Warendorf district (1816–1974)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 51 ° 56 '  N , 7 ° 59'  E
Basic data (as of 1974)
Existing period:	1816-1974
State :	North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region :	Muenster
Regional association :	Westphalia-Lippe
Administrative headquarters :	Warendorf
Area :	459.36 km 2
Residents:	58,900 (Dec. 31, 1973)
Population density :	128 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	WAF
Circle key :	05 5 40
Circle structure:	10 municipalities
Address of the district administration:	Waldenburger Strasse 2 Warendorf
District Administrator :	Josef Höchst ( CDU )

The Warendorf district was a district in the north of North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ). On January 1, 1975 it was dissolved in the course of the regional reform by the Münster / Hamm Act and united with the Beckum district and parts of the Münster and Lüdinghausen districts to form the new Warendorf district .

geography

Neighboring areas

In 1972 the Warendorf district bordered in a clockwise direction in the northeast with the Osnabrück district (in Lower Saxony ) and the Halle (Westphalia) , Wiedenbrück , Beckum , Münster and Tecklenburg districts .

history

prehistory

The secularization after the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 led to the dissolution of the Principality of Münster . The eastern part of the Münsterland including the city of Münster fell to the Kingdom of Prussia and from then on formed the hereditary principality of Münster . The hereditary principality was divided into four circles on January 1, 1804 by a Prussian order . In addition to the circles Beckum , Lüdinghausen and Munster was Warendorf district established. Initially, it included the towns of Freckenhorst , Harsewinkel , Sassenberg , Sendenhorst and Wolbeck as well as the parishes of Albersloh , Altwarendorf, Alverskirchen , Angelmodde , Beelen , Eine , Everswinkel , Freckenhorst , Füchtorf , Greffen , Harsewinkel , Hoetmar , Milte , Neuwarendorf , Rinkerode , Sendenhorst and Wolbeck . The two cities of Warendorf and Münster remained independent and were placed under the supervision of tax councils.

Maximilian von Ketteler , previously Drost in Sassenberg , became the district administrator of the Warendorf district . When the districts in the hereditary principality of Münster were reorganized, the Warendorf district was expanded significantly to the west on June 1, 1806 to include the town and parish Telgte and the communities of Ostbevern and Westbevern from the Münster district; in addition, the parish of Amelsbüren from the dissolved Lüdinghausen district was added.

In the same year the Münsterland was occupied by Napoleon . In 1808 the area of ​​the hereditary principality of Münster was assigned to the Grand Duchy of Berg , which created a completely new administrative structure based on the French model. The later district area now belonged to the arrondissement (district) Münster in the Ems department . The arrondissement of Münster was divided into cantons; the canton Warendorf was subdivided into the mairies Warendorf (town of Warendorf), Altwarendorf (parish Warendorf), Freckenhorst and Hoetmar, and the canton Sassenberg in the mairies Beelen, Füchtorf, Harsewinkel and Sassenberg. From 1811 to 1813 the two cantons of Warendorf and Sassenberg belonged to the Ruhr department of the Grand Duchy of Berg.

The Warendorf district from 1816 to 1974

The Warendorf district in 1843

After the end of the French era , the Münsterland fell back to Prussia, which created the province of Westphalia on January 1, 1816 . Within the province, the Münster administrative district was formed, which was divided into ten districts . After its founding on August 10, 1816, the new district of Warendorf initially included the nine mayorships of Beelen, Everswinkel, Freckenhorst, Harsewinkel, Hoetmar, Lienen, Ostbevern, Sassenberg and Warendorf. With the introduction of the rural community order for the province of Westphalia in 1843 and 1844, the mayor's offices were transferred to offices . The district town of Warendorf, which remained officially free, had about 5000 inhabitants at that time and was one of the twenty largest cities in Westphalia. In 1857 the Lienen office was reclassified from the Warendorf district to the Tecklenburg district . Since then there have been seven offices and a total of 22 municipalities in the Warendorf district:

