Kyritz district

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Basic data
District of the GDR Potsdam
County seat Kyritz
surface 809 km² (1989)
Residents 33,800 (1989)
Population density 42 inhabitants / km² (1989)
License Plate D and P (1953–1990)
DI (1974–1990)
KY (1991–1993)
DDR-Bezirk-Potsdam-Kreis-Kyritz.png
The Kyritz district in the Potsdam district

The Kyritz district was a district in the Potsdam district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1993 it existed as the Kyritz district in the state of Brandenburg . Today, its area is largely in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district in Brandenburg. The seat of the district administration was in Kyritz .

geography

location

The Kyritz district was in the Prignitz and was flowed through by the Dosse and the Jäglitz .

Neighboring areas

The Kyritz district bordered the Pritzwalk and Wittstock districts in the north, the Neuruppin district in the east, the Nauen and Rathenow districts in the south , and the Havelberg and Perleberg districts in the west .

history

The Kyritz district (also called the district in the first few years ) was formed on July 25, 1952 as part of a fundamental district reform in the GDR from parts of the Ostprignitz and Ruppin districts at that time . The states of the GDR were dissolved and new districts were created. The Kyritz district was assigned to the new Potsdam district . The seat of the district administration was in the city of Kyritz.

On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Kyritz district. On the occasion of German reunification in 1990, on October 3 or finally on October 14, 1990 (date of the state elections), the assignment to the state of Brandenburg took place .

Population development

Kyritz district
year 1960 1971 1981 1989
Residents 39,784 38,643 34,680 33,800

economy

Significant companies were among others:

  • VEB starch factory Kyritz
  • VEB Food Companies Kyritz
  • VEB fine paper factory Hohenofen

traffic

The F 5 from Nauen via Kyritz to Boizenburg / Elbe , the F 102 from Bückwitz via Rathenow to Brandenburg an der Havel , the F 103 from Kyritz to Rostock and the F 167 from Bückwitz via Neuruppin to Frankfurt (Oder) served national road traffic . The F 5 also served as a transit route between West Berlin and Hamburg until 1982 .

The Kyritz district was linked to the GDR railway network by the routes Berlin – Neustadt (Dosse) –Boizenburg , Neustadt (Dosse) –Rathenow , Neustadt (Dosse) –Kyritz – Meyenburg and Neustadt (Dosse) –Neuruppin.

Towns and municipalities belonging to the district

All places are listed that were independent municipalities on July 25, 1952 when the Neuruppin district was established. Communities that lost their independence by December 5, 1993 and were integrated into larger neighboring communities have moved in.

