Stralsund-Land district
| Basic data (as of 1994) | |
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| Existing period: | 1952-1994 |
| District : | Rostock |
| Administrative headquarters : | Stralsund |
| Area : | 593 km² |
| Residents: | 25,700 (1985) |
| Population density: | 43 inhabitants per km² |
| License plate : | AP, AR (1974-1990)
HST (1991-1994) |
| Circle structure: | 30 municipalities, including 3 cities |
| Location of the district in the GDR | |
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The Stralsund district was a district in the Rostock district in the GDR . From May 17, 1990, it continued as the Stralsund district . Today his area belongs to the district of Vorpommern-Rügen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The seat of the district administration was in the city of Stralsund, which itself did not belong to the district or district, but was surrounded by it .
geography
location
The district was shaped by the north-western Pomeranian plains, which was only interrupted by low terminal moraine lines that formed during the last ice age . The coastline of the district extended from the Bodden coast of the Grabow over the Prohner Wiek to the northern entrance of the Strelasund . In addition, the islands of Bock , Großer Werder and Kleiner Werder belonged to the district area, which are located in the area of the sand washings coming from Darßer Ort and moving eastwards. The hinterland of the coast extended from the lowlands of the Barthe with the Borgwallsee to the Trebel in the south of the district. The highest point in the district was a hill near Oebelitz at 36 m above sea level. NN .
Neighboring areas
The Stralsund district bordered the Ribnitz-Damgarten district in the west, the Grimmen district in the south and southeast and the Stralsund district in the east .
history
The rural county Franzburg-Barth was the occasion of the laying of its county government in the city of Stralsund in 1946 County Stralsund renamed. During the first district reform in the GDR, the Stralsund district gave the town of Damgarten and several surrounding communities to the Rostock district on July 1, 1950 .
During the district reform of July 25, 1952, the Stralsund district was split up. Its western part merged into the new Ribnitz-Damgarten district . From its eastern part and the northwest of the old district of Grimmen (Tribsees and the surrounding area), the district of Stralsund-Land was formed, which was assigned to the new district of Rostock .
The district came to the newly founded state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on October 3, 1990 within the " accession area " to the Federal Republic of Germany . On June 12, 1994, the district, which had been referred to as the district since May 17, 1990, was dissolved and since then, until the district reform in 2011, together with the districts of Ribnitz-Damgarten and Grimmen, which were also dissolved, it formed the district of Northern Pomerania .
Economy and Infrastructure
Agriculture dominated the Stralsund district. The main crops were potatoes , rye and sugar beets . Pig fattening and breeding farms were located in the north of the district. In Tribsees there was a VEB that processed metal and a pump repair company, in Franzburg there was a sawmill and in Richtenberg there was a spirits factory.
The main road F 105 ( Rostock - Stralsund ) and the railway line running parallel to it ran through the north of the district . The F 194 (Stralsund - Grimmen) touched the east of the district area. The branch line Velgast - Tribsees was of minor importance.
cities and communes
On October 3, 1990, the Stralsund district had 30 municipalities, including three cities:
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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, starting with the letter pairs AP and AR ( A was the code letter for the Rostock district). The last number plate series used for motorcycles was AZ 00-01 to AZ 99-99 . Until 1974, license plates with two letters, starting with A , were assigned to all private motor vehicles.
At the beginning of 1991 the district and the Hanseatic city of Stralsund (as an independent city) were given the distinctive sign HST ; The district was subsequently assigned one letter and the city two letters.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 301 .
- ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 547 .