District of Giessen

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Coat of arms of the district of Giessen Map of Germany, position of the district of Giessen highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 34 '  N , 8 ° 43'  E

Basic data
Existing period: 1832–
State : Hesse
Administrative region : to water
Administrative headquarters : to water
Area : 854.67 km 2
Residents: 270,688 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 317 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : GI
Circle key : 06 5 31
NUTS : DE721
Circle structure: 18 parishes
Address of the
district administration: 		Riversplatz 1–9
35394 Giessen
Website : www.lkgi.de
District Administrator : Anita Schneider ( SPD )
Location of the district of Giessen in Hesse
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The district of Gießen is located in the central Hessian administrative district of Gießen .

geography

location

The district of Giessen extends in its main towns from the Giessen basin to the northern Wetterau in the south. In contrast, the Vordere Vogelsberg occupies the largest share in terms of area in the eastern half, while parts of the Vogelsberg lie in the far east . To the northwest of the Giessen basin, parts of the Gladenbacher Bergland in the form of the Krofdorf-Königsberger Forest with the Dünsberg, which can be seen from afar, extend into the district area. To the southwest, parts of the district extend into the eastern Hintertaunus .

The Lahn enters the district in the north near Odenhausen , then flows south through the city of Gießen. Here she turns to the west, only to leave the district just a few kilometers to the west.

Neighboring areas

The district borders in a clockwise direction in the north, starting with the districts of Marburg-Biedenkopf , Vogelsbergkreis , Wetteraukreis and Lahn-Dill-Kreis .

Former district office on the east complex

history

Before 1800, today's district was divided into numerous domains, of which the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt and various Solms counties had the largest share. Smaller parts belonged to the Duchy of Nassau . With mediatization in 1806, the Solms areas came to the newly founded Grand Duchy of Hesse , and the Nassau areas to the Prussian district of Wetzlar in 1815 through the Congress of Vienna . In 1821 the district of Gießen was established within the province of Upper Hesse .

By ordinance of August 20, 1832, the district of Gießen was formed from a part of the district administrative district , initially consisting of the city of Gießen and the places Allendorf an der Lahn , Bieber , Fellingshausen , Frankenbach , Großen-Linden , Hermannstein , Heuchelheim , Kleinlinden , Königsberg , Krumbach , Naunheim , Rodheim an der Bieber , Waldgirmes and Wieseck existed. On July 1, 1837, 25 parishes moved from the Grünberg district to the Gießen district.

With the law on the reorganization of the administration of July 31, 1848, all districts and districts in the Grand Duchy of Hesse were abolished and replaced by a total of ten (eleven from 1850) government districts. The administrative districts were abolished again in 1852; At the same time, a district of Gießen was formed again, now consisting of the city of Gießen, the district court districts of Gießen and Lich and the places Grüningen , Dorf-Güll and Holzheim from the district court district of Hungen .

After the German War , in the peace treaty of September 3, 1866 between Prussia and the Grand Duchy of Hesse, it was agreed that the communities of Bieber, Fellingshausen, Frankenbach, Hermannstein, Königsberg, Krumbach, Naunheim, Rodheim an der Bieber and Waldgirmes of the Gießen district would fall to Prussia. In return, the municipality of Treis an der Lumda moved from the former Hessian and now Prussian district of Marburg to the district of Gießen.

On July 1, 1874, the district of Gießen was enlarged by large parts of the two dissolved districts of Grünberg and Nidda .

When the Schotten district was dissolved on November 1, 1938, the communities of Freienseen , Gonterskirchen , Klein-Eichen , Lardenbach , Laubach , Ruppertsburg and Wetterfeld were added to the Gießen district. At the same time, the city of Gießen left the district and became a district-free . On April 1, 1939, the communities of Kleinlinden and Wieseck left the Gießen district and were incorporated into the city of Gießen.