  • Kyritz , district town (since July 1, 1973 with the district of Mechow, since May 1, 1974 with the district of Gantikow)
    • Babe (was incorporated into Roddahn on January 1, 1973) (today a residential area of ​​Neustadt (Dosse))
  • Bantikow (since July 1, 1973 with the district of Sechzehneichen) (today a district of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
  • Barenthin (today part of the municipality of Gumtow)
  • Barsikow (now part of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
    • Bartschendorf (was incorporated into Dreetz on January 1, 1977) (today part of the municipality of Dreetz)
    • Berlitt (on October 1, 1973, Berlitt and Rehfeld merged to form Rehfeld-Berlitt ) (today a district of the city of Kyritz)
  • Blankenberg (today part of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
  • Bork (since 1957 with the district of Lellichow) (today a district of the city of Kyritz)
  • Breddin (on July 1, 1973 Damelack and Sophiendorf became districts)
  • Brunn (today part of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
  • Bückwitz (since January 1, 1974 with the Metzelthin district) (today a district of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
    • Damelack (was incorporated into Breddin on July 1, 1973) (today part of the municipality of Breddin)
  • Dannenwalde (today part of the municipality of Gumtow)
  • Demerthin (today part of the municipality of Gumtow)
  • Dessow (now part of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
  • Döllen (today part of the municipality of Gumtow)
  • Dreetz (since April 1, 1974 with the district Michaelisbruch, since January 1, 1977 with the district Bartschendorf) (municipality and municipality)
  • Drewen (today part of the city of Kyritz)
    • Gantikow (was incorporated into Kyritz on May 1, 1974) (today a district of the city of Kyritz)
    • Ganz (on January 1, 1957, Ganz was incorporated into Teetz) (today as Teetz-Ganz a district of the city of Kyritz)
  • Ganzer (now part of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
  • Gartow (now part of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
  • Giesenhorst (today part of Dreetz municipality)
  • Görike (now part of the Gumtow community)
  • Granzow (today part of the municipality of Gumtow)
  • Groß Welle (today part of the municipality of Gumtow)
  • Gumtow (today a municipality and part of the large municipality of Gumtow)
  • Hohenofen (part of the municipality of Sieversdorf-Hohenofen )
  • Holzhausen (today part of the city of Kyritz)
    • Kampehl (was incorporated into Neustadt (Dosse) on March 1, 1970) (today part of Neustadt (Dosse))
  • Kantow (now part of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
    • Köritz (was incorporated into Neustadt (Dosse) on August 1, 1954) (now a residential area of ​​Neustadt (Dosse))
  • Kötzlin (now part of the city of Kyritz)
  • Kolrep (today part of the municipality of Gumtow)
  • Kunow (today part of the municipality of Gumtow)
    • Läsikow (was incorporated into Nackel on August 1, 1954) (today part of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
    • Leddin (on January 1, 1969, Leddin and Plänitz merged to form Plänitz-Leddin) (today a living space in the Plänitz-Leddin district of Neustadt (Dosse))
    • Lellichow (1952 independent municipality or district of Ganz? 1957 incorporated into Bork or merged to Bork-Lellichow?) (Today a district of the city of Kyritz)
  • Lögow (today part of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
  • Lohm (today part of the municipality of Zernitz-Lohm)
    • Mechow (was incorporated into Kyritz on July 1, 1973) (today a district of the city of Kyritz)
    • Metzelthin (was incorporated into Bückwitz on January 1, 1974) (today part of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
    • Michaelisbruch (was incorporated into Dreetz on April 1, 1974) (today part of Dreetz municipality)
  • Nackel (since August 1, 1954 with the district of Läsikow) (today a district of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
  • Neustadt (Dosse) , Stadt (since August 1, 1954 with the Köritz district, since March 1, 1970 with the Kampehl district)
    • Plänitz (on January 1, 1969, Leddin and Plänitz merged to form Plänitz-Leddin ) (today a living space in the Plänitz-Leddin district of Neuhausen (Dosse))
    • Rehfeld (on October 1, 1972, Berlitt and Rehfeld merged to Rehfeld-Berlitt) (today a district of the city of Kyritz)
  • Roddahn (since January 1, 1958 with the district of Schwarzwasser, since January 1, 1973 with the district of Babe) (today a district of Neustadt (Dosse))
  • Schönberg (since January 1, 1957 with the Tramnitz district, since January 1, 1963 with the Wulkow district) (today a district of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
  • Schönermark (today part of the municipality of Stüdenitz-Schönermark )
  • Schönhagen (today part of the municipality of Gumtow)
  • Schrepkow (today part of the municipality of Gumtow)
    • Schwarzwasser (was incorporated into Roddahn on January 1, 1958) (today a residential area of ​​Neustadt (Dosse))
    • Sechzehneichen (was incorporated into Bantikow on July 1, 1973) (today part of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
  • Segeletz (today part of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
  • Sieversdorf (part of the municipality of Sieversdorf-Hohenofen )
    • Sophiendorf (was incorporated into Damelack on January 1, 1957, Damelack including Sophiendorf was incorporated into Breddin on July 1, 1957) (today part of Breddin)
  • Stüdenitz (today part of the municipality of Stüdenitz-Schönermark)
    • Teetz (on January 1, 1957, Ganz was incorporated into Teetz, probably renamed Teetz-Ganz after 1992 ) (today a district of the city of Kyritz)
    • Tramnitz (was incorporated into Schönberg on January 1, 1957) (today part of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
  • Trieplatz (today part of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
  • Vehlow (today part of the municipality of Gumtow)
    • Wulkow (was incorporated into Schönberg on January 1, 1963) (today part of the municipality of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
  • Wusterhausen / Dosse , city (today part of the (large) community of Wusterhausen / Dosse)
  • Wutike (today part of the municipality of Gumtow)
  • Zernitz (today part of the municipality of Zernitz-Lohm)

As part of the district reform in Brandenburg , the Kyritz district, together with the Neuruppin and Wittstock districts , was almost completely absorbed into the new Ostprignitz-Ruppin district on December 6, 1993. Only the Gumtow office came to the Prignitz district .

License Plate

Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs beginning with the pair of letters DI from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was DY 20-01 to DY 40-00 .

At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinctive sign KY . It was issued until the end of 1993. It has been available in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district since March 18, 2013 .

literature

  • Lieselott Enders : Historical local dictionary for Brandenburg, Part I, Prignitz . 463 pp., Weimar 1962.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistical Yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved February 6, 2010 .
  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. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Contribution to the statistics of the state enterprise for data processing and statistics Historical municipality directory of the state of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005 19.10 district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin PDF
  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. 301 .
  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. 542 .