Coesfeld district (1816–1974)

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Coat of arms of the Coesfeld district
Coesfeld district (1816–1974)
Map of Germany, position of the Coesfeld district highlighted

Coordinates: 51 ° 57 '  N , 7 ° 10'  E

Basic data (as of 1974)
Existing period: 1816-1974
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Muenster
Regional association : Westphalia-Lippe
Administrative headquarters : Coesfeld
Area : 612.47 km 2
Residents: 99,800 (Dec. 31, 1973)
Population density : 163 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : COE
Circle key : 05 5 34
Circle structure: 14 municipalities
Address of the
district administration:
Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 7
Coesfeld
District Administrator : Heinrich Hörnemann ( CDU )

The Coesfeld district was a district in the north of North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ). On January 1, 1975 it was dissolved in the course of the regional reform by the Münster / Hamm law and united with the district of Lüdinghausen and parts of the district of Münster to form the new district of Coesfeld .

geography

In 1974 the district of Coesfeld bordered in a clockwise direction in the northwest on the districts of Ahaus , Steinfurt , Münster , Lüdinghausen , Recklinghausen and Borken .

history

The old district of Coesfeld in 1847

After the withdrawal of French troops in 1813 and the Congress of Vienna in 1815, today's district became part of the Prussian province of Westphalia . In 1816 the administrative division into the districts of Coesfeld and Lüdinghausen in the administrative district of Münster . The first district administrator of the Coesfeld district was Clemens Maria Franz von Bönninghausen , the seat of the district administration was his private house, the Darup zu Darup house .

In 1832 Havixbeck was reclassified from the Coesfeld district to the Münster district . After that, the district was divided into the eight mayorships of Billerbeck, Buldern, Coesfeld, Dülmen, Gescher, Haltern, Osterwick and Rorup until 1843 . The first district constitutional law was the district order from 1827. However, it gave the districts no real self-government. The corporate district assemblies only had an advisory function.

With the introduction of the rural community order for the province of Westphalia in 1843 and 1844, the mayor's offices were transferred to offices . The out of the church Lette existing Office Lette had only briefly in hand and was incorporated into the Office Rorup. 1851 The Coesfeld district was then divided into the following offices and communities:

Office Communities
Billerbeck Beerlage , City of Billerbeck and Parish Billerbeck
Buldern Buldern and Hiddingsel
Coesfeld Parish of Coesfeld
Darfeld Darfeld
Dülmen Parish of Dülmen , Hausdülmen and Merfeld
Gescher Büren , Estern , Gescher , Harwick , Tungerloh-Capellen and Tungerloh-Pröbsting
Holders Parish of Haltern , Hullern and Lippramsdorf
Osterwick Holtwick and Osterwick
Rorup Darup , Lette , Limbergen and Rorup

The cities of Coesfeld , Dülmen and Haltern remained vacant.

With the district order of 1886 came self-government, the administrative body became the district committee. In 1933, under the National Socialist dictatorship, the state decision-making authority of the district committee was assigned to the district administrators. The district committee only had an advisory function, although the district regulations from 1886 were still in force until the end of World War II .

The city of Haltern and the Haltern office were transferred to the Recklinghausen district in 1929 .

On April 1, 1930 Hausdülmen lost territorial sovereignty and was assigned to the parish of Dülmen.

Darfeld was incorporated into the Osterwick office in 1934. At the same time, the Coesfeld office was canceled, making the parish of Coesfeld parish free.

From 1945 onwards, the British military government was responsible for developing local self-government until April 1, 1946, when a new regulation with some fundamental changes came into force. Instead of the district administrator, the senior district director headed the administration as a local civil servant. The district administrator as chairman of the district council assisted him on a voluntary basis.

The law on the reorganization of municipalities in the Coesfeld district reduced the number of municipalities in the district on July 1, 1969:

  • The city of Billerbeck and the parish communities Billerbeck and Beerlage became the new city Billerbeck together
  • Buldern and Hiddingsel were merged to Buldern together
  • The municipality parish Coesfeld was in the city Coesfeld incorporated
  • Buren, esters, Gescher Harwick, Tungerloh-Capellen and Tungerloh-Pröbsting became the new city Gescher together
  • Darfeld and Osterwick were merged to Rosendahl together
  • The offices of Billerbeck, Buldern and Gescher were dissolved

Since then, the district has comprised 14 cities and municipalities.

On October 1, 1969, the district became the district of Coesfeld.

As a result of the Münster / Hamm Act , further municipalities were merged on January 1, 1975 and the Coesfeld district was dissolved:

Population development

year Residents source
1819 36,567
1832 37.183
1858 41,459
1871 40,530
1880 42,013
1890 44,468
1900 48,764
1910 57,578
1925 66,627
1939 58,980
1950 74,948
1960 83,100
1970 96,000
1973 99,800

politics

District administrators

1816–1822: Clemens Maria Franz von Bönninghausen
1822–1823: Ernst von Westhoven
1823–1867: Clemens Mersmann (1788–1867)
1867–1904: August von Bönninghausen
1905–1919: Maximilian von Fürstenberg
1919–1932: Walter vom Hove
1932 -9999: Barbrock ( substitute )
1932–1936: Rudolf Klein (1885–1971)
1936 -9999: Ernst Kribben (1898–1976) (substitute)
1936–1945: Jakob Stachels
1945–1946: Bernhard Wening
1946–1949: Johannes Dieker ( CDU )
1949–1950: Franz Johann Reimann ( center )
1950–1951: Ernst Meister (acting)
1951–1952: Johannes Kathmann (center)
1952–1961: Johannes Bockholt (CDU)
1961–1974: Heinrich Hörnemann (CDU)

