Greifswald district
| Basic data (as of 1994) | |
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| Existing period: | 1952-1994 |
| District : | Rostock |
| Administrative headquarters : | Greifswald |
| Area : | 587 km² |
| Residents: | 25,400 (1985) |
| Population density: | 43 inhabitants per km² |
| License plate : | AB, AC (1974-1990)
GW (1991-1994) |
| Circle structure: | 33 municipalities, including 1 city |
| Location of the district in the GDR | |
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The Greifswald district was a district in the Rostock district in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). From May 17, 1990, it continued as the district of Greifswald . Today his area belongs to the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . The seat of the district administration was in the Hanseatic city of Greifswald, which is not part of the district .
geography
location
The district was shaped by the north-western Pomeranian plains, which was only interrupted by low terminal moraine lines that formed during the last ice age . In the north, the Greifswald district had parts of the coast on the Greifswalder Bodden (from the southern entrance of the Strelasund to the island of Struck ). The hinterland of the coast was divided by the glacial valleys of Ryck , Ziese and Peene . The highest elevation in the district was Moeckow Berg (between Züssow, Lühmannsdorf and Karlsburg) at 55 m above sea level. NN .
Size and population
The area was 587 km 2 , i.e. about 8.3% of the area of the Rostock district.
The population was around 25,400 in 1985. That was 2.8% of the district's residents. The population density was 43 inhabitants per square kilometer.
Neighboring areas
The Greifswald district in the east of the Rostock district encompassed the Greifswald district with the exception of the lake side on the Danish Wiek (the districts also included the islands of Koos and Riems ). The district bordered the Grimmen and Demmin districts in the west, the Anklam district in the south and the Wolgast district in the east .
history
The district emerged from the district of Greifswald , which was assigned to the newly formed Rostock district on July 25, 1952 after the dissolution of the states. The areas around Wolgast and Lassan on the west bank of the Peene River came to the new Wolgast district , the south-western part around Ziethen and Murchin to the Anklam district in the Neubrandenburg district . On January 1, 1974, the Hanseatic City of Greifswald was spun off and formed a city district . From May 17, 1990, the district was referred to as a district. The district of Greifswald came to the newly founded state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on October 3, 1990, within the accession area to the Federal Republic of Germany . On June 12, 1994, the district was dissolved and since then, until the district reform in 2011, together with the districts of Anklam and Wolgast, which were also dissolved, it formed the district of Ostvorpommern .
Economy and Infrastructure
The sparsely populated Greifswald district was dominated by agriculture. Tourism was also of certain importance, especially in the seaside resort of Lubmin and Loissin . Lubmin was also the location of the largest nuclear power plant in the GDR, the Bruno Leuschner Combine , which was delivered from the Soviet Union and supplied with fuel by it. The radioactive waste was also disposed of by the Soviet Union. Thousands of employees used the railway line built in 1970 from Greifswald to the power station.
Most important, even nationally important roads were highways 96 ( Stralsund - Greifswald - Neubrandenburg ) and 109 ( Anklam -Greifswald). The F 110 ( Gützkow - Wolgast ) was important for the connection to the island of Usedom . The main line Berlin- Stralsund crossed the district. In Züssow the branch line branched off to Wolgast.
cities and communes
On October 3, 1990, the district of Greifswald had 33 municipalities, including one town:
License Plate
Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinguishing signs starting with the letter pairs AB and AC from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was AW 50-01 to AW 99-99 .
At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinguishing mark GW . It was issued until June 11, 1994. It has been available in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district since March 14, 2013 .
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
- ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 301 .
- ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 547 .