District of Hettstedt
| Basic data | |
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| District of the GDR | Hall |
| County seat | Hettstedt |
| surface | 465 km² (1989) |
| Residents | 54,930 (1989) |
| Population density | 118 inhabitants / km² (1989) |
| License Plate | K and V (1953–1990) KL and VL (1974–1990) HET (1991–1994) |
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| The district of Hettstedt in the Halle district (clickable map) |
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The district of Hettstedt was a district in the Halle district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1994 it existed as the district of Hettstedt in the state of Saxony-Anhalt . Today, the district is largely part of the Mansfeld-Südharz district in Saxony-Anhalt. The seat of the district administration was in Hettstedt .
geography
The district of Hettstedt was in the eastern Harz foreland and was traversed by the Wipper . It bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Aschersleben , Bernburg , Saalkreis , Eisleben , Sangerhausen and Quedlinburg .
history
On July 25, 1952, a comprehensive district reform took place in the GDR , in which, among other things, the states lost their importance and new districts were formed. The new district of Hettstedt was formed from parts of the former districts of Bernburg , Eisleben and Sangerhausen , which was assigned to the newly formed district of Halle .
On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Hettstedt 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 October 1990 . During the first district reform in Saxony-Anhalt on July 1, 1994, it became part of the Aschersleben-Staßfurt and Mansfelder Land districts (main part and legal successor).
Population development
| District of Hettstedt | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | 1960 | 1971 | 1981 | 1989 | ||||
| Residents | 62,956 | 61,156 | 57,239 | 54,930 | ||||
cities and communes
After the administrative reform of 1952, the following towns and communities belonged to the district of Hettstedt:
economy
The economy of the district was dominated by copper mining and copper processing by the VEB Mansfeld Kombinat Wilhelm Pieck . One of the largest combine operations was the VEB Walzwerk Hettstedt.
traffic
The F 86 from Hettstedt in the direction of Sangerhausen , the F 180 from Magdeburg via Hettstedt to Naumburg and the F 242 from Mansfeld in the direction of Harz served national road traffic . The district was opened up by the railway lines Güsten – Hettstedt – Sangerhausen , Hettstedt – Heiligenthal and Klostermansfeld – Wippra .
License Plate
Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs starting with the letter pairs KL and VL from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was VO 00-01 to VO 50-00 .
At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinguishing mark HET . It was issued until June 30, 1994. It has been available in the Mansfeld-Südharz district since November 27, 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Statistical Yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 .
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Law on the further democratization of the structure and functioning of the state organs in the state of Saxony-Anhalt of July 25, 1952
- ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 302 f .
- ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 520 .