Osterburg district

This article deals with the Osterburg district in the GDR district of Magdeburg (1952–1990) and the Osterburg district of the same area in the state of Saxony-Anhalt (1990–1994). For the Prussian district of Osterburg (1816–1952) see district of Osterburg .

Coordinates: 52 ° 47 '  N , 11 ° 46'  E

Basic data (as of 1994)
Existing period:	1952-1994
District :	Magdeburg
Administrative headquarters :	Osterburg
Area :	1,065 km²
Residents:	44,470 (1989)
Population density:	42 inhabitants per km²
License plate :	H and M (1953–1990) HM and MM (1974–1990) OBG (1991–1994)
Location of the district in the GDR

The Osterburg district was a district in the Magdeburg district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1994 it existed as the Osterburg district in the state of Saxony-Anhalt . His area is today in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel and in the district of Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt.

geography

location

The Osterburg district lay in the northern Altmark on the left bank of the Elbe and touched the inner-German border in the northwest . Important waters alongside the Elbe were the Aland , the Biese and the Uchte as well as the Arendsee .

Neighboring areas

The Osterburg district bordered clockwise in the north, starting with the (rural) districts Ludwigslust , Perleberg , Havelberg , Stendal , Gardelegen (until 1987 Kalbe (Milde) ), Salzwedel and Lüchow-Dannenberg (from 1965) and Seehausen (until 1965) .

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 Osterburg district gave municipalities to the Seehausen and Kalbe (Milde) districts . From the remaining district area, together with parts of the Stendal district, the new Osterburg district with its seat in Osterburg was formed. The district was assigned to the newly formed Magdeburg district .

On July 2, 1965, the Seehausen district was dissolved again and incorporated into the Osterburg district. On January 1, 1988, the Osterburg district was expanded to include the municipality of Meßdorf in the dissolved district of Kalbe (Milde).

On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Osterburg district. On the occasion of the reunification of the two German states, the district was awarded to the re-established state of Saxony-Anhalt in 1990. During the first district reform in Saxony-Anhalt , which came into force on July 1, 1994, it went into the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel and the Landkreis Stendal.

Population development

Osterburg district
year	1960	1971	1981	1989
Residents	30,597	50,070	44,816	44,470

cities and communes

After the incorporation of the Seehausen district in 1965, the Osterburg district included the following towns and communities:

Elderly fence Arendsee , city Auloses Babe Ballerstedt Boring Behrendorf mountains Bertkow Beuster Bohemia Boock Bretsch Dalchau Dequede German Dobbrun Glandular digestion Düsedau Ellingen Experience Falkenberg Flessau

Gagel Geestgottberg Genzien Gethlingen Giesenslage Gladigau Goldbeck Gollensdorf Great Garz Harpe Hasewig Heiligenfelde Hindenburg Hohenberg-Krusemark Sneer Iden Dumplings Little weak ones Kleinau King's Mark Kossebau Krevese Rude

Krumke Leppin Lichterfelde Lindenberg Rewards Loose wheel Losse Lückstedt Meseberg Natterheide Neukirchen Newbies Osterburg, city Osterholz Pollitz Rascals Rathsleben Rengerslage Rönnebeck Rossau Sandauerholz Sanne Schmersau

Schoenberg Schrampe Blackwood Seehausen , city stack Storbeck Thielbeer Wahrenberg Walsleben Wanzer Wasmerslage Turning mark Advertise Wohlenberg Wollenrade Wolterslage Zedau Ziegenhagen (until 1959) Ziemendorf Ziessau

Since January 1, 1988, the municipality of Meßdorf also belonged to the Osterburg district.

economy

Important establishments were among others

• VEB Betonwerke Altmark
• VEB eyewear factory Osterburg
• VEB Rathenower Optical Works in Osterburg
• VEB Rathenower Optische Werke Werk Werben

traffic

The F 189 from Magdeburg via Osterburg to Wittenberge and the F 190 from Seehausen to Salzwedel were used for national road traffic.

Railway traffic was served by the Stendal – Meßdorf – Salzwedel , Magdeburg – Osterburg – Wittenberge and Geestgottberg – Arendsee – Salzwedel routes .

License Plate

Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs starting with the letter pairs HM and MM from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was HR 90-01 to HR 99-99 .

At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinguishing mark OBG . It was issued until June 30, 1994. It has been available in the Stendal district since November 27, 2012 .

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. ^ Statistical yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 . 
4. ↑ Law on the further democratization of the structure and functioning of the state organs in the state of Saxony-Anhalt of July 25, 1952
5. ↑ 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 , pp. 346 . : On April 1, 1959, Ziegenhagen was incorporated into Häsewig.
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. 302 .
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. 533 .