Forest district
| Basic data (as of 1993) | |
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| Existing period: | 1952-1993 |
| District : | cottbus |
| Administrative headquarters : | Forst (Lausitz) |
| Area : | 307 km² |
| Residents: | 38,378 (1989) |
| Population density: | 125 inhabitants per km² |
| License plate : | Z (1953–1990) ZG (1974–1990) FOR (1991–1993) |
| Location of the district in the GDR | |
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The district of Forst ( Lower Sorbian Wokrejs Baršć ) was a district in the Cottbus district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1993 it existed as the district of Forst in the state of Brandenburg . His area is now in the Spree-Neisse district in Brandenburg. The seat of the district administration was in Forst .
geography
location
The Forst district was located in Lower Lusatia on the Lusatian Neisse , which also formed the state border between the GDR and Poland .
Biggest places
The largest places in the district besides the district town of Forst were the city of Döbern and the communities of Groß Kölzig , Groß Schacksdorf , and Heinersbrück .
Neighboring areas
The district of Forst bordered counterclockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Guben , Cottbus-Land , Spremberg and Weißwasser . In the east it bordered on Poland .
history
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 new district of Forst was formed from parts of the old districts of Cottbus and Spremberg , which was assigned to the newly formed district of Cottbus . The district seat was in the city of Forst (Lausitz) .
On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Forst district. On the occasion of the reunification of the two German states, the circle was added to the re-established state of Brandenburg in October 1990 . In the Brandenburg district reform , which came into force on December 6, 1993, it went into the new Spree-Neisse district.
Towns and municipalities belonging to the district
All places are listed that were independent municipalities on July 25, 1952 when the forest district was established. Parishes that lost their independence by December 5, 1993 and were incorporated into larger neighboring parishes or that have merged to form new parishes have moved in.
- Bohrau
- Briesnig (with the Klein Briesnig district )
- Döbern (from January 1, 1974 with the Eichwege district)
- Forst (Lausitz) (since 1940 with the districts Domsdorf , Eulo , Keune and Noßdorf , since 1946 with the district Sacro )
- Gahry
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Gosda (since May 1, 1973 with the Dubrau district)
- Gosda II (incorporated into Preschen on May 1, 1973)
- Groß Bademeusel (since July 1, 1977 with the Klein Bademeusel district )
- Groß Jamno (since July 1, 1977 with the district of Klein Jamno )
- Big Kölzig
- Groß Schacksdorf
- Grötsch
- Heinersbrück (since 1950 with the Radewiese district )
- Jerischke (on May 1, 1973 Zelz-Bahren was incorporated, since then the districts of Zelz and Bahren )
- Jethe (since 1950 with the district Smarso )
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Jocksdorf
- Klein Bademeusel (incorporated into Groß Bademeusel on July 1, 1977)
- Klein Jamno (incorporated into Groß Jamno on July 1, 1977)
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Klein Kölzig (was incorporated into Groß Kölzig on January 1, 1974, became independent again on May 6, 1984)
- Blade (was incorporated into Gosda on January 8, 1981 and largely devastated)
- Mattendorf
- Mulknitz
- Naundorf (with Neu Sacro )
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Preschen (since December 1, 1966 with the district of Raden, since May 1, 1973 with the district of Gosda II)
- Raden (incorporated into Preschen on April 1, 1939, spun off from Preschen on January 1, 1946, re-incorporated into Preschen on December 1, 1966)
- Sacro
- Simmersdorf
- Trebendorf
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Weißagk (on January 1, 1986 the district of the devastated Weißagk was incorporated into the municipality of Gosda)
- Zelz-Bahren (merger in 1933, with the districts of Zelz and Bahren, incorporated into Jerischke on May 1, 1973)
Population development
| Forest district | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | 1960 | 1971 | 1981 | 1989 | ||||
| Residents | 44,662 | 44,422 | 40,251 | 38,378 | ||||
economy
Significant companies included:
- Jänschwalde open-cast lignite mine
- VEB Glaswerk Döbern
- VEB Forster cloth factories
- VEB Stadtbrauerei Forst
- VEB laundry machine construction forest
- VEB Forster Web and Knitwear
- VEB technical building equipment
traffic
The district was connected to the GDR motorway network via the Berlin – Cottbus – Forst motorway. The F 112 from Forst to Frankfurt (Oder) and the F 122 from Forst to Cottbus also served national road traffic .
The district area was opened up by the cross-border railway line Cottbus – Forst – Żary and the branch lines Forst – Guben and Forst – Weißwasser .
License Plate
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 pair of letters ZG . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was ZW 50-01 to ZW 99-99 .
At the beginning of 1991, the district received the FOR registration . It was issued until the end of 1993. Since March 19, 2013 it has been available again in the Spree-Neisse district 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
- ↑ Contribution to the statistics of the State Office for Data Processing and Statistics. Historical community directory of the State of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005 19.13 District Spree-Neisse PDF
- ^ Statistical yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 .
- ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 303 .
- ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 494 .