Rudolstadt district
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| District of the GDR | Gera |
| County seat | Rudolstadt |
| surface | 469 km² (1989) |
| Residents | 67,636 (1989) |
| Population density | 144 inhabitants / km² (1989) |
| License Plate | N (1953–1990) NM (1974–1990) RU (1991–1995) |
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| The Rudolstadt district in the Gera district | |
The Rudolstadt district was a district in the Gera district . From 1990 to 1994 it existed as the district of Rudolstadt in Thuringia . His area is now in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in Thuringia. The seat of the district administration was in Rudolstadt .
geography
location
The Rudolstadt district was located in the Thuringian slate mountains and the Saale flowed through it.
Most important places
The most important places besides the district town Rudolstadt were the cities Bad Blankenburg , Königsee , Remda and Teichel as well as the communities Kirchhasel , Rottenbach , Sitzendorf and Uhlstädt .
Neighboring areas
The district of Rudolstadt bordered in a clockwise direction in the northwest on the districts of Arnstadt , Weimar-Land , Jena-Land , Pößneck , Saalfeld , Neuhaus and Ilmenau .
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 Rudolstadt gave municipalities to the districts of Ilmenau , Neuhaus am Rennweg and Weimar-Land . The Rudolstadt district with its seat in Rudolstadt was formed from the remaining district area . The district was assigned to the newly formed Gera district .
On May 17, 1990 the district was renamed the Rudolstadt district. On the occasion of the reunification of the two German states, the district of Rudolstadt was awarded to the re-established state of Thuringia in October 1990 . During the district reform in Thuringia , it went up on July 1, 1994 in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district .
District Administrator
- 1990 - 1994 Werner Thomas (CDU)
Population development
| Rudolstadt district | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | 1960 | 1971 | 1981 | 1989 | ||||
| Residents | 68.007 | 72,674 | 69,595 | 67,636 | ||||
economy
Important companies were among others:
- VEB Chemical Fiber Combine Rudolstadt-Schwarza
- VEB anchor factory Rudolstadt
- VEB Pörz Brewery Rudolstadt
- VEB pipe works Rudolstadt
- VEB Stahlbau Rudolstadt
- VEB Greifenverlag Rudolstadt
traffic
The district area was opened up for national road traffic by the F 85 from Weimar via Rudolstadt to Saalfeld and the F 88 from Ilmenau via Rudolstadt to Jena .
The routes Saalfeld – Rudolstadt – Jena , Rudolstadt – Bad Blankenburg , Arnstadt – Bad Blankenburg – Saalfeld and Rottenbach – Katzhütte were used for rail traffic .
License Plate
Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinguishing signs from around 1974 to the end of 1990, beginning with the pair of letters NM . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was NZ 75-01 to NZ 85-00 .
At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinctive sign RU . It was issued until January 31, 1995. It has been available in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district since November 29, 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
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 514 .
Web links
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