Merseburg district
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| District of the GDR | Hall |
| County seat | Merseburg |
| surface | 473 km² (1989) |
| Residents | 118,495 (1989) |
| Population density | 251 inhabitants / km² (1989) |
| License Plate | K and V (1953–1990) KO, KP, VO and VP (1974–1990) MER (1991–1994) |
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| The district of Merseburg in the district of Halle (clickable map) |
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The Merseburg district was a district in the Halle district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1994 it existed as the district of Merseburg in Saxony-Anhalt . His area is now in the Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt. The seat of the district administration was in Merseburg .
geography
The district of Merseburg was south of Halle (Saale) on both sides of the Saale . It bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the Saalkreis , the urban district Halle / Saale and the districts Leipzig-Land , Weißenfels , Nebra and Querfurt .
history
On July 25, 1952, there was an extensive administrative reform in the GDR , during which, among other things, the states of the GDR lost their importance and new districts were established. The then Merseburg district gave municipalities to the Saalkreis and the Leipzig-Land district . The new Merseburg district with its seat in Merseburg was formed from the remaining district area . The district was assigned to the newly formed Halle district .
On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Merseburg district. On the occasion of the reunification of the two German states, the district of Merseburg was awarded to the re-established state of Saxony-Anhalt in October 1990 . During the first district reform in Saxony-Anhalt , it went on July 1, 1994 in the Merseburg-Querfurt district .
Population development
| Merseburg district | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | 1960 | 1971 | 1981 | 1989 | ||||
| Residents | 152.654 | 148.833 | 131,578 | 118,495 | ||||
cities and communes
After the administrative reform of 1952, the following towns and communities belonged to the Merseburg district:
economy
Important companies included:
- VEB Chemical Works Buna Schkopau
- VEB Leuna-Werke
- VEB Industriemontagen Merseburg
- VEB aluminum foil Merseburg
- VEB Transportgerätebau Nempitz
- VEB Brunnenversand Bad Lauchstädt
- VEB Brown Coal Combine Geiseltal Müelte
traffic
The Merseburg district was integrated into the GDR's motorway network through the Berlin Ring – Hirschberg motorway. In addition, the F 91 from Halle (Saale) via Merseburg to Zeitz and the F 181 from Merseburg to Leipzig served national road traffic.
The district was integrated into the railway network of the GDR with the railway lines Halle – Merseburg – Erfurt , Merseburg – Leipzig , Merseburg – Schafstädt , Merseburg – Halle-Nietleben and Merseburg– Querfurt .
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 KO , KP , VO and VP . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was VS 00-01 to VS 99-99 .
At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinctive mark MER . It was issued until June 30, 1994. It has been available in the Saalekreis 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 .