Querfurt district
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| District of the GDR | Hall |
| County seat | Querfurt |
| surface | 374 km² (1989) |
| Residents | 32,146 (1989) |
| Population density | 86 inhabitants / km² (1989) |
| License Plate | K and V (1953–1990) KU and VU (1974–1990) QFT (1991–1994) |
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| The Querfurt district in the Halle district (clickable map) |
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The Querfurt district was a district in the Halle district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1994 it existed as the district of Querfurt in the state of Saxony-Anhalt . Its area is today in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz and in the Saalekreis (main part) in Saxony-Anhalt. The seat of the district administration was in Querfurt .
geography
location
The Querfurt district was north of the Unstrut and west of Halle (Saale) .
Most important places
The most important places in the district besides the district town of Querfurt were the town of Schraplau and the communities Barnstädt , Dornstedt , Esperstedt , Farnstädt , Gatterstädt , Langeneichstädt , Lodersleben , Nemsdorf-Göhrendorf , Obhausen , Oechlitz , Osterhausen , Steigra and Vitzenburg .
Neighboring areas
The district of Querfurt bordered in a clockwise direction in the north on the districts of Eisleben , Saalkreis , Merseburg , Nebra , Artern and Sangerhausen .
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 district of Querfurt was reduced by roughly half: it gave the communities Altenroda , Balgstädt , Baumersroda , Burgscheidungen , Ebersroda , Freyburg (Unstrut) , Gleina , Golzen , Hirschroda , Karsdorf , Kirchscheidungen , Krawinkel , Laucha an der Unstrut , Müncheroda , Nebra (Unstrut) , Nißmitz , Plößnitz , Reinsdorf , Schleberoda , Thalwinkel , Tröbsdorf , Wangen , Weischütz , Wennungen , Wetzendorf , Zeuchfeld and Zscheiplitz to the new Nebra district ; the three communities Bottendorf , Roßleben and Schönewerda came to the new district Artern . The new Querfurt district with its seat in Querfurt 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 District of Querfurt. On the occasion of the reunification of the two German states, the district of Querfurt was awarded to the re-established state of Saxony-Anhalt in October 1990 . During the first district reform in Saxony-Anhalt , it was dissolved on July 1, 1994. It went mainly in the district of Merseburg-Querfurt , only the communities Hornburg, Osterhausen and Rothenschirmbach came to the district of Mansfelder Land ; the Dornstedt community was incorporated into the Saalkreis .
Population development
| Querfurt district | ||||||||
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| year | 1960 | 1971 | 1981 | 1989 | ||||
| Residents | 39.001 | 36,041 | 32,865 | 32,146 | ||||
economy
Important companies included:
- VEB Kalkwerk Schraplau
- Querfurt compound feed plant
- VEB grain and concentrate plant Vitzenburg
- VEB Tonfunk Querfurt
- VEB Zuckerkombinat Unstrut helmets
traffic
The F 180 from Magdeburg via Querfurt to Karl-Marx-Stadt and the F 250 from Querfurt to Eckartsberga were used for national road traffic.
The Querfurt district was integrated into the GDR railway network with the Merseburg-Querfurt and Röblingen-Vitzenburg railway lines.
Communities
When it was dissolved, the district of Querfurt comprised the following 24 municipalities:
Territory changes
The Querfurt district comprised 30 communities when it was founded. This number has been reduced by some incorporations.
- Dissolution of the communities of Göhrendorf and Nemsdorf - merger to form the community of Nemsdorf-Göhrendorf (October 1, 1965)
- Dissolution of the community of Döcklitz - incorporation into Obhausen (May 1, 1974)
- Dissolution of the communities of Jüdendorf and Kalzendorf - incorporation into Steigra (May 1, 1974)
- Dissolution of the municipality of Landgrafroda - incorporation into Ziegelroda (May 1, 1974)
- Dissolution of the Schnellroda community - incorporation into Albersroda (May 1, 1974)
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 KU and VU . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was VT 50-01 to VT 99-99 .
In early 1991, the district received the QFT distinctive mark . 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 c d 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
- ↑ 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 .