Geithain district

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Basic data
District : Leipzig
Administrative headquarters : Geithain
Area : 272 km²
Residents: 35,413 (1989)
Population density: 130 inhabitants per km²
License plate : S and U (1953–1990)
SI (1974–1990)
GHA (1991–1994)
Location of the district in the GDR
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The Geithain district was a district in the Leipzig district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1994 it existed as the district of Geithain in Saxony . Today, its area is largely in the district of Leipzig . The seat of the district administration was in Geithain .

geography

location

The Geithain district was on the southern edge of the Leipzig lowland bay .

Neighboring areas

The district of Geithain bordered in a clockwise direction in the northwest on the districts of Borna , Grimma , Rochlitz and Altenburg .

Natural space

The Geithain district was in the Saxon mountain and hill country. It extended from the Leipzig lowland bay in the northwest into the central Saxon loess loam area. Accordingly, the land rose gradually to the south from about 170 m in height near Bad Lausick to 260 m. Only about 5% of the district area was forested. Larger forests were Stöckigt and Streitwald between Frohburg and Kohren-Sahlis and the Schildholz southwest of Bad Lausick. Most of the Kohrener Land conservation area was located within the district area.

history

Former building of the Geithain District Office (2018)

The law on the further democratization of the structure and functioning of the state organs in the states of the German Democratic Republic of July 23, 1952 resulted in an extensive district reform in the GDR and the five remaining states . On July 25, 1952, the federal states were dissolved and 14 districts were established. Here traditional circles were dissolved or divided into smaller circles, whereby there were also changes of area beyond the borders of the former five countries. The Geithain district was formed from the Borna and Rochlitz districts and assigned to the Leipzig district , the town of Geithain became the seat of the district .

The following 37 municipalities were initially part of the Geithain district:

Altmörbitz , Bad Lausick , Benndorf , Buchheim , Dolsenhain , Ebersbach , Elbisbach , Eschefeld , Flößberg , Frauendorf , Frauenhain, Frohburg , Geithain , Gnandstein , Greifenhain , Hopfgarten , Kohren-Sahlis , Narsdorf , Nauen grove , Nenkersdorf , Neukirchen , Lower Gräfenhain , Upper Pickenhain , Ossa , Prießnitz , Roda , Streitwald , Syhra , Tautenhain and Wickershain .
Breitenborn , Dölitzsch , Jahnshain , Langenleuba-Oberhain , Obergräfenhain , Rathendorf and Wernsdorf .

As a result of reclassifications across district boundaries and changes in the municipal area, the number of municipalities fell to 21 by the time the district was dissolved at the end of July 1994:

  • December 4, 1952: Steinbach is reclassified from the Altenburg district to the Geithain district
  • December 4, 1952: Neukirchen-Wyhra is relocated from the Geithain district to the Borna district
  • January 1, 1956: incorporation of Oberpickenhain in Rathendorf
  • January 1, 1956: Steinbach and Wernsdorf merge to form Niedersteinbach
  • April 4, 1973: Streitwald is incorporated into the city of Frohburg
  • July 1, 1973: Dölitzsch incorporated into Narsdorf
  • January 1, 1974: Wickershain is incorporated into the town of Geithain
  • January 1, 1974: Elbisbach is incorporated in Prießnitz
  • January 1, 1974: Ballendorf is reclassified from the Grimma district to the Geithain district
  • January 1, 1994: The town of Bad Lausick is reclassified from the Geithain district to the Grimma district
  • January 1, 1994: Niedergräfenhain is incorporated into the town of Geithain
  • January 1, 1994: Relocation of Buchheim and Ebersbach from the Geithain district to the Grimma district and integration into the city of Bad Lausick
  • January 1, 1994: Langenleuba-Oberhain and Niedersteinbach merge to form Langensteinbach
  • January 1, 1994: Flößberg, Frankenhain, Hopfgarten, Prießnitz and Tautenhain merge to form Eulatal
  • March 1, 1994: Syhra is incorporated into the city of Geithain

On May 17, 1990 the district was renamed the Geithain district . On the occasion of the reunification of the two Germanys, the district Geithain was in October 1990 by the ländereinführungsgesetz the re-established land Saxony awarded. During the first Saxon district reform on August 1, 1994, it was almost completely absorbed in the district of Leipziger Land , two communities (Breitenborn, Langensteinbach) came to the district of Mittweida .

