Bitterfeld district

This article deals with the Bitterfeld district in the Halle district of the GDR (1952–1990).

• For the historical Bitterfeld district in the Prussian province of Saxony, see Bitterfeld district (Province of Saxony) .
• For the Bitterfeld district in the state of Saxony-Anhalt (1990–2007) see Bitterfeld district .

Basic data
District of the GDR	Hall
County seat	Bitterfeld
surface	454 km² (1989)
Residents	126,181 (1989)
Population density	278 inhabitants / km² (1989)
License Plate	K and V (1953–1990) KD, KE, VD and VE (1974–1990)
The Bitterfeld district in the Halle district (clickable map)

The Bitterfeld district was a district in the Halle district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1994 it continued as the Bitterfeld district in the state of Saxony-Anhalt . His area is now in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district in Saxony-Anhalt. The seat of the district administration was in Bitterfeld .

geography

location

The district of Bitterfeld was north of Leipzig on both sides of the Mulde .

Neighboring areas

The district of Bitterfeld bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the urban district of Dessau and the districts of Graefenhainichen , Eilenburg and Delitzsch ( district of Leipzig ), Saalkreis and Köthen .

history

A district of Bitterfeld had existed in the Prussian province of Saxony since 1815 , 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 Bitterfeld gave larger parts of the area to the new districts of Graefenhainichen and Eilenburg . The Bitterfeld district was formed from the remaining part of the district together with some communities from the old Köthen district. This was assigned to the newly formed Halle district .

6 cities and 42 communities belonged to the district of Bitterfeld:

Altjeßnitz Bitterfeld , city Bob building Brehna , city Brösa Burgkemnitz Döbern Friedersdorf Glebitzsch Gottnitz Greppin Großzöberitz Heideloh Wood white Jeßnitz , city Lingenau

Löberitz brand Mühlbeck Muldenstein Niemegk Petersroda Plodda Pouch Priorau Quetzdölsdorf Raguhn , city Ramsin Renneritz Retzau Regrets Rödgen

Rösa Roitzsch Salzfurt Chapel Sandersdorf Schierau Schlaitz Schrenz Spying Stumsdorf Thalheim Thurland Tornau in front of the heath Advertise Wolfen , city Zörbig , city Zscherndorf

On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Bitterfeld district. Since the reunification of the two German states in October 1990, the district has belonged to the re-established state of Saxony-Anhalt . During the second district reform in Saxony-Anhalt , it went on July 1, 2007 in what is now the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district.

Population development

Bitterfeld district
year	1960	1971	1981	1989
Residents	140.720	138,761	129,911	126.181

economy

The most important branches of industry in the Bitterfeld district were lignite mining with the Muldenstein and Goitzsche opencast mines and the chemical industry. Significant companies were among others:

• VEB Chemical Combine Bitterfeld
• VEB industrial and power plant pipeline construction Bitterfeld
• VEB Fotochemisches Kombinat Wolfen
• VEB plastic and textile processing plant Pouch

traffic

The district was connected to the GDR motorway network through the Berlin Ring – Hirschberg motorway with the Bitterfeld and Halle junctions. The national road traffic also served the long-distance roads F 100 towards Halle and Wittenberg , the F 183 towards Köthen and Bad Düben and the F 184 towards Dessau and Leipzig .

In the Bitterfeld station , the main railway lines Berlin – Halle crossed with the stations Burgkemnitz, Muldenstein, Roitzsch and Brehna and Dessau – Leipzig with the stations Marke, Raguhn, Jeßnitz, Wolfen, Greppin and Petersroda. There was also a branch line from Bitterfeld via Zörbig to Stumsdorf , which connected the district with the Magdeburg – Halle – Leipzig line .

License Plate

After 1952, the vehicles registered in the district were given license plates beginning with the letter K (as in the entire GDR district of Halle). License plates with the initial letter V were added later. 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 KD , KE , VD and VE . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was VG 50-01 to VG 99-99 .

At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinguishing mark BTF .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistical Yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 . 
2. ↑ 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 .
3. ↑ Directory of the municipalities and districts of the German Democratic Republic, Staatsverlag, Berlin 1968, pp. 37–38
4. ↑ Law on the self-administration of municipalities and districts in the GDR (municipal constitution) of May 17, 1990
5. ↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 2007
6. ↑ 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 .
7. ↑ 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 .