↑ 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
- ↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 2007
- ↑ Law on the further democratization of the structure and functioning of the state organs in the state of Saxony-Anhalt of July 25, 1952
- ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 302 f .
- ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 519 .