Koenigs Wusterhausen district
| Basic data (as of 1993) | |
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| Existing period: | 1952-1993 |
| District : | Potsdam |
| Administrative headquarters : | King Wusterhausen |
| Area : | 726 km² |
| Residents: | 85,832 (1989) |
| Population density: | 118 inhabitants per km² |
| License plate : | D and P (1953–1990) DG and DH (1974–1990) KW (1991–1993) |
| Location of the district in the GDR | |
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The Königs Wusterhausen district was a district in the Potsdam district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1993 it existed as the district of Königs Wusterhausen in the state of Brandenburg . His area is now in the Dahme-Spreewald district in Brandenburg. The seat of the district administration was in Königs Wusterhausen .
geography
Neighboring areas
The Königs Wusterhausen district bordered in the north on the West Berlin districts Neukölln and Tempelhof and on the East Berlin districts Treptow and Köpenick , in the northeast and east on the districts Fürstenwalde and Beeskow , in the south on the district Lübben and in the west on the district Zossen .
history
On July 25, 1952, there was a comprehensive administrative reform in the GDR , in which, among other things, the states lost their importance and new districts were formed. The new district of Königs Wusterhausen with its seat in Königs Wusterhausen was formed from parts of the former districts of Fürstenwalde and Teltow . The district was assigned to the new district of Potsdam .
On May 17, 1990 the district was renamed the Königs Wusterhausen district. On the occasion of the reunification of the two German states, the district of Königs Wusterhausen was awarded to the re-established state of Brandenburg in 1990. During the district reform , which came into force on December 6, 1993, it went into the new district of Dahme-Spreewald .
Population development
| Koenigs Wusterhausen district | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | 1960 | 1971 | 1981 | 1989 | ||||
| Residents | 89.093 | 87,089 | 87,594 | 85.832 | ||||
politics
District management
The first secretaries of the district leadership of the SED in the district of Königs Wusterhausen were:
- 1952–1953: Horstmann
- 1953: Herbert Tzschoppe
- 1953: Adolf Knorr
- 1953–1957: Hans Mickinn
- 1957–1960: Erhard Klix
- 1960–1964: Werner Scholz
- 1964–1969: Heinz Liebsch
- 1969–1976: Claus Stoof
- 1976–1987: Vera Bergmann
- 1987–1989: Karl-Heinz Holz
- 1989: Joachim Kühn
economy
Significant establishments were among others
- VEB Kombinat industrial mast Königs Wusterhausen
- VEB Heavy Engineering "Heinrich Rau" Wildau
- VEB underground storage facility in Mittenwalde
- VEB teaching equipment and repair plant in Mittenwalde
- VEB Liqueur Factory Zernsdorf
- VEB concrete and roofing material plant Zernsdorf
- VEB shoe lasts Zernsdorf
- VEB sand and mortar works Niederlehme
traffic
With the Berlin-Schönefeld airport , the most important airport in the GDR was in the Königs Wusterhausen district.
The district was integrated into the GDR's motorway network through the Berliner Ring and the Berlin – Dresden motorway. Both motorways were linked in the Schönefelder Kreuz . The F 179 from Berlin via Königs Wusterhausen in the direction of Lübben and the F 246 from Eisenhüttenstadt via Mittenwalde to Magdeburg also served national road traffic .
The Königs Wusterhausen district was linked to the GDR's railway network via the Berlin outer ring and the Berlin – Königs Wusterhausen – Cottbus and Königs Wusterhausen – Grunow lines. Schönefeld, Eichwalde, Zeuthen, Wildau and Königs Wusterhausen were also served by the Berlin S-Bahn .
cities and communes
In 1952, when the district was formed, the Königs Wusterhausen district had 61 communities, which had been reduced to 48 communities by incorporation by its dissolution in 1993. Kolberg had meanwhile been incorporated into Prieros, and in 1990 it became independent again.