Office	Communities
free of charge	Warendorf (city)
Beelen	Beelen , Ostenfelde and Westkirchen
Everswinkel	Everswinkel
Freckenhorst	City of Freckenhorst , parish of Freckenhorst and Neuwarendorf
Harsewinkel	Greffen , town of Harsewinkel , parish of Harsewinkel and Marienfeld
Hoetmar	Hoetmar
Ostbevern	One , Milte and Ostbevern
Sassenberg	Dackmar , Füchtorf , Gröblingen , Sassenberg , Velsen and Vohren

Administrative boundaries of the district until 1969

The Everswinkel office was abolished in 1934, and in 1938 Hoetmar was incorporated into the Freckenhorst office. The parish of Harsewinkel parish was incorporated into the town of Harsewinkel in 1937. On October 1, 1945, the municipality of Neuwarendorf was incorporated into the city of Warendorf and on January 1, 1969, the municipality of Freckenhorst parish was incorporated into the city of Freckenhorst. The law on the reorganization of municipalities in the Warendorf district resulted in further changes on July 1, 1969:

• Dackmar, Füchtorf and Gröblingen were incorporated into the town of Sassenberg.
• Velsen and Vohren were incorporated into the city of Warendorf.
• The Sassenberg office was repealed.
• Hoetmar was incorporated into the city of Freckenhorst.
• The Freckenhorst office was repealed.

On October 1, 1969, the district became the district of Warendorf.

As part of the Bielefeld-law on 1 January 1973 Harsewinkel, were Greffen and Marienfeld to the new city Harsewinkel together, at the same time in the East Westphalia Gütersloh was reclassified. The area of ​​the circle was reduced from 559.39 km² to 459.36 km². Since then, the Warendorf district has comprised ten cities and communities.

Dissolution of the Warendorf district

On January 1, 1975, under the Münster / Hamm Act , Section 53, the Warendorf district was dissolved. The new Warendorf district was then created through the merger of the Beckum and Warendorf districts at the time . In addition, there were the city of Drensteinfurt from the dissolved district of Lüdinghausen and Albersloh , Rinkerode and Telgte from the dissolved district of Münster . From the communities of the dissolved Warendorf district, Ostenfelde and Westkirchen were incorporated into Ennigerloh and one, Freckenhorst and Milte were incorporated into the city of Warendorf. The offices of Beelen and Ostbevern were abolished.

Population development

year	Residents	source
1819	32,770
1832	33,232
1858	29,216
1871	28.102
1880	28,246
1890	29,339
1900	30,124
1910	32,952
1925	35,860
1939	39.107
1950	58,339
1960	59,700
1970	70,700
1973	58,900

politics

Results of the district elections from 1946

year	CDU	SPD	FDP	DZP	BHE
1946	57.2	12.4	1.1	27.2
1948	38.9	21.2		31.5
1952	51.5	15.5	3.6	19.9	8.1
1956	50.2	18.0	4.8	21.3	5.7
1961	58.0	16.8	6.2	15.6	3.4
1964	60.6	21.9	7.6	09.9
11969 1	62.4	24.4	6.8	04.0
1973	67.5	23.0	6.8

In the 1948 election, independent candidates received 7.4% of the valid votes.

footnote

¹ 1969: additionally: UWGB: 2.0%

District administrators

• 1804–1807: Maximilian von Ketteler
• 1816–1817: Maximilian von Ketteler
• 1817–1831: Clemens von Korff called Schmising
• 1831–1832: Maximilian von Ketteler
• 1832–1866: Carl von Twickel
• 1866–1899: Carl von Wrede
• 1899–1929: Max Gerbaulet
• 1929–1933: Simon Groener
• 1933: Hanns Querfeld-9999
• 1933–1945: Joseph Gerdes
• 1945–1946: Hermann Terdenge
• