Rhein-Wupper district

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Coat of arms of the Rhein-Wupper district
Rhein-Wupper district
Map of Germany, position of the Rhein-Wupper-Kreis highlighted

Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′  N , 7 ° 0 ′  E

Basic data (as of 1974)
Existing period: 1929-1974
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Dusseldorf
Regional association : Rhineland
Administrative headquarters : Opladen
Area : 362.3 km 2
Residents: 260,100 (Dec. 31, 1973)
Population density : 718 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : OP
Circle key : 05 1 39
Circle structure: 13 municipalities
Former district office in Opladen , now Leverkusen city ​​archive

The Rhein-Wupper-Kreis was a district in the Düsseldorf administrative district from 1929 to 1974 . With that he belonged first to the Prussian Rhine Province and from 1946 to North Rhine-Westphalia . Until 1931 its name was the district of Solingen-Lennep . The district town was Opladen . As part of the regional reform in 1975, the district was dissolved by the Cologne Act .

geography

Neighboring areas

The Rhein-Wupper circle bordered 1,974 clockwise starting in the northwest to the county Dusseldorf-Mettmann , in the cities of Solingen , Remscheid and Wuppertal , the Ennepe-Ruhr district , the county Lüdenscheid , Oberbergischen and the Rheinisch-Bergisch district , to the independent cities of Leverkusen and Cologne and to the Grevenbroich district .

history

founding

The district was created through the merger of the districts of Solingen and Lennep , which was implemented on August 1, 1929 on the basis of the law on the municipal reorganization of the Rhenish-Westphalian industrial area .

Due to this law, the city of Lennep and other communities were spun off from the Lennep district and incorporated into the independent city of Remscheid , which had already left the district in 1888. The independent city of Solingen , which left the district of Solingen in 1896 , was also enlarged at its expense, despite the fact that it was not part of the district.

The remaining cities and municipalities of the two districts were combined to form the district of Solingen-Lennep. On August 3, 1931, the name was changed to Rhein-Wupper-Kreis, which took into account the fact that the previously named cities of Solingen and Lennep did not belong to the district. The new name referred to the location of the district on the rivers Rhine and Wupper . The new district initially formed the 20 cities and communities Baumberg , Bergisch Neukirchen , Burg an der Wupper , Burscheid , Dabringhausen , Dhünn , Hitdorf , Hückeswagen , Leichlingen , Lützenkirchen , Monheim , Opladen, Radevormwald , Rheindorf , Richrath-Reusrath , Schlebusch , Steinbüchel , Wermelskirchen , Wiesdorf and Witzhelden . There were initially three offices in the district , the Dabringhausen office with the communities Dabringhausen and Dhünn, the Monheim office with the Monheim and Baumberg municipalities and the Schlebusch office with the Lützenkirchen, Schlebusch and Steinbüchel municipalities.

Changes to the administrative structure

  • Rheindorf, Schlebusch, Steinbüchel and Wiesdorf formed the new city of Leverkusen in 1930 . At the same time Lützenkirchen was incorporated into Opladen.
  • The municipality of Richrath-Reusrath was renamed Langenfeld (Rhld.) In 1936.
  • The Dabringhausen office was dissolved in 1938. At the same time, the Wermelskirchen office was formed, consisting of the city of Wermelskirchen and the communities of Dabringhausen and Dhünn.
  • The town of Hitdorf was incorporated into the Monheim office in 1939.
  • The municipality of Langenfeld (Rhld.) Received city rights in 1948.
  • Baumberg was incorporated into Monheim in 1951.
  • Leverkusen left the Rhein-Wupper district as a new urban district on January 1, 1955.
  • Hitdorf was incorporated into Monheim in 1960. In the same year, the municipality of Monheim received city rights.

resolution

In the course of the North Rhine-Westphalian regional reform , the Rhein-Wupper-Kreis was dissolved in accordance with Section 24 (4) of the Cologne Act with effect from January 1, 1975. At the same time, the municipal boundaries were partially redrawn:

  • Burg an der Wupper was incorporated into the city of Solingen.
  • Bergisch Neukirchen and Opladen were incorporated into the city of Leverkusen.
  • Dabringhausen and Dhünn were incorporated into the city of Wermelskirchen; the Wermelskirchen office was abolished.
  • Monheim was initially divided between Düsseldorf and Leverkusen, but the council members lodged a constitutional complaint . The constitutional court for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia gave this right and Monheim became an independent town in the Mettmann district with effect from June 1, 1976 . Hitdorf, however, stayed with Leverkusen.
  • Witzhelden was incorporated into the city of Leichlingen.
  • The village of Bergisch Born , which until then had been divided between the cities of Hückeswagen, Wermelskirchen and Remscheid, came completely to the independent city of Remscheid.
  • Burscheid, Leichlingen and Wermelskirchen were assigned to the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis .
  • Hückeswagen and Radevormwald were assigned to the Oberbergischer Kreis .
  • Langenfeld was assigned to the Mettmann district .

Population development

year Residents source
1933 150,635
1939 161,448
1950 214,483
1960 178,800
1961 184.083
1969 244,700
1970 239.310
1973 260,100

politics

Results of the district elections from 1946

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 SPD CDU FDP BHE KPD FSU
1946 25.1 47.5 14.4 11.9
1948 28.4 36.3 18.0 10.4 5.1
1952 31.0 34.8 16.0 7.6 05.9 4.6
1956 38.5 38.6 13.4 7.4
1961 36.0 44.5 12.2 5.6
1964 44.1 42.4 11.2 1.5
1969 46.4 44.7 07.9

District administrators

Upper District Directors

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign OP with the introduction of the license plates that are still valid today . It is derived from the former district town of Opladen and was issued until December 31, 1974.

In September 2014, the Leverkusen city council voted to reintroduce the operating theater mark. Since July 27, 2015, a number plate can be reserved; Since August 3, OP codes have been issued that do not correspond to any previously desired combination.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ leverkusen.com: urban history of Leverkusen
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. rheinwupper.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  3. ↑ wermelskirchen.de: urban history of Wermelskirchen
  4. ↑ stadtgeschichte-leverkusen.de: Stadtgeschichte von Leverkusen ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stadtgeschichte-leverkusen.de
  5. ^ Official Journal for the Düsseldorf administrative region 1949, p. 40
  6. ^ Official journal for the administrative district of Düsseldorf 1951, p. 59
  7. ^ Official Journal for the Düsseldorf administrative region 1960, p. 340
  8. ^ Official Journal for the Düsseldorf administrative region 1960, p. 444
  9. ↑ a b c 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. 298 f .
  10. ^ 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. 294 .
  11. ↑ Statistical Yearbook 1975, p. 53
  12. ↑ Source: respective issue of the State Statistical Office (LDS NRW), Mauerstr. 51, Düsseldorf, with the election results at the district level.
  13. ↑ OP number is a long time coming ; ksta.de, March 30, 2015, accessed on July 31, 2015
  14. ↑ The Opladen license plate can be reserved since Wednesday ; ksta.de, July 27, 2015, accessed on July 31, 2015