District of Hoyerswerda

This article deals with the district of Hoyerswerda in the Cottbus district of the GDR (1952–1990) and the district of Hoyerswerda in the Free State of Saxony (1990–1995). For the former Prussian district of Hoyerswerda (1825–1952) see district of Hoyerswerda .

Basic data
District :	cottbus
Administrative headquarters :	Hoyerswerda
Area :	668 km²
Residents:	109,847 (Dec 31, 1989)
Population density:	164 inhabitants per km²
License plate :	Z (1953–1990) ZJ, ZK, ZT (1974–1990) HY (1991–1996)
Basic territorial key :	0608
Circle structure:	43 municipalities, including four cities
Location of the district in the GDR

The district of Hoyerswerda , in Sorbian Wokrjes Wojerecy , was a district in the Cottbus district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1995 it existed as the district of Hoyerswerda in the Free State of Saxony . Today, its area is largely in the Bautzen district in Saxony. The seat of the district administration was in Hoyerswerda .

geography

location

The district of Hoyerswerda in Upper Lusatia was about halfway between Cottbus and Dresden and was traversed by the Spree and the Black Elster .

Neighboring areas

The district of Hoyerswerda bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Spremberg , Weißwasser , Niesky , Bautzen , Kamenz and Senftenberg .

history

A district of Hoyerswerda had existed in the Prussian province of Silesia since 1825 . After the end of the Second World War , this district fell into the Soviet occupation zone and was incorporated into the state of Saxony. On July 25, 1952, there was a comprehensive district reform in the GDR , in which, among other things, the states were dissolved and replaced by districts . The western part of the district of Hoyerswerda became part of the new district of Senftenberg . From the remaining part of the district, the district of Hoyerswerda was formed, which was assigned to the newly formed district of Cottbus . The district seat was in the city of Hoyerswerda . The district was part of the Sorbian settlement area.

In particular, the expansion of the lignite industry resulted in an unusually strong population growth compared to other districts of the GDR since the mid-1950s. In 1965, the community was Lauta the city charter , Bernsdorf was awarded it three years later.

On May 17, 1990 the district was renamed the Hoyerswerda district. In the course of reunification , the district of Hoyerswerda, like the district of Weißwasser , was not incorporated into the state of Brandenburg like most of the district of Cottbus , but into the Free State of Saxony through a referendum in 1990 . In the course of the first Saxon district reform , the district of Hoyerswerda was merged on January 1, 1996 with the district of Kamenz , which had always been Saxon , whereby the city of Hoyerswerda became an independent city and the community of Uhyst changed to the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia district . As a result of the second Saxon district reform , the district of Kamenz and the city of Hoyerswerda became part of the district of Bautzen on August 1, 2008 .

Population development

District of Hoyerswerda
year	1960	1971	1981	1989	1995
Residents	76.167	107,722	114,340	109,847	97,673

politics

coat of arms

original circle coat of arms

simplified circular coat of arms

In 1990 the district took over the coat of arms of the former district of Hoyerswerda . This was simplified and adapted to the heraldic rules and approved in 1995, shortly before the district was dissolved.

Blazon :

• Original coat of arms: above silver waves in which a blue fish swims, a golden wall with three pinnacles, above which a silver oak tree with golden acorns grows in the blue field.
• Simplified coat of arms: In a blue field on a blue wave bottom, in which a silver fish, a continuous golden wall with three battlements, from which a silver oak grows.

Meaning:

The coat of arms with the golden, three-tinned wall on a blue background is based on the coat of arms of the city of Bautzen and thus establishes a connection between the district and Upper Lusatia . The oak is a reference to the first known seal of the city of Hoyerswerda , while the fish is representative of the two large rivers in the district, the Spree and the Schwarze Elster .

economy

The district of Hoyerswerda was strongly influenced by lignite mining. Significant companies were among others:

• Open pit lignite mining disc
• Skado open-cast lignite mine
• Bluno open-cast lignite mine
• Lohsa open-cast lignite mine
• Open pit lignite mine Dreiweibern
• VEB Bau- und Montagekombinat coal and energy
• VEB Robotron Electronics Hoyerswerda
• VEB Möbelwerkstätten Hoyerswerda
• VEB Kraftverkehr Schwarze Pump (Hoyerswerda headquarters)
• VEB Housing Combine Cottbus (Hoyerswerda)
• VEB Chemical Plant Lauta
• VEB aluminum works Lauta

traffic

The Berliner Ring – Dresden motorway passed the district to the west. The F 96 from Berlin via Hoyerswerda to Bautzen and the F 97 from Dresden via Hoyerswerda to Cottbus also served national road traffic .

