Sangerhausen district

This article deals with the Sangerhausen district in the Halle district of the GDR (1952–1990). For the historical district of Sangerhausen in the Prussian province of Saxony, see district of Sangerhausen (Province of Saxony) and for the district of Sangerhausen in the state of Saxony-Anhalt (1990–2007), see district of Sangerhausen .

Basic data
District of the GDR	Hall
County seat	Sangerhausen
surface	690 km² (1989)
Residents	78,437 (1989)
Population density	114 inhabitants / km² (1989)
License Plate	K and V (1953–1990) KW and VW (1974–1990)
The Sangerhausen district in the Halle district (clickable map)

The Sangerhausen district was a district in the Halle district of the GDR . From 1990 it existed as the district of Sangerhausen in the state of Saxony-Anhalt . His area is now in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt. The seat of the district administration was in Sangerhausen .

geography

The district of Sangerhausen was northeast of the Kyffhäuser Mountains on both sides of the helmets and comprised the eastern part of the Golden Aue . It bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Quedlinburg , Hettstedt , Eisleben , Querfurt , Artern , Sondershausen and Nordhausen .

history

A district of Sangerhausen had existed in the Prussian province of Saxony since 1815 , which had belonged to the state of Saxony-Anhalt since 1945 and thus to the GDR since 1949. On July 25, 1952, there was a comprehensive district reform in the GDR , in which, among other things, the states were dissolved and replaced by districts .

The district of Sangerhausen gave parts of the area to the new districts of Nordhausen , Artern , Hettstedt and Eisleben . The Sangerhausen district was formed from the remaining part of the district and assigned to the newly formed Halle district .

On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Sangerhausen 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 October 1990 . In the second district reform in Saxony-Anhalt , it went on July 1, 2007 in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz.

Population development

Sangerhausen district
year	1960	1971	1981	1989
Residents	78,540	82,338	79,897	78,437

cities and communes

After the administrative reform of 1952, the Sangerhausen district included the following towns and communities:

Allstedt , city Names Berga Beyernaumburg Blankenheim Bösenrode Breitenbach Breitenstein Spreads bridges Dietersdorf Dittichenrode Drebsdorf Edersleben Einsdorf

Singles Emseloh Gonna Grillenberg Large lines Minced puffle Hainrode Hayn near Stolberg Hohlstedt Holdenstedt Horla Katharinenrieth Kelbra , city Small lines Lengefeld

Liedersdorf Martinsrieth Mittelhausen Morungen Niederröblingen Nienstedt Oberröblingen Obersdorf Pölsfeld Questenberg Riestedt Riethnordhausen Rosperwenda Rossla Rotha

Rottleberode Sangerhausen , city Schwenda Sittendorf Sotterhausen Stolberg (Harz) , city Thürungen Tilleda Uftrungen Wallhausen Wettelrode Wickerode angle Wolferstedt Wolfsberg

economy

Important companies in the district were among others:

• VEB MIFA Fahrradwerke Sangerhausen
• VEB Thomas-Müntzer-Schacht Sangerhausen (copper mining)
• VEB Maschinenfabrik (MAFA) Sangerhausen
• VEB brewery and malt factory Sangerhausen
• VEB Metallwerke Allstedt
• VEB earthenware factory Wallhausen
• VEB Harzer Gipswerke Rottleberode

traffic

The F 80 towards Nordhausen and Halle , the F 180 towards Hettstedt and Erfurt and the F 85 towards Weimar served national road traffic .

The Sangerhausen district was crossed by the Halle – Nordhausen and Magdeburg – Sangerhausen – Erfurt railway lines . The Oberröblingen – Allstedt branch line also existed .

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 KW and VW . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was VW 00-01 to VW 99-99 .

At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinguishing mark SGH .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistical Yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 . 
2. ↑ 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. ↑ Law on the self-administration of municipalities and districts in the GDR (municipal constitution) of May 17, 1990
4. ↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 2007
5. ↑ Law on the further democratization of the structure and functioning of the state organs in the state of Saxony-Anhalt of July 25, 1952
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 f .
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. 520 .