Upper District Directors

1946–1951: Bernhard Wening
1951–1953: Georg Wilhelm Zinser
1954–1974: Heinrich Kochs

Results of the district elections from 1946

The list only shows parties and constituencies that received at least two percent of the votes in the respective election.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year CDU SPD DZP FDP BHE
11946 1 48.0 15.2 33.7
1948 36.5 21.6 40.8
1952 47.1 13.7 26.7 3.8 8.4
1956 49.5 17.5 23.5 3.4 6.1
1961 58.9 15.3 16.7 3.2 4.9
1964 62.6 19.5 12.4 5.5
1969 60.1 25.8 09.0 5.1

footnote

1 1946: additionally: KPD: 2.4%

coat of arms

Blazon : “Split between red and gold; in front a standing white-clad blessing bishop, at his feet a golden goose, behind a red bar. "

The colors and the red bar come from the coat of arms of the Münster monastery , to which the district area belonged until 1802/03. The bishop with the goose symbolizes St. Liudger , the first bishop of Munster . He is considered the founder of St. Lamberti in Coesfeld. The goose has appeared as its attribute since the 17th century.

Structure of the Coesfeld district until 1974

Before the municipal reorganization, the old Coesfeld district was divided into two municipalities, one municipality and six offices with one city and 19 municipalities on an area of ​​612.03 km² with 93,116 inhabitants (as of June 30, 1967). With the exception of the city of Coesfeld, which was only expanded, all municipalities and offices of the district were replaced by the Munster / Hamm on July 1, 1969 by the law on the reorganization of municipalities in the Coesfeld district of June 24, 1969 and January 1, 1975 - Law of July 9, 1974 dissolved and merged into new municipalities.

local community Office Parish from 1975 Incorporation
Beerlage Billerbeck office Billerbeck 07/01/1969
Billerbeck, parish Billerbeck office Billerbeck 07/01/1969
Billerbeck, city Billerbeck office Billerbeck 07/01/1969
Buldern Office Buldern Buldern (free of charge)
Dülmen
07/01/1969
01/01/1975
Büren Office Gescher Gescher 07/01/1969
Coesfeld, parish free of charge Coesfeld 07/01/1969
Coesfeld, city free of charge Coesfeld
Darfeld Osterwick Office Rosendahl (Osterwick Office)
Rosendahl
07/01/1969
01/01/1975
Darup Office Rorup Nottuln 01/01/1975
Dülmen, parish Office Dülmen Dülmen 01/01/1975
Dülmen, city free of charge Dülmen 01/01/1975
Esters Office Gescher Gescher 07/01/1969
Gescher Office Gescher Gescher 07/01/1969
Harwick Office Gescher Gescher 07/01/1969
Hiddingsel Office Buldern Buldern (free of charge)
Dülmen
07/01/1969
01/01/1975
Holtwick Osterwick Office Rosendahl 01/01/1975
Latvian Office Rorup Coesfeld 01/01/1975
Limbergen Office Rorup Buldern (free of charge) (partially)
Dülmen and Nottuln (main part)
07/01/1969
01/01/1975
Merfeld Office Dülmen Dülmen 01/01/1975
Osterwick Osterwick Office Rosendahl (Osterwick Office)
Rosendahl
07/01/1969
01/01/1975
Rorup Office Rorup Dülmen 01/01/1975
Tungerloh chapels Office Gescher Gescher 01/01/1969
Tungerloh-Pröbsting Office Gescher Gescher 01/01/1969

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign COE when the vehicle license plates were introduced .

Web links

Commons : Kreis Coesfeld  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Westphalia Lexicon 1832-1835 . In: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Ed.): Reprints for the Westphalian archive maintenance . tape 3 . Münster 1978, p. 218 (reprint of the original from 1834).
  2. Landgemeinde -ordnung for the Province of Westphalia from October 31, 1841 (PDF; 1.6 MB)
  3. ^ Wolfgang Leesch: Administration in Westphalia 1815-1945 . In: Publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia . tape 38 . Aschendorff, Münster 1992, ISBN 3-402-06845-1 .
  4. Official Gazette for the Münster district in 1843. Retrieved on February 2, 2014 .
  5. Official Gazette for the Münster district in 1844. Retrieved on February 2, 2014 .
  6. ^ Wolfgang Leesch: Administration in Westphalia 1815-1945 . In: Publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia . tape 38 . Aschendorff, Münster 1992, ISBN 3-402-06845-1 .
  7. Announcement of the new version of the district regulations for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from August 11, 1969 in the Law and Ordinance Gazette for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, year 1969, No. 2021, p. 670 ff.
  8. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 313 f .
  9. ^ Statistisches Bureau zu Berlin (Ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Prussian state . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1821 ( digitized version ).
  10. Statistical news about the government district of Münster 1858, p. 9
  11. a b Community encyclopedia Westphalia 1887 p. 127
  12. a b c d e f g Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. coesfeld.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  13. Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972
  14. Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1975
  15. Source: respective issue of the State Statistical Office (LDS NRW), Mauerstr. 51, Düsseldorf, with the election results at the district level.
  16. Expert Commission for the Communal Restructuring of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia , The Communal and State Restructuring of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Section B, The restructuring of the communities in the metropolitan areas and the reform of the districts, expert opinion issued on April 9, 1968, Siegburg 1968, p. 224, Appendix 1
  17. ^ GV. NRW. 1969 p. 348
  18. Law on the reorganization of the municipalities of the reorganization area Münster / Hamm , GV. NRW. 1974 p. 416, §§ 4, 38-40