The district area was integrated into the railway network of the GDR by the railway lines Hoyerswerda – Bautzen , Hoyerswerda – Spremberg – Cottbus and Falkenberg – Hoyerswerda – Horka .

Population data of cities and municipalities

Area changes in the district (GDR)

date	TGS (1969)	local community	modification	TGS (1969)	receiving community
01/01/1957		Bärwalde	Inclusion in	060827	Merzdorf
		Brischko	Inclusion in	060846	Wittichenau
		Driewitz	Inclusion in	060824	Litschen
		Friedersdorf
		Little Neida	Inclusion in	060814	Hoyerswerda, city
		Not bold
		Neudorf / Spree	Reclassification	120153	Neudorf / Spree, Bautzen district
		Schöpsdorf	Inclusion in	060827	Merzdorf
07/01/1961		Scado	Inclusion in	060809	Geierswalde
01/01/1969	official introduction of the TGS
07/01/1970	060810	Gross Partwitz †	Inclusion in	060816	Klein Partwitz
05/01/1974	060807	Drehna	Inclusion in	060842	Uhyst
	060823	Lips
	060829	Mortka	Inclusion in	060824	Litschen
01/01/1978	060815	Keula	Inclusion in	060846	Wittichenau
	060827	Merzdorf †	Inclusion in	060842	Uhyst
	060827	Merzdorf, district of Bärwalde	Neoplasm	060849	Bärwalde
	060833	bars	Inclusion in	060844	Weißkollm

Joined in 1990

Population overview of all 44 municipalities in the district that came to the re-established state of Saxony in 1990.

TGS	AGS	Municipality, Gmejna (Sorbian)	Residents		Area (ha)	today's parish	district
			3rd October 1990	December 31, 1990
060801	14034010	Bernsdorf , in Sorbian Njedźichow	5,346	5,294	1,624	Bernsdorf	Bautzen
060802	14034020	Bluno , Bluń	508	507	1,379	Elsterheide	Bautzen
060803	14034030	Bröthen , Brětnja	894	892	1.104	Hoyerswerda	Bautzen
060804	14034040	Castle , Bórk	215	215	1,770	Spreetal	Bautzen
060805	14034050	Burghammer , Bórkhamor	945	951	1,805	Spreetal	Bautzen
060806	14034060	Dörgenhausen , Němcy	549	547	546	Hoyerswerda	Bautzen
060808	14034080	Dubring , Dubrjenk	116	120	325	Wittichenau	Bautzen
060809	14034090	Geierswalde , Lejno	260	260	2,047	Elsterheide	Bautzen
060811	14034110	Big Särchen , Wulke Ždźary	1,138	1,121	1,027	Lohsa	Bautzen
060812	14034120	Hermsdorf / Spree , Hermanecy	317	315	1,736	Lohsa	Bautzen
060813	14034130	Hoske , Hózk	380	379	776	Wittichenau	Bautzen
060814	14034140	Hoyerswerda , Wojerecy	65,442	64,888	2.011	Hoyerswerda	Bautzen
060816	14034160	Klein Partwitz , Bjezdowy	184	188	1,655	Elsterheide	Bautzen
060817	14034170	Knappenrode , Hórnikecy	1,055	1,043	989	Hoyerswerda	Bautzen
060818	14034180	Koblenz , Koblicy	366	371	541	Lohsa	Bautzen
060819	14034190	Kotten , Koćina	352	356	776	Wittichenau	Bautzen
060820	14034200	Laubusch , Lubuš	3.214	3,202	1,073	Lauta	Bautzen
060821	14034210	Lauta , Łuty	8,378	8,324	1,668	Lauta	Bautzen
060822	14034220	Leippe , Lipoj	1,258	1,256	1,364	Lauta	Bautzen
060824	14034240	Litschen , Złyčin	784	776	1,983	Lohsa	Bautzen
060825	14034250	Lohsa , Łaz	2,059	1,099	3,206	Lohsa	Bautzen
060826	14034260	Maukendorf , Mučow	306	309	567	Wittichenau	Bautzen
060828	14034280	Mönau , Manjow	245	237	1,061	Boxberg / OL	Goerlitz
060830	14034300	Nardt , Narć	274	271	857	Elsterheide	Bautzen
060831	14034310	New Town , Nowe Město	392	390	4,616	Spreetal	Bautzen
060832	14034320	Neuwiese , Nowa Łuka	610	605	2.144	Elsterheide	Bautzen
060834	14034340	Sabrodt , Zabrod	312	315	942	Elsterheide	Bautzen
060835	14034350	Schwarzkollm , Čorny Chołmc	539	537	3,034	Hoyerswerda	Bautzen
060836	14034360	Seidewinkel , Židźino	383	385	3,442	Elsterheide	Bautzen
060837	14034370	Sollschwitz , Sulšecy	375	377	896	Wittichenau	Bautzen
060838	14034380	Spohla , Spale	260	254	862	Wittichenau	Bautzen
060839	14034390	Spreewitz , Šprjejcy	652	654	2,744	Spreetal	Bautzen
060840	14034400	Steinitz , Šćeńca	358	349	974	Lohsa	Bautzen
060841	14034410	Tätzschwitz , Ptačecy	444	437	926	Elsterheide	Bautzen
060842	14034420	Uhyst , Delni Wujězd	1,084	1,075	3,510	Boxberg / OL	Goerlitz
060843	14034430	Wartha , Stróža	435	431	565	Königswartha	Bautzen
060844	14034440	Weißkollm , Běły Chołmc	948	935	3,033	Lohsa	Bautzen
060845	14034450	Wiednitz , Wětnica	1,287	1,275	1,594	Bernsdorf	Bautzen
060846	14034460	Wittichenau , Kulow	3,410	3,415	2,320	Wittichenau	Bautzen
060847	14034470	Zeißholz , Ćisow	415	415	975	Bernsdorf	Bautzen
060848	14034480	Zeißig , Ćisk	501	510	953	Hoyerswerda	Bautzen
060849	14034490	Bärwalde , Bjerwałd	193	194	1,417	Boxberg / OL	Goerlitz
060800	14034000	District of Hoyerswerda, krajny wokrjes Wojerecy	87,545	86,834	42,154	––––––	––––––

