Stendal district
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| District of the GDR | Magdeburg |
| County seat | Stendal |
| surface | 954 km² (1989) |
| Residents | 97,554 (1989) |
| Population density | 102 inhabitants / km² (1989) |
| License Plate | H and M (1953–1990) HT, MU and HV (1974–1990) SDL (1991–1994) |
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| The district of Stendal in the district of Magdeburg |
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The Stendal district was a district in the Magdeburg district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1994 it existed as the district of Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt without changing its area . Its area is now in the Stendal district, which was enlarged in 1994, and in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt. The seat of the district administration was in Stendal .
geography
location
The Stendal district was in the Altmark on the left bank of the Elbe . The most important body of water next to the Elbe was the Tangier .
Neighboring areas
Until 1987, the district of Stendal bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Osterburg , Havelberg , Tangerhütte , Gardelegen and Kalbe (Milde) .
From 1988 it bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Osterburg , Havelberg , Genthin , Burg , Wolmirstedt and Gardelegen .
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 Stendal gave municipalities to the districts of Osterburg , Kalbe (Milde) and Tangerhütte . The new Stendal district with its seat in Stendal was formed from the remaining district area . The district was assigned to the newly formed Magdeburg district .
On January 1, 1988, the Stendal district was enlarged to include parts of the dissolved Tangerhütte district.
On May 17, 1990 the district was renamed the district of Stendal. On the occasion of the reunification of the two German states, the district was awarded to the re-established state of Saxony-Anhalt in 1990. During the district reform , which came into force on July 1, 1994, it became part of the new districts of Stendal and Börde.
Population development
| Stendal district | ||||||||
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| year | 1960 | 1971 | 1981 | 1989 | ||||
| Residents | 77,525 | 73.423 | 76,491 | 97,554 | ||||
cities and communes
After the administrative reform of 1952, the following towns and communities belonged to the Stendal district:
On January 1, 1988, the Stendal district was expanded to include the following towns and municipalities from the dissolved Tangerhütte district:
economy
Important companies were among others:
- Steel Furniture and Warming Equipment Factory (STIMA) Stendal
- VEB Geological Exploration Stendal
- VEB Hansa-Getränke Stendal
- VEB Dauermilchwerke Stendal
- Reichsbahn repair shop Stendal
- Stendal nuclear power plant (not completed)
- VEB shipyard Tangermünde
- VEB fruit and sugar processing Tangermünde
- VEB glue factory Tangermünde
traffic
The F 188 from Gardelegen via Stendal to Rathenow and the F 189 from Magdeburg via Stendal to Wittenberge were used for national road traffic.
The routes Berlin – Stendal – Oebisfelde , Stendal – Salzwedel , Magdeburg – Stendal – Wittenberge , Stendal – Niedergörne and Stendal – Tangermünde served rail traffic .
License Plate
Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were given three-letter distinctive signs from around 1974 to the end of 1990, those with the letter pairs HT , HU and MU and, after the dissolution of the Tangerhütte district, the distinctive signs assigned to this district with the letter pair HV from the beginning of 1988 to the end Assigned in 1990. The last number plate series used for motorcycles was HY 45-01 to HY 99-99 .
At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinctive sign SDL .
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
- ↑ Law on the further democratization of the structure and functioning of the state organs in the state of Saxony-Anhalt of July 25, 1952
- ↑ 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. 534 .