As part of the Hessian regional reform , numerous communities in the district of Gießen were merged from 1970 onwards. In addition, the outer borders of the district were changed several times:

With effect from January 1st, 1977 the district of Gießen was dissolved:

  • Most of the district was combined with the Dillkreis (seat in Dillenburg ) and a large part of the Wetzlar district to form the new Lahn-Dill district with its seat in the independent city of Lahn .
  • The municipality of Heuchelheim became part of the new city of Lahn together with the independent city of Gießen, the city of Wetzlar and other municipalities of the dissolved Wetzlar district.

Due to violent protests from the population, the regional reform in 1979 was partially reversed. With effect from August 1, 1979, the city of Lahn was dissolved again and the Lahn-Dill area was reorganized. A new, larger district of Gießen was formed, consisting of the entire old district of Gießen, the city of Gießen and a number of places that had belonged to the district of Wetzlar until 1977. These were

The Lahn-Dill district was reduced in size and the city of Wetzlar, which was also re-established, became its district town. Since then, the district of Gießen has comprised a total of 18 cities and municipalities. The now district city of Gießen received the rank of a special status city .

In 2009, the district office moved from downtown Giessen (east facility 33-45) to the outskirts. Rented buildings of the former forest barracks and later river barracks of the US Army in the so-called automobile mile on Licher Straße now serve to accommodate the majority of the district administration.

Population development

year Residents source
1852 45,369
1900 81,916
1910 94.026
1925 99,408
1933 69,708
1939 69.114
1950 104,832
1960 101,200
1969 116,000
1980 231,511
1990 240.136
2000 253,587
2010 255,546
2015 260.406
2019 269.167

politics

District council

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Diagram showing the election results and the distribution of seats
Election of the Giessen District Assembly in 2016
 %
30th
20th
10
0
28.5
24.2
14.4
10.8
10.7
5.1
4.6
1.7
n. k.
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2011
 % p
 16
 14th
 12
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
-5.0
-5.0
+14.4
-5.9
-0.4
+1.6
+2.1
-0.3
-1.5
Otherwise.
Distribution of seats in the district assembly 2016
        
A total of 81 seats
Nominations %
2016 		Seats
2016 		%
2011 		Seats
2011 		%
2006 		Seats
2006 		%
2001 		Seats
2001
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 28.5 23 33.5 27 35.6 29 38.5 31
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 24.4 19th 29.2 24 34.6 28 35.2 28
AfD Alternative for Germany 14.4 12 - - - - - -
GREEN Alliance 90 / The Greens 10.8 9 16.7 13 9.0 7th 8.5 7th
FW Free voters Hessen 10.7 9 11.1 9 11.7 10 9.7 8th
FDP Free Democratic Party 5.1 4th 3.5 3 5.3 4th 4.9 4th
THE LEFT. THE LEFT. 4.6 4th 2.5 2 3.8 3 - -
PIRATES Pirate Party Germany 1.7 1 2.0 2 - - - -
Left alliance Left alliance pouring - - 0.9 1 - - - -
REP The Republicans - - - - - - 3.2 3
total 100.0 81 100.0 81 100.0 81 100.0 81
Voter turnout in% 49.9 48.0 44.8 44.8

A majority coalition consisting of the SPD, the Greens and the FW has ruled since the district elections in 2011, replacing the bourgeois coalition that had previously ruled.

District council chairman is Karl-Heinz Funck (SPD)

District administrators

Anita Schneider (SPD) is the district administrator of the Gießen district . Her predecessor, Willi Marx (SPD), had held the office since 1997. The full-time first councilor has been Christiane Schmahl (Greens) since June 2015. The full-time district councilor has been Hans-Peter Stock (Free Voters) since January 2017.

In the direct election on June 7, 2009, Siegfried Fricke (CDU), then a full-time district member, ran as a district administrator candidate against Anita Schneider (SPD), who won the election in the first ballot: 44,002 of the 80,232 valid votes were cast off 44,002 (54.8 %) on Schneider and 36,230 (45.2%) on Fricke. The turnout was just under 42 percent. Anita Schneider took up office on January 21, 2010.

In the direct election on June 14, 2015, the district administrator was confirmed in office with 62.1% in the first ballot.

