Grevesmühlen district
| Basic data (as of 1994) | |
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| Existing period: | 1952-1994 |
| District : | Rostock |
| Administrative headquarters : | Grevesmühlen |
| Area : | 667 km² |
| Residents: | 41,900 (1985) |
| Population density: | 63 inhabitants per km² |
| License plate : | AD (1974–1990)
GVM (1991-1994) |
| Circle structure: | 35 municipalities, including 4 cities |
| Location of the district in the GDR | |
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The Grevesmühlen district was a district in the Rostock district in the GDR from 1952 to 1994 . From May 17, 1990, it continued as the district of Grevesmühlen . Today his area belongs to the district of Northwest Mecklenburg in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The seat of the district administration was in Grevesmühlen .
geography
location
The Grevesmühlen district was the westernmost in the district and the northwesternmost district in the GDR.
Like in Ostholstein to the west, the fertile ground moraine landscape of the district is a legacy of the last Ice Age. Glacier advances created terminal moraine hills that are 113 m above sea level in the Heidberg . NN and in the Hohen Schönberg 92 m above sea level. Reach NN. The district's Baltic coast stretched from the inner-German border on the Priwall peninsula over the steep banks between Groß Schwansee and Großklützhöved to the flat Boltenhagen bay and the Wohlenberger Wiek , the western part of Wismar bay . Between the coast and the Stepenitztal lies the Klützer Winkel , a fertile arable area with heavy clay soils.
Area and population
The area of the district was 667 km². That corresponded to 9.4% of the area of the Rostock district.
The number of inhabitants was around 41,900 in 1985. That was 4.7% of the residents of the district. The population density was 63 inhabitants per km².
Neighboring areas
The Grevesmühlen district bordered in the west on the independent city of Lübeck and the district of Duchy of Lauenburg (both in Schleswig-Holstein ), in the south on the district of Gadebusch , in the southeast on the district of Schwerin-Land and in the east on the district of Wismar .
history
The Grevesmühlen district was formed on July 25, 1952 in the newly formed Rostock district from the Grevesmühlen district in Mecklenburg , which ceded smaller areas in the south and east to the Gadebusch and Wismar districts . The district 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 (referred to as the district since May 17, 1990) was dissolved and formed together with the districts of Wismar and Gadebusch, which were also dissolved, and parts of the former districts of Schwerin-Land and Sternberg, the district of Northwest Mecklenburg, which still exists today .
Economy and Infrastructure
The district was a decidedly agricultural area. In Grevesmühlen there were companies that manufactured textiles and deck machines for shipbuilding, in Klütz , Schönberg , Dassow and Grevesmühlen there were food processing companies based on intensive agriculture (dairy farming and wheat cultivation). On the coast - especially in Boltenhagen - tourism was of great importance (especially FDGB vacationers in the summer months). The Schönberg landfill was known nationwide , and it was here that waste and hazardous waste from nearby Federal Republic were collected.
The remoteness of the circle Grevesmühlen brought not only restrictions for tourists but also for residents in the border areas only with special laissez-passer in the boundary restricted area could stop them. The 20-kilometer stretch of coast between Priwall and Boltenhagen was closed, as was Pötenitz, Selmsdorf, Lüdersdorf and the city of Dassow - the banks of the Dassower See were surrounded by a high wall. Places too close to the barriers were razed; this fate befell the Lüdersdorfer districts of Lenschow and Wahlstorf as well as the infirmary in front of Dassow .
The district was opened up by three long-distance roads: the F 104 (Schwerin-Lübeck), the F 105 (Wismar-Grevesmühlen-Selmsdorf) and the F 208 (Rehna-Herrnburg), which today follows its old route as the B 208. The Wismar-Lübeck railway line crossed the district in an east-west direction, and a branch line branched off from Grevesmühlen to Klütz (now a museum railway).
There were two border crossings in the district:
- Road border crossing Selmsdorf - Lübeck-Schlutup
- Railway border crossing in Herrnburg - Lübeck-Moisling
cities and communes
On October 3, 1990, the district of Grevesmühlen had 35 municipalities, four of which were cities:
License Plate
Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs starting with the pair of letters AD from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was AU 00-01 to AU 50-00 .
At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinguishing mark GVM . It was issued until June 11, 1994. It has been available in the Northwest Mecklenburg district since April 2, 2013 . ( 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
- ↑ 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 .