Grimmen district
| Basic data (as of 1994) | |
|---|---|
| Existing period: | 1952-1994 |
| District : | Rostock |
| Administrative headquarters : | Grim |
| Area : | 632 km² |
| Residents: | 34,300 (1985) |
| Population density: | 54 inhabitants per km² |
| License plate : | AE (1974–1990)
GMN (1991-1994) |
| Circle structure: | 26 municipalities, including 1 city |
| Location of the district in the GDR | |
  |
|
The Grimmen district was a district in the Rostock district in the GDR . From May 17, 1990, it continued as the district of Grimmen . Today his area belongs to the district of Vorpommern-Rügen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The seat of the district administration was in Grimmen .
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 northeast, the district of Grimmen had an approx. 15 km long part of the Strelasund , over which the Glewitz ferry ran to the island of Rügen . The hinterland of the coast extended over the lowlands of the Ryckgraben to the lower Trebel on the historical border with Mecklenburg. The highest point in the district was a hill south of Kandelin at 37 m above sea level. NN .
Size and population
The area of the district was 632 km². That was 8.9% of the area of the Rostock district.
In 1985 the district had about 34,300 inhabitants. That was 3.8% of the district's residents. The population density was 54 inhabitants per km².
Neighboring areas
The Grimmen district bordered the Stralsund district in the north, the Stralsund district in the northwest and west, the Ribnitz-Damgarten , Teterow and Malchin districts in the southwest, the Demmin district in the south and the Greifswald district in the east .
history
The Vorpommersche Kreis emerged almost unchanged from the district of Grimmen on July 25, 1952 (Tribsees and Siemersdorf came to the district of Stralsund, Görmin to the district of Demmin) and after the dissolution of the states belonged to the newly formed district of Rostock. 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 (again referred to as the district since May 17, 1990) was dissolved and since then, together with the districts Ribnitz-Damgarten and Stralsund, until the district reform in 2011, it formed the district of North Western Pomerania .
Economy and Infrastructure
Agriculture dominated the Grimmen district. The main crops were potatoes and rye. The keeping of cattle in the vast floodplains was also important. Food companies existed in the district town of Grimmen, in Elmenhorst, Rakow and Reinberg-Stahlbrode. There were mechanical engineering companies in Grimmen and wood was processed in Weitenhagen. A specialty in the area of the GDR was the oil production in Miltzow-Reinkenhagen (since 1961) and Kirchdorf. The oil yield was not very high, but it was used in the raw material-poor GDR and transported to the Schwedt oil processing plant in tank cars .
The most important, also supraregional significant traffic routes were the trunk roads 194 ( Stralsund - Demmin ) and the F 96a (Stralsund- Greifswald ) and the railway lines running parallel to the roads. The F 96a ran right next to the old F 96, which partly consisted of cobblestones and narrow local passages. The new building was necessary to handle the summer holiday traffic to the island of Rügen.
cities and communes
On October 3, 1990, the district of Grimmen had 26 communities, including one town:
License Plate
Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinguishing signs starting with the pair of letters AE from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was AU 50-01 to AU 99-99 .
At the beginning of 1991 the district received the GMN distinction . It was issued until June 11, 1994. It has been available in the Vorpommern-Rügen district since March 15, 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 .