Since it was founded in 1821 (from 1977 to 1979 as the large Lahn-Dill district), the following people have been district administrators, district councilors or district directors:

Coat of arms, flag and banner

  • Hoist flag

  • Banner flag

Coat of arms of the district of Giessen
 Blazon : "Shield divided, above a red triangle bar in silver, below a silver Antonite cross in blue."

In May 1952 the Landkreis Gießen was approved by the Hessian Minister of the Interior to use a coat of arms and a flag with a coat of arms. The approval was repeated in January 1980, with reference to the coat of arms and flag, which were carried by the former district of Giessen until January 1, 1977.

Justification of the coat of arms: The triangle stands for the half-timbered houses typical of the Gießen district. However, it also symbolizes the interplay between the district and emerging communities on the basis of local self-government. In Grünberg there was an Antonite monastery , with the income from which the University of Giessen, founded in 1607, was endowed. Therefore, the district of Gießen has the Antonius Cross in its coat of arms.

Flag description : "The coat of arms of the district of Giessen on the white central panel of the red-white-red flag cloth."

The district of Gießen has had a logo since 2013. The strengths of the region should be graphically represented here. The high recreational value is underlined with buildings from the Middle Ages and the wooded Hessian low mountain range with its rivers. Furthermore, the graphic elements are supplemented by the words Hessens Mitte - knowledge, economy and culture .

Sponsorship

In 1962 the sponsorship for the expelled Sudeten Germans from the district of Bärn was taken over.

Economy and Transport

In the Future Atlas 2016 , the district of Gießen was ranked 172nd out of 402 districts, municipal associations and independent cities in Germany, making it one of the regions with a “balanced risk-opportunity mix” for the future. In the 2019 edition, it improved to 110th place out of 401.

traffic

The federal motorways 5 ( Frankfurt - Kassel ), 480 ( Reiskirchener Dreieck - Wetzlar; not yet passable) and the 485 (Gießen - Langgöns ) run through the district . The A 45 Hanau –Gießen– Dortmund crosses the district in the south-west. Several federal and district roads open up the district area, including the B 3 (Gießen- Marburg ), the B 49 , B 429 and the B 457 .

The district of Gießen is connected by rail to the main axis of the Main-Weser Railway from Frankfurt to Kassel, which crosses the district in a north-south direction . The IC stops in Giessen every two hours . A total of four other routes branching off the district area branch off here. The Vogelsbergbahn runs eastwards from Gießen via Buseck , Reiskirchen , Grünberg to Fulda . The Lahn-Kinzig-Bahn branches off from Giessen to the southeast via Pohlheim , Lich and Hungen to Gelnhausen . Regional express trains run to the northwest via Wetzlar , Herborn , Dillenburg in the direction of Siegen . On the same route to Wetzlar, other regional trains run through the lower Lahn valley via Weilburg , Limburg an der Lahn to Koblenz . The transport services are provided by various transport companies that operate on behalf of the Rhein-Main transport association .

Current freight tariff points for the railways are: Buseck (wood and gas); Giessen / Europaviertel (mineral oil products); Gießen / Gbf. / And private siding (trunk wood) as well as Staufenberg-Mainzlar on the Lumdatalbahn (bulk goods). The private connection in Lollar station via platform 13 will be maintained, but not served.

Communities

Residents on December 31, 2019

Cities

Niederdorfelden Biebertal Wettenberg Lollar Staufenberg (Hessen) Allendorf (Lumda) Rabenau (Hessen) Heuchelheim an der Lahn Gießen Buseck Grünberg (Hessen) Fernwald Linden (Hessen) Langgöns Pohlheim Reiskirchen Lich Hungen Laubach Wetteraukreis Vogelsbergkreis Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf Lahn-Dill-KreisMunicipalities in the district
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  1. Allendorf (Lumda) (4067)
  2. Giessen , university town , town with special status and district town (89,802)
  3. Grunberg (13,612)
  4. Hungen (12,596)
  5. Laubach (9598)
  6. Lich (13,795)
  7. Linden [seat: loan yesterday] (13.091)
  8. Lollar (10,309)
  9. Pohlheim [seat: Watzenborn-Steinberg] (18,138)
  10. Staufenberg (8471)

