Oranienburg district

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Basic data
District of the GDR Potsdam
County seat Oranienburg
surface 857 km² (1989)
Residents 128,817 (1989)
Population density 150 inhabitants / km² (1989)
License Plate D and P (1953–1990)
DN, DO, PN and PO (1974–1990)
OR (1991–1993)
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The district of Oranienburg in the Potsdam district
Oranienburg and Gransee districts in the state of Brandenburg. The Potsdam district was within the red dots

The Oranienburg district was a German district . From 1952 to 1990 it belonged to the Potsdam district of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). From 1990 to 1993 it existed as the district of Oranienburg in the state of Brandenburg . His area is now in the Oberhavel district in Brandenburg. Its administrative seat was the city of Oranienburg .

geography

Neighboring areas

The circle Oranienburg bordered on the south by the city of Berlin (with their districts Reinickendorf and Pankow ), on the west by the circles Nauen and Neuruppin , north to the county Gransee and the east by the county Bernau .

history

The district of Oranienburg, initially still district of Oranienburg , was formed from parts of the districts of Niederbarnim , Osthavelland and Ruppin as part of the administrative reform that came into force on July 25, 1952 .

Towns and municipalities belonging to the district

All places are listed that were independent municipalities on July 25, 1952 when the district of Oranienburg was established.

In May 1990 Karl-Heinz Schröter was elected District Administrator . On May 17, 1990 the district was renamed the Oranienburg district. On the occasion of German reunification , the district became part of the state of Brandenburg on October 3, 1990. In 1992 the administrative community of Amt Oranienburg-Land and Amt Liebenwalde and Amt Schildow are formed .

In the basic district reform in 1993 in Brandenburg , the district Oranienburg was on 6 December 1993 with the district Gransee for Oberhavel merged. The district administration kept its seat in Oranienburg.

License Plate

Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs starting with the letter pairs DN , DO , PN and PO from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was DX 70-01 to DX 99-99 .

At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinguishing mark OR . It was issued until the end of 1993.

supporting documents

literature

  • Lieselott Enders : Historical local dictionary for Brandenburg, part II, Ruppin . 327 pp., Weimar 1972.
  • Lieselott Enders: Historical local dictionary for Brandenburg, part III, Havelland . 452 pp., Weimar 1972.
  • Lieselott Enders (with the assistance of Margot Beck): Historical local dictionary for Brandenburg, part VI, Barnim . 676 pp., Weimar 1980.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. ↑ a b c State Office for Data Processing and Statistics State of Brandenburg Historical community directory of the State of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005 19.7 Oberhavel district PDF
  4. ↑ Law on the self-administration of municipalities and districts in the GDR (municipal constitution) of May 17, 1990
  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 f .
  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 .