District of Geilenkirchen

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 58 '  N , 6 ° 7'  E
Basic data (as of 1932)
Existing period:	1816-1932
State :	Free State of Prussia
Administrative region :	Aachen
Administrative headquarters :	Geilenkirchen
Area :	196.8 km 2
Residents:	37,444 (Jan 1, 1925)
Population density :	190 inhabitants per km 2
Circle structure:	19 municipalities
District Administrator :	Alexander Czéh

The district of Geilenkirchen was a district in the administrative district of Aachen from 1816 to 1932 . With this he belonged first to the Prussian province of Jülich-Kleve-Berg and from 1822 to the Rhine province . Today his area belongs to the district of Heinsberg and the urban region of Aachen . The seat of the district administration was Geilenkirchen .

Administrative history

The district of Geilenkirchen on a map from 1905

The district of Geilenkirchen was essentially formed in 1816 from the canton of Geilenkirchen, which until 1813 belonged to the Arrondissement of Aachen in the French Département de la Roer . The circle was initially divided into 13 mayor's offices, which were established as Mairien during the French era . With the introduction of the municipal code for the Rhine Province in 1845, some mayorships in the district were subdivided into several municipalities . The Übach mayor was abolished in 1846 and incorporated into the Baesweiler mayor . Likewise, in the further course of the 19th century, the mayor's office in Puffendorf was abolished and incorporated into the mayor's office in Immendorf . In the Geilenkirchen district there have been eleven mayor's offices with a total of 19 communities on an area of ​​196.8 km²:

Mayorry	Communities
Baesweiler	Baesweiler , Beggendorf , Oidtweiler , Übach
Fallow	Brachelen , alleviate
Frelenberg	Frelenberg
Gangelt	Birgden , Gangelt
Geilenkirchen	Geilenkirchen
Immendorf	Immendorf , Puffendorf
Randerath	Randerath
Scherpenseel	Scherpenseel
Schümmerquartier	Schümmerquartier
Teveren	Teveren
Worm	Beeck , Süggerath , Würm

As in the entire Rhine Province, the mayorships of the district have been designated as offices since January 1, 1928 . The district of Heinsberg , which was also founded in 1816, was incorporated into the district of Geilenkirchen on October 1, 1932 and was given the new name of Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg district on August 10, 1933 .

Population development

The Prussian population surveys resulted in the district

• 1825: 22,956 inhabitants, of which 22,152 Catholics, 482 Protestants and 149 Jews. There were 4,401 private buildings and 96 public buildings. The surface area of ​​the cultivated land was given as 77,438 acres.
• 1852: 26,102 inhabitants, of which 25,378 Catholics, 535 Protestants and 189 Jews. There were 5,044 residential buildings and 122 public buildings.
• 1900: 26,476 inhabitants
• 1925: 37,444 inhabitants, of which 34,816 Catholics, 2,210 Protestants, 36 other Christians and 175 Jews.

coat of arms

The Geilenkirchen district did not have its own coat of arms. As the lower state administrative authority , he used the Prussian eagle .

District administrators

• 1816–1844 Joseph von Fürth
• 1844-1845 NN. Claessen (by order)
• 1845–1847 Johann Contzen (by order)
• 1847–1875 Carl von Eynatten
• 1875–1891 Karl von der Goltz
• 1891–1919 Adrian von Wrede-Melschede
• 1919–1932 Alexander Czéh (from October 1, 1932 to 1945 District Administrator, District Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Community encyclopedia for the Rhineland Province, area of ​​the district of Geilenkirchen , Berlin: Verlag des Königlichen Statistischen Bureaus, 1888, p. 244.
2. ^ Territorial.de: Mayor offices and communities of the district of Geilenkirchen
3. ^ ^{A b} Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. geilenkirchen.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).