Sondershausen district

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Basic data
District of the GDR Erfurt
County seat Sondershausen
surface 598 km² (1989)
Residents 53,806 (1989)
Population density 90 inhabitants / km² (1989)
License Plate F and L (1953–1990)
LW (1974–1990)
SDH (1991–1995)
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The district of Sondershausen in the district of Erfurt

The district of Sondershausen was a district in the Erfurt district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1994 it existed as the district of Sondershausen in Thuringia . Today its area is mostly in the Kyffhäuserkreis in Thuringia. The seat of the district administration was in Sondershausen .

geography

location

The district of Sondershausen was on the northern edge of the Thuringian Basin and was crossed by the Hainleite .

Most important places

The most important places besides the district town Sondershausen were the cities Ebeleben and Großenehrich as well as the communities Großfurra , Schernberg and Topfstedt .

Neighboring areas

The district of Sondershausen bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Nordhausen , Sangerhausen , Artern , Sömmerda , Langensalza , Mühlhausen and Worbis .

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 Sondershausen district gave municipalities to the Sömmerda district . The district of Sondershausen with its seat in Sondershausen was formed from the remaining district area . The district was assigned to the newly formed district of Erfurt .

On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Sondershausen district. On the occasion of the reunification of the two German states, the district was assigned to the re-established state of Thuringia in October 1990 . During the district reform in Thuringia , it went on July 1, 1994, with the exception of the community of Zaunröden in the Kyffhäuserkreis . Fence clearing came to the Unstrut-Hainich district .

Population development

Sondershausen district
year 1960 1971 1981 1989
Residents 58,591 59.141 55,045 53,806

economy

Important companies included:

traffic

For the national road traffic, the district area was opened up by the F 4 from Nordhausen via Sondershausen to Erfurt , the F 84 from Ebeleben to Eisenach and the F 249 from Sondershausen to Mühlhausen .

The railway traffic served the routes Nordhausen – Sondershausen – Erfurt , Bretleben – Sondershausen and Hohenebra – Ebeleben .

License Plate

Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs starting with the pair of letters LW from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was LY 15-01 to LY 50-00 .

At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinctive sign SDH . It was issued until January 31, 1995. It has been available from the Kyffhäuserkreis since November 29, 2012 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistical Yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 .
  2. ↑ 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 .
  3. ↑ Law on the self-administration of municipalities and districts in the GDR (municipal constitution) of May 17, 1990
  4. ↑ 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 .
  5. ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 505 .

Web links

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