District of Havelberg

This article deals with the Havelberg district in the Magdeburg district of the GDR (1952–1990) and the Havelberg district in Saxony-Anhalt (1990–1994). For the historical district of the Mark Brandenburg (until 1816), also occasionally referred to as the district of Havelberg, see Havelbergischer Kreis .

Basic data
District of the GDR	Magdeburg
County seat	Havelberg
surface	522 km² (1989)
Residents	21,604 (1989)
Population density	41 inhabitants / km² (1989)
License Plate	H and M (1953–1990) HG and MG (1974–1990) HV (1991–1994)
The district of Havelberg in the district of Magdeburg

The district of Havelberg was a district in the Magdeburg district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1994 it existed as the district of Havelberg in the state of Saxony-Anhalt . Today his area belongs to the district of Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt. The seat of the district administration was in Havelberg .

Political organization of the district of Havelberg when it was formed in 1952

geography

Neighboring areas

The Havelberg district bordered clockwise to the north, beginning with the Perleberg , Kyritz , Rathenow , Genthin , Stendal and Osterburg districts and, until 1965, with the Seehausen district .

history

In the course of the administrative reform of 1952 , the district of Havelberg was formed on July 25, 1952 and belonged to the Magdeburg district . The district was a new administrative unit made up of parts of the former district of Jerichow II (Saxony-Anhalt) and the city of Havelberg as well as five surrounding communities that formerly belonged to the district of Westprignitz ( Brandenburg ). On May 17, 1990 the district was renamed the Havelberg district. With the district reform in Saxony-Anhalt, which came into force on July 1, 1994, the district of Havelberg became part of the greater Stendal district .

Communities

Municipal political status when the district was formed in 1952:

Cities and municipalities from the former Westprignitz district (Land Brandenburg):

Havelberg Everyoneitz Kümmernitz , from 1974 Vehlgast-Kümmernitz

Nitzow Toppel , from 1957 district of Havelberg Vehlgast , from 1974 Vehlgast-Kümmernitz

Cities and municipalities from the former district of Jerichow II (State of Saxony-Anhalt):

Bohne Fischbeck Großwudicke Hohengöhren Cameras Klietz

Kuhlhausen Mangelsdorf Sandau Schollene Schönfeld Schönhausen

Sydow , from 1974 district of Wust Vieritz Warnau Junk Zollchow

In 1957 the communities Böhne, Großwudicke, Vieritz and Zollchow were given to the Rathenow district in the Potsdam district .

In addition, in 1957 some once independent municipalities that had become districts in 1950 were reintroduced:

• Molkenberg (municipality of Schollene)
• Neuermark-Lübars (municipality of Klietz)
• Scharlibbe (municipality of Klietz)
• Wulkau (City of Sandau)

In 1974 the municipalities of Molkenberg (after Schollene) and Scharlibbe (after Klietz) were dissolved again.

License Plate

Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinguishing signs starting with the letter pairs HG and MG from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was HW 75-01 to HW 85-00 .

At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinguishing mark HV . It was issued until June 30, 1994. It has been available in the Stendal district since November 27, 2012 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Statistical yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 . 
2. ↑ ^{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 .
3. ↑ Law on the self-administration of municipalities and districts in the GDR (municipal constitution) of May 17, 1990
4. ↑ 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 .
5. ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 533 .