Halberstadt district

This article deals with the Halberstadt district in the Magdeburg district (1952–1990). For the Prussian district of Halberstadt (1825–1932) and for the district of Halberstadt in the state of Saxony-Anhalt (1990–2007) see district Halberstadt .

Basic data
District of the GDR	Magdeburg
County seat	Halberstadt
surface	665 km² (1989)
Residents	88,604 (1989)
Population density	133 inhabitants / km² (1989)
License Plate	H and M (1953–1990) HD, HE and MD (1974–1990)
The Halberstadt district in the Magdeburg district

The Halberstadt district was a district in the Magdeburg district of the GDR . From 1990 it existed as the district of Halberstadt in the state of Saxony-Anhalt . His area is now in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt. The seat of the district administration was in Halberstadt .

geography

The district was on the inner-German border in the northern Harz foreland. In the north the circle was bounded by the Great Break . The Huy ridge ran through the center of the circle . The district bordered clockwise to the north, beginning with the (rural) districts of Wolfenbüttel , Helmstedt , Oschersleben , Aschersleben , Quedlinburg , Wernigerode , Goslar , Wolfenbüttel and Helmstedt .

history

On July 25, 1952, there was an extensive administrative reform in the GDR , during which, among other things, the states of the GDR lost their importance and new districts were established. The new Halberstadt district was formed from the previously independent city of Halberstadt and parts of the districts of Oschersleben and Wernigerode . The district was assigned to the newly formed Magdeburg district .

On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Halberstadt district. On the occasion of the reunification of the two German states, the district was awarded to the re-established state of Saxony-Anhalt in 1990. During the district reform , which came into force on July 1, 2007, it went into what is now the Harz district.

Population development

Halberstadt district
year	1960	1971	1981	1989
Residents	105,636	98,973	91,918	88,604

cities and communes

In 1957 the following cities and communities belonged to the Halberstadt district:

Aderstedt Anderbeck Aspenstedt Athenstedt Badersleben Berßel stage Danstedt Dardesheim , city Dedeleben Deersheim

Deesdorf Dingelstedt Dreirode Eilenstedt Eilsdorf Great Quenstedt Halberstadt , city Harsleben Hesse Huy-Neinstedt Klein Quenstedt

Langenstein Lüttgenrode Mahndorf Nienhagen Osterode Osterwieck , city Pabstorf Rhodes Rodersdorf Rohrsheim Sargstedt

Watch Schlanstedt Schwanebeck , city Stötterlingen Ströbeck Veltheim Vogelsdorf Way life , city Westerburg Zilly

economy

Important establishments were

• VEB propeller shaft plant Halberstadt
• VEB Maschinenbau Halberstadt
• VEB Housing Combine Halberstadt
• VEB Halberstädter meat products
• VEB seating plant Halberstadt
• VEB Harz Brewery Halberstadt
• VEB Kleinmöbelbau Wegeleben
• VEB cement works Schwanebeck

traffic

For national road traffic, the district area was opened up by the F 79 towards Quedlinburg , the F 81 from Magdeburg via Halberstadt to Nordhausen , the F 244 from Dedeleben via Dardesheim to Wernigerode and the F 245 from Halberstadt to Haldensleben .

The railway traffic served the lines Halle – Halberstadt , Magdeburg – Halberstadt – Thale , Halberstadt – Blankenburg , Halberstadt – Wernigerode and Halberstadt – Dedeleben .

License Plate

Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs starting with the letter pairs HD , HE and MD from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was HX 75-01 to HX 99-99 .

In early 1991, the district received the distinctive sign HBS .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistical Yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 . 
2. ↑ 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 .
3. ↑ Law on the self-administration of municipalities and districts in the GDR (municipal constitution) of May 17, 1990
4. ↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 2007
5. ↑ Law on the further democratization of the structure and functioning of the state organs in the state of Saxony-Anhalt of July 25, 1952
6. ↑ 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 f .
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. 534 .