- Bestensee (in 1938 Kleinbesten was incorporated into Großbesten , then called the entire municipality of Bestensee) with the Marienhof district (since 1965)
- Bindow
- Birkholz near Märkisch Buchholz with the Klein Wasserburg district (incorporated in Münchehofe in 1974)
- Blossom
- Briesen
- Brusendorf with the district Boddinsfelde (since 1950)
- Dannenreich with the districts of Wenzlow and Friedrichshof (1973)
- German Wusterhausen (incorporated into Königs Wusterhausen in 1974)
- Diepensee
- Dolgenbrodt
- Egsdorf (since 1974 part of Teupitz)
- Eichwalde (since 1893, previously Radeland estate)
- Freidorf
- Friedersdorf
- Friedrichshof with the district of Wenzlow (since 1902) (incorporated in Dannenreich in 1965)
- Gallun
- Gräbendorf with the residential areas Dubrow (since 1928) and Frauensee (since 1929)
- Groß Köris (from 1970 with the districts of Klein Köris and Neubrück)
- Großziethen with the Kleinziethen district (since 1928)
- Gussow with the Friedrichsbauhof district (1970)
- Halbe (since 1974 with the Teurow district )
- Hermsdorf (incorporated into Münchehofe in 1974)
- Kablow
- Kablow brick factory with Uckley living space , also Uklei (incorporated into Zernsdorf in 1965)
- Kiekebusch with the Karlshof district (since 1928)
- Klein Eichholz (incorporated in 1957 after Streganz)
- Klein Köris with the district of Neubrück (since 1929) (incorporated into Großer Köris in 1970)
- Königs Wusterhausen with the Neue Mühle district, German Wusterhausen (since 1974)
- Köthen with the Neuköthen district (incorporated in the municipality of Märkisch Buchholz in 1974)
- Kolberg (incorporated into Prieros in 1974, spun off again in 1990)
- Krummensee with Marienhof district (since 1928) (1965 Krummensee is incorporated into Schenkendorf, the Vorwerk or Marienhof district went to Bestensee)
- Soldering with the living spaces Hammer and Klein Hammer
- Märkisch Buchholz with the Köthen district (from 1974)
- Miersdorf (incorporated into Zeuthen in 1957)
- Mittenwalde
- Motzen (1970 with Motzenmühle district)
- Münchehofe with the hamlet of Hermsdorf (since 1974) and Birkholz (since 1974)
- Neuendorf bei Teupitz (incorporated into Teupitz in 1970)
- Lower back
- Or in
- Pätz with district Liepe (since 1970, previously residential space)
- Prieros with the Kolberg district (since 1974, spun off again in 1990)
- Ragow
- Rotberg
- Schenkendorf with the Krummensee district (since 1965)
- Schönefeld
- Schulzendorf near Eichwalde with the districts Neuschulzendorf and Vorberg
- Schwerin
- Selchow
- Senzig with residence at Bindowbrück
- Streganz with the Klein Eichholz district (from 1957)
- Teupitz with the districts of Neuendorf (since 1970), Tornow (1974) and Egsdorf (since 1974)
- Teurow (incorporated into Halbe in 1974)
- Töpchin with the Sputenberge district (since 1950)
- Tornow with the Hohe Mühle district (incorporated into Teupitz in 1974)
- Waltersdorf with the districts Kienberg (1957 residential area, 1970 district) and Vorwerk
- Wassmannsdorf
- Wildau with the district of Hoherlehme
- Wolzig
- Zeesen with the Körbiskrug district (1957 residential area, 1964 district)
- Zernsdorf , since 1965 with the districts Uckley and brickworks Kablow
- Zeuthen with the district of Wüstemark (since 1957), Werder (1957) and Miersdorf (since 1957)
The largest towns in the district besides the district town of Königs Wusterhausen were the towns of Märkisch Buchholz, Mittenwalde and Teupitz and the communities of Bestensee, Eichwalde, Friedersdorf, Groß Köris, Halbe, Motzen, Münchehofe, Niederlehme, Prieros, Ragow, Schenkendorf, Schönefeld, Senzig and Töpchin , Waltersdorf, Wildau, Zeesen, Zernsdorf and Zeuthen.
License Plate
Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs starting with the letter pairs DG and DH from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was DV 60-01 to DV 99-99 .
At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinctive sign KW . It was issued until the end of 1993. It has been available in the Dahme-Spreewald district since July 2, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 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
- ^ Statistical yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved February 6, 2010 .
- ↑ Federal Archives on the point SED governing bodies; Retrieved July 9, 2010.
- ↑ 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. 542 .