Other communities

  1. Biebertal [seat: Rodheim-Bieber] (10.048)
  2. Buseck [seat: Großen-Buseck] (12.879)
  3. Fernwald [seat: Steinbach] (6911)
  4. Heuchelheim ad Lahn (7819)
  5. Langgöns [registered office: Lang-Göns] (11,690)
  6. Rabenau [seat: Londorf] (5036)
  7. Reiskirchen (10,248)
  8. Wettenberg [seat: Krofdorf-Gleiberg ] (12,578)

Former parishes

The following list contains all former municipalities in the district of Gießen since 1867 and the dates of their incorporations:

local community incorporated
after 		Date of
incorporation
Albach Fernwald December 31, 1971
Allendorf on the Lahn to water 1st October 1971
Allertshausen Rabenau December 31, 1971
Alten-Buseck Buseck January 1, 1977
Annerod Fernwald December 31, 1971
Arnsburg Lich January 1, 1977
Bellersheim Hunger January 1, 1977
Beltershain Grünberg December 31, 1970
Bersrod Reiskirchen January 1, 1977
Bettenhausen Lich December 31, 1971
Beuern Buseck January 1, 1977
Birklar Lich December 31, 1970
Brownstone 1 Allendorf (Lumda) January 1, 1977
Burkhardsfelden Reiskirchen April 1, 1972
Climbach Allendorf (Lumda) December 31, 1971
Bring it up Staufenberg July 1, 1974
Village manure Pohlheim December 31, 1970
Eberstadt Lich 1st February 1971
Ettingshausen Reiskirchen January 1, 1977
Open lakes Laubach April 1, 1972
Sheaf pond Pohlheim December 31, 1970
Geilshausen Rabenau December 31, 1971
Goebelnrod Grünberg December 31, 1970
Gonterskirchen Laubach December 31, 1970
Grossen-Buseck Buseck January 1, 1977
Great Linden Linden trees January 1, 1977
Grüningen Pohlheim December 31, 1970
Harbach Grünberg 1st February 1971
Hattenrod Reiskirchen December 31, 1970
Hausen Pohlheim December 31, 1970
Holzheim Pohlheim December 31, 1970
Pagans Hunger January 1, 1977
Kesselbach Rabenau 1st October 1970
Small oaks Grünberg December 31, 1970
Kleinlinden to water April 1, 1939
Langd Hunger December 31, 1970
Langsdorf Lich January 1, 1977
Lardenbach Grünberg 1st February 1971
volume up Laubach December 31, 1970
Loan yesterday Linden trees January 1, 1977
Lindenstruth Reiskirchen January 1, 1977
Londorf Rabenau 1st October 1970
Lumda Grünberg December 31, 1970
Mainzlar Staufenberg July 1, 1974
Muenster Laubach December 31, 1970
Muschenheim Lich December 31, 1970
Nieder-Bessingen Lich December 31, 1970
Nonnenroth Hunger December 31, 1971
Obbornhofen Hunger January 1, 1977
Ober-Bessingen Lich December 31, 1970
Upper listeners Munzenberg December 31, 1971
Odenhausen Rabenau December 31, 1971
Oppenrod Grossen-Buseck 1st October 1971
Queckborn Grünberg December 31, 1970
Rabertshausen Hunger December 31, 1970
Reinhardshain Grünberg April 1, 1972
Rödgen to water 1st October 1971
Rodheim ad Horloff Hunger December 31, 1971
Röthges Laubach December 31, 1970
Ruddingshausen Rabenau December 31, 1971
Ruppertsburg Laubach December 31, 1970
Ruttershausen Lollar December 31, 1971
Saasen Reiskirchen December 31, 1970
Rod rod Grünberg December 31, 1970
Steinbach Fernwald December 31, 1971
Steinheim Hunger December 31, 1970
Stockhausen Grünberg December 31, 1970
Trais-Horloff Hunger December 31, 1970
Treis on the Lumda Staufenberg July 1, 1974
Trohe Grossen-Buseck 1st October 1971
Utphe Hunger December 31, 1970
Villingen Hunger January 1, 1977
Watzenborn-Steinberg Pohlheim December 31, 1970
Weickartshain Grünberg December 31, 1970
Weitershain Grünberg December 31, 1970
Weather field Laubach December 31, 1970
Wieseck to water April 1, 1939
Winnerod Reiskirchen December 31, 1970
1 Since July 1st 1974 in the district of Giessen