In 1990 the district included 4 cities and 42 municipalities.

Area changes in the district

date	AGS	local community	modification	AGS	receiving community
July 01, 1993	14034220	Leippe	Change of name to	14034220	Leippe Torno
October 01, 1993	14034030	Bröthen	Inclusion in	14034140	Hoyerswerda, city
January 1, 1994	14034470	Zeißholz	Inclusion in	14034010	Bernsdorf, city
	14034040	Castle	Inclusion in	14034050	Burghammer
	14034170	Knappenrode	Inclusion in	14034140	Hoyerswerda, city
	14034120	Hermsdorf / Spree	Merger too	14034250	Lohsa
	14034240	Litschen
	14034250	Lohsa
	14034400	Steinitz
	14034440	Weißkollm
	14034490	Bärwalde
	14034370	Target sweat	Reclassification in	14035450	Oßling, Kamenz district
				14034460	Wittichenau, city
	14034080	Dubring	Inclusion in	14034460
	14034130	Hoske		14034460
	14034190	Kotten		14034460
	14034260	Maukendorf		14034460
March 1, 1994	14034280	Mönau	Inclusion in	14034420	Uhyst
August 1, 1994	Circle key change 14034 → 14095

District key change August 1, 1994

Communities

14034010 → 14095010 Bernsdorf, city 14034020 → 14095020 Bluno 14034050 → 14095030 Burghammer 14034060 → 14095040 Dörgenhausen 14034090 → 14095050 Geierswalde 14034110 → 14095060 Groß Särchen 14034140 → 14095070 Hoyerswerda, city 14034160 → 14095080 Klein Partwitz 14034180 → 14095090 Koblenz 14034200 → 14095100 deciduous bush 14034210 → 14095110 Lauta, city 14034220 → 14095120 Leippe-Torno 14034250 → 14095130 Lohsa 14034300 → 14095140 Nardt

