District of Soest (1817–1974)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 51 ° 34 ′  N , 8 ° 7 ′  E
Basic data (as of 1974)
Existing period:	1817-1974
State :	North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region :	Arnsberg
Regional association :	Westphalia
Administrative headquarters :	Soest
Area :	637.16 km 2
Residents:	127,300 (Dec. 31, 1973)
Population density :	200 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	SO
Circle key :	05 8 40
Circle structure:	9 municipalities

The old district of Soest (1939–1969 district of Soest ) was a district in the North Rhine-Westphalian administrative district of Arnsberg . It was on the southern edge of the Westphalian Bay between the Lippe and the Möhne . On January 1, 1975 it was merged with the district of Lippstadt and the Warstein district (previously the district of Arnsberg ) as well as individual communities from other districts by the Münster / Hamm Act to form the new district of Soest .

geography

Neighboring areas

In 1974 the Soest district bordered clockwise to the north, starting with the Beckum , Lippstadt , Arnsberg , Iserlohn and Unna districts .

history

The Soest district was formed in 1817 in the administrative district of Arnsberg in the Prussian province of Westphalia from the northern part of the former Duchy of Westphalia , the administrative districts of Oestinghausen , Körbecke and Werl . It also included the city of Soest and the Soest Börde .

On January 1, 1819, the parishes of Belecke , Allagen , Hirschberg , Mülheim and Warstein were separated from the Soest district and assigned to the Arnsberg district . As districts of Warstein, all of these former communities now belong to the Soest district again. From the Arnsberg district, the Soest district received the parishes of Werl, Bremen, Büderich, Scheidingen (now the municipality of Welver ) and Westönnen (now part of Werl). The parish of Mellrich was given to the Lippstadt district , through which it came back to the Soest district as part of the Anröchte community after the reorganization . On April 1, 1826, the communities Wickede and Wiehagen were incorporated from the Hamm district. The district of Soest was then divided into the seven mayorships Borgeln, Körbecke, Lohne, Oestinghausen, Schwefe, Soest and Werl.

As part of the introduction of the rural community order for the province of Westphalia, the mayor's offices were transferred to six offices in 1843 , with the cities of Soest and Werl remaining vacant.

The extreme breakdown into small and very small communities reflected the settlement structure in the district, which is characterized by a large number of villages, especially in the fertile Soest Börde area , most of which can look back on a thousand-year history.

In 1868 the new municipality of Paradiese was spun off from Schwefe and in 1890 the new municipality of Bremen was established from the municipalities of the Körbecke office . On April 1, 1901 Himmelspforten after Niederense and 1925 the sunken in 1912 in Möhnesee community Kettler pond after Delecke incorporated. The district was then divided into the following offices and communities:

Office	Communities
Borrowing	Balksen , Berwicke , Blumroth , Borgeln , Brockhausen , Dinker , Dorfwelver , Eilmsen , Hattropholsen , Katrop , Meckingsen , Nateln , Stocklarn , Thöningsen , Vellinghausen and Weslarn
Bremen	Bilme , Bittingen , Bremen , Blumenthal , Gerlingen , Höingen , Hünningen , Lüttringen , Niederense , Himmelpforten (until 1901), Oberense , Parsit , Ruhne , Sieveringen , Volringen and Waltringen
Baskets	Berlingsen , Brüllingsen , Büecke , Delecke , Echtrop , Ellingsen , Günne , Hewingsen , Kettlersteich (until 1925), Körbecke , Stockum , Theiningsen , Völlinghausen , Wamel , Westrich and Wippringsen
Rewards	Bergede , Beusingsen , Deiringsen , Elfsen , Enkesen im Klei , Heppen , Herringsen , Hiddingsen , Lendringsen , Lohne , Müllingsen , Neuengeseke , Opmünden , Ruploh and Sassendorf
Oestinghausen	Bettinghausen , Eickelborn , Heintrop-Büninghausen , Hovestadt , Hultrop , Krewinkel-Wiltrop , Lohe , Niederbauer , Nordwald , Oestinghausen , Ostinghausen and Schoneberg
Sulfur	Ampen , Ehningsen , Einecke , Eineckerholsen , Enkesen near Paradiese , Epsingsen , Flerke , Hattrop , Kirchwelver , Klotingen , Meiningsen , Merklingsen , Meyerich , Ostönnen , Paradiese (since 1868), Recklingsen , Röllingsen and Schwefe
Werl	Budberg , Holtum , Illingen , Mawicke , Niederbergstraße , Oberbergstraße , Ostbüderich , Scheidingen , Schlückingen , Westbüderich , Westönnen , Wickede and Wiehagen

In 1930, the Borgeln and Schwefe offices were merged to form the Borgeln-Schwefe office . Kirchwelver and Meyerich were united in 1957 to form the municipality of Welver . Ostbüderich and Westbüderich were united in 1964 to form the municipality of Büderich .