Population development

Geithain district
year 1960 1971 1981 1989
Residents 39,640 38,546 36,641 35,413

economy

In the district, industrial production took a back seat to agricultural production. The fertile farmland was largely tilled with wheat, sugar beets and oil crops. Forage crops and root crops were grown as a feed base for pig and cattle husbandry in the LPGs for animal production. The industry was limited to small and medium-sized enterprises. The VEB Baustoffkombinat, VEB Emaillierwerk and VEB Musikelectronic Geithain brickworks were located in Geithain , a silicate factory for coke oven linings, a mill and slipper factory were located in Bad Lausick, a textile printing factory, a cardboard factory and an upholstery factory were located in Frohburg VEB Kunsttöpferei was important in Kohren-Sahlis.
Other important companies in the district were

  • VEB large laundry facility Geithain
  • VEB Limona Geithain
  • VEB upholstered furniture Frohburg
  • VEB Linen Union plant in Frohburg

Kohren-Sahlis and Frohburg were old pottery towns in Kohrener Land, in the spa facilities of Bad Lausick around 5000 patients were treated annually for cardiovascular diseases. The " Frohburger Dreieck " in the southwest of the city was known as a car and motorcycle race track . The Romanesque Gnandstein Castle from the 13th century was a tourist gem.

traffic

The F 7 from Gera via Geithain to Rochlitz , the F 95 from Leipzig via Frohburg to Karl-Marx-Stadt and the F 176 from Leipzig via Bad Lausick to Döbeln served national road traffic .

The railway lines Neukieritzsch-Frohburg-Karl-Marx-Stadt , Leipzig-Bad Lausick-Geithain , Rochlitz-Narsdorf-Penig and Altenburg-Langenleuba-Oberhain ran through the Geithain district . The Wyhratalbahn transported people and goods from Frohburg to Kohren-Sahlis until 1967 .

Population data of cities and municipalities

Population overview of all 32 municipalities in the district that came to the re-established state of Saxony in 1990.

TGS AGS local community Residents Area (ha)
10/03/1990 December 31, 1990
130601 14027010 Altmörbitz 269 274 362
130602 14027020 Benndorf (Frohburg) 638 637 934
130603 14027030 Breitenborn 325 317 518
130604 14027040 Buchheim 503 495 467
130606 14027060 Dolsenhain 271 272 543
130607 14027070 Ebersbach 459 459 549
130609 14027090 Eschefeld (Frohburg) 563 564 698
130610 14027100 Flößberg 730 720 1,089
130611 14027110 Frankenhain (Frohburg) 631 630 747
130612 14027120 Frauendorf (Frohburg) 396 396 504
130613 14027130 Frohburg, city 4,710 4,660 1,617
130614 14027140 Geithain, city 6,786 6,743 1,739
130615 14027150 Gnandstein 445 443 561
130616 14027160 Greifenhain (Frohburg) 797 798 920
130617 14027170 Hopfgarten (Frohburg) 324 324 327
130618 14027180 Jahnshain 458 454 932
130619 14027190 Kohren-Sahlis, city 1,967 1,947 1,213
130620 14027200 Langenleuba-Oberhain 1,261 1,261 1,654
130621 14027210 Bad Lausick, city 5,748 5,738 1,521
130622 14027220 Narsdorf 1,115 1,117 855
130623 14027230 Nauenhain 372 371 623
130624 14027240 Nenkersdorf (Frohburg) 586 589 742
130625 14027250 Niedergräfenhain 503 501 564
130626 14027260 Niedersteinbach 715 713 999
130627 14027270 Obergräfenhain 506 505 622
130628 14027280 Ossa 431 438 888
130629 14027290 Prießnitz (Frohburg) 1,205 1,206 1,806
130630 14027300 Rathendorf 464 465 706
130631 14027310 Roda (Frohburg) 456 458 658
130633 14027330 Syhra 220 224 435
130634 14027340 Tautenhain (Frohburg) 660 658 767
130636 14027360 Ballendorf 344 336 594
130600 14027000 Country circular Geithain 34,858 34,713 27,153

License Plate

Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs starting with the pair of letters SI from around 1974 until the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was UA 80-00 to UA 99-99 .

At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinctive sign GHA . It was issued until July 31, 1994. It has been available in the Leipzig district since November 9, 2012 due to the license plate liberalization .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b various (Ed.): Diercke Lexicon Germany - German Democratic Republic and Berlin (East), p. 104 . Georg Westermann Verlag GmbH, Braunschweig 1986, ISBN 3-07-508861-7 .
  2. ↑ Law on the further democratization of the structure and functioning of the state organs in the countries in the German Democratic Republic of July 23, 1952. Online at www.verfassungen.de
  3. ↑ 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 .
  4. ↑ Law on the self-administration of municipalities and districts in the GDR (municipal constitution) of May 17, 1990
  5. ^ Statistical yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 .
  6. ↑ Saxony regional register
  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. 302 .
  8. ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 529 .