14034310 → 14095150 Neustadt 14034320 → 14095160 Neuwiese 14034340 → 14095170 Sabrodt 14034350 → 14095180 Schwarzkollm 14034360 → 14095190 Seidewinkel 14034380 → 14095200 Spohla 14034390 → 14095210 Spreewitz 14034410 → 14095220 Tätzschwitz 14034420 → 14095230 Uhyst 14034430 → 14095240 Wartha 14034450 → 14095250 Wiednitz 14034460 → 14095260 Wittichenau, city 14034480 → 14095270 Zeißig

date	AGS	local community	modification	AGS	receiving community
January 1995	14095200	Spohla	Inclusion in	14095260	Wittichenau, city
July 1, 1995	14095020	Bluno	New formation of	14095045	Elsterheide
	14095050	Geierswalde
	14095080	Klein-Partwitz
	14095140	Nardt
	14095160	Neuwiese
	14095170	Sabrodt
	14095190	Seidewinkel
	14095220	Tätzschwitz
October 1, 1995	14095060	Big Särchen	New formation of	14095095	Knappensee
	14095090	Koblenz
	14095240	Waiting
December 31, 1995	Circle key change 14095 → 14295

Dissolution in 1996

AGS	local community	Residents	Area (ha)	AGS (new)	district
		December 31, 1995
14295010	Bernsdorf , city, Sorbian Njedźichow	5,572	2,598.51	14292020	West Lusatia-Dresdner Land
14295030	Burghammer, Bórkhamor	1,256	3,575.27	14292535	West Lusatia-Dresdner Land
14295040	Dörgenhausen, Němcy	568	546.02	14292105	West Lusatia-Dresdner Land
14295045	Elsterheide, Halštrowska hola	3,377	13,390.06	14292110	West Lusatia-Dresdner Land
14295070	Hoyerswerda, city, Wojerecy	58,667	4,107.59	14264000	Hoyerswerda, Krfr. City
14295095	Knappensee, Hornikečanski Jezor	1,889	2,133.32	14292240	West Lusatia-Dresdner Land
14295100	Leaf bush	2,953	1,073.56	14292270	West Lusatia-Dresdner Land
14295110	Lauta, city	7,090	1,667.81	14292290	West Lusatia-Dresdner Land
14295120	Leippe Torno	1,358	1,363.73	14292300	West Lusatia-Dresdner Land
14295130	Lohsa, Łaz	4,564	12,193.74	14292320	West Lusatia-Dresdner Land
14295150	New Town, Nowe Město	403	4,616.50	14292535	West Lusatia-Dresdner Land
14295180	Schwarzkollm, Čorny Chołmc	644	3,034.05	14264000	Hoyerswerda, Krfr. City
14295210	Spreewitz, Šprjejcy	610	2,743.96	14292535	West Lusatia-Dresdner Land
14295230	Uhyst, Delni Wujězd	1,298	4,642.52	14284420	Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia District
14295250	Wiednitz	1,281	1,593.58	14292590	West Lusatia-Dresdner Land
14295260	Wittichenau, city, Kulow	5,429	6,223.01	14292600	West Lusatia-Dresdner Land
14295270	Zeißig, Ćisk	714	950.66	14264000	Hoyerswerda, Krfr. City

Population overview of all 44 municipalities in the district that came to the re-established state of Saxony in 1990.

As a result of incorporations and mergers, the number of municipalities fell to 17 after 1990 until the district was dissolved in 1996, including four cities and the two newly formed municipalities Elsterheide ( Halštrowska hola ) and Knappensee ( Hórnikečanski Jězor ).

Numerous places such as Scado ( Škodow in Lower Sorbian ) were excavated through the opencast mines in the district .

License Plate

Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs from around 1974 to the end of 1990, beginning with the letter pairs ZJ , ZK and ZT . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was ZZ 00-01 to ZZ 99-99 .

At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinguishing mark HY . It was issued through March 31, 1996. It has been available in the Bautzen district since November 9, 2012 due to the license plate liberalization .

literature

• Hoyerswerda history books, published between 1955 and 1989
• New Hoyerswerda history books, published by the Hoyerswerda city administration

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{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 .
2. ↑ Law on the self-administration of municipalities and districts in the GDR (municipal constitution) of May 17, 1990
3. ↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 2008
4. ^ Statistical yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 . 
5. ^ Eckhart Leisering: Coat of arms of the independent cities and districts in the Free State of Saxony . mdv, Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle / Saale 2000, ISBN 3-89812-069-4 .
6. ↑ ^{a b} Saxony regional register
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. 303 .
8. ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 495 .