The large number of communities in the Soest district was drastically reduced by the Soest / Beckum Act of 1969 . The core city Soest was charged with 18 surrounding communities merged . At the same time, all offices were dissolved.

From July 1, 1969 to December 31, 1974, the district consisted of the cities of Soest and Werl and the municipalities of Bad Sassendorf , Eickelborn , Ense , Lippetal , Lohe , Möhnesee , Welver and Wickede (Ruhr) . (The old communities of Eickelborn and Lohe were left out of the territorial reform of 1969 and thus retained their independence until 1974.)

On October 1, 1969, the district became the Soest district.

On January 1, 1975 it was dissolved and merged with the district of Lippstadt and the Warstein district of Arnsberg as well as individual communities from other districts to form the new district of Soest .

Population development

year	Residents	source
1819	033,060
1832	037.281
1871	048,914
1880	051,057
1890	052,755
1900	056,420
1910	061.040
1925	066,754
1939	073,240
1950	101.994
1960	103,400
1970	118,300
1973	127,300

politics

Results of the district elections from 1946 to 1969

The list only shows parties and constituencies that received at least two percent of the votes in the respective election.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	BG	DZP	BHE
11946 1	49.5	27.0	06.2		21.3	1.3
1948	41.2	30.2			26.8
1952	31.3	23.2	19.8		17.7	6.6
1956	39.4	28.4	17.8		13.1
1961	48.1	26.4	14.5		05.1	5.9
1964	42.9	30.0	15.4	4.1	05.4	2.2
1969	48.0	30.1	10.4	9.6

footnote

¹ 1946: additionally: KPD: 2.0%

District administrators

• 1817–1838: Friedrich von Essellen
• 1838–1852: Florens von Bockum-Dolffs (assumption of provisional administration in 1837)
• 1852–1878: Georg Friedrich Fritsch
• 1879–1918: Florens von Bockum-Dolffs
• 1918–1936: Thilo von Werthern-Michels
• 1936–1945: Walter Möhring
• 1938–1939: representation
• 1940–1944: representation
• 1945: Franz Hackethal-9999
• 1945–1946: August Günther
• 1946–1948: Hubertus Schwartz
• 1948–1950: Erwin Kegel
• 1950–1964: Karl Blume
• 1964–1969: Fritz Böhmer
• 1969–1974: Georg Ehrich

coat of arms

In a certificate dated April 17, 1935, the Soest district was granted the right to use the coat of arms described below:

Description of the coat of arms :
"In the split silver shield in front an upright red key with an outward-pointing beard, behind a continuous black cross."

After the previous Soest district was merged with the Lippstadt district to form the new Soest district , it received a new coat of arms on May 26, 1976. This differs from the coat of arms described above in that the Lippe rose is placed on the black cross .

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign SO when the vehicle license plates were introduced .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Westfalenlexikon 1832–1835 . In: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Ed.): Reprints for the Westphalian archive maintenance . tape 3 . Münster 1978, p. 119 (reprint of the original from 1834).
2. ↑ Landgemeinde -ordnung for the Province of Westphalia from October 31, 1841 (PDF; 1.6 MB)
3. ↑ Official Gazette for the administrative district of Arnsberg 1843, formation of the offices in the Soest district. Retrieved February 2, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Announcement of the new version of the district regulations for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from August 11, 1969 in the Law and Ordinance Gazette for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, year 1969, No. 2021, p. 670 ff.
5. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 336 .
6. ^ Statistisches Bureau zu Berlin (Ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Prussian state . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1821 ( digitized version ).
7. ↑ ^{a b} Community encyclopedia Westphalia 1887 p. 131
8. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. lippstadt.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
9. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972
10. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1975
11. ↑ Source: respective issue of the State Statistical Office (LDS NRW), Mauerstr. 51, Düsseldorf, with the election results at the district level.

literature

• Heinrich Luhmann (ed.): The district of Soest. Becoming and being. Hans Burkhard publishing house, Essen without a year (around 1955).
• Hans Weller: The self-government in the Soest district 1817–1974. A contribution to the history of supra-community self-government. Paderborn 1987.
• Statistics of the Soest district. Essen 1881
• Hermann Schmoeckel (Ed.): Soest district (= Germany's urban development ). DARI, Berlin-Halensee 1930.

Web links

Commons : Kreis Soest  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• List of parishes and population figures
• Information on the Soest district primarily in the 19th century