License Plate

On January 15, 1980, the district was assigned the GI , which had been valid since July 1, 1956 for the former district of Gießen . While the current district area belonged to what was then the Lahn-Dill district, the license plate L was used (cf. Lahn (city) # vehicle license plate since 1990 ).

Web links

Commons : Landkreis Gießen  - Collection of pictures and videos

References and comments

  1. ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
  2. ↑ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette 1832: Formation of the district of Gießen
  3. ↑ Ulrich Reuling : Administrative division 1821-1955. (PDF) In: Historical Atlas of Hesse. Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS), p. 173 , accessed on March 19, 2016 .
  4. ^ Ordinance on the division of the Grand Duchy into circles of May 12, 1852 . In: Grand Ducal Hessian Ministry of the Interior (ed.): Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette 1852 No. 30 . S. 224–229 ( online at the Bavarian State Library digital [PDF]).
  5. ^ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette . No. 28 . Darmstadt June 12, 1874, p. 247 ( digitized version ).
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Gießen district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  7. ↑ Law on the restructuring of the Dill district, the districts of Gießen and Wetzlar and the city of Gießen (GVBl. II 330–28) of May 13, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 17 , p. 237 ff ., § 29 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
  8. ↑ a b c 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 .
  9. ↑ District address now officially "Riversplatz 1–9". In: Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung. July 21, 2009.
  10. ↑ Philipp Alexander Ferdinand Walther: The Grand Duchy of Hesse according to history, country, people, state and locality . Darmstadt 1854, p. 375 ( digitized version [accessed June 6, 2015]).
  11. ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office
  12. ↑ Population in the administrative districts on September 30, 2010 and population processes in the 3rd quarter of 2010. Hessian State Statistical Office, archived from the original on May 10, 2011 ; accessed on May 31, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Population in the administrative districts on June 30, 2015 and change in population in the 2nd quarter of 2015. Hessian State Statistical Office, archived from the original on March 24, 2016 ; accessed on May 31, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office https://statistik.hessen.de/sites/statistik.hessen.de/files/Statistischer_Bericht_Bevoelkerung_Bevoelkerungsvorgaenge_Gemeinden_30062019_17102019.xlsx
  15. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Results of the district elections of 2016 and 2011
  16. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Results of the district elections of 2011 and 2006
  17. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Results of the district elections of 2006 and 2001
  18. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Results of the district elections of 2001 and 1997
  19. ↑ WE kiss the authorities awake! won no seat in 2011, but won 0.6% of the vote.
  20. ↑ The fact remains: Anita Schneider becomes district administrator . In: Gießener Allgemeine. June 12, 2009.
  21. ^ District elections in the district of Giessen. Hessian State Statistical Office , accessed in April 2019 .
  22. ↑ Landkreis Gießen: Landräte 1821–1945 ( Memento from February 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 5 MB) and ancestral gallery of the Landräte from 1945  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ), accessed on December 19, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.lkgi.de
  23. ↑ Authorization to carry a coat of arms and a flag to the district of Gießen, administrative district of Darmstadt from May 8, 1952 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1952 No. 21 , p. 376 , item 517 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.2 MB ]).
  24. ^ Approval of a coat of arms and a flag for the district of Giessen from January 14, 1980 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1980 No. 5 , p. 212 , point 135 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 7.2 MB ]).
  25. ↑ Zukunftsatlas 2016. Archived from the original ; accessed on March 23, 2018 .
  26. ↑ PROGNOS future atlas. Handelsblatt, accessed on December 10, 2019 .
  27. ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
  28. ^ Gießen district. Historical local dictionary. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  29. ↑ Municipal directory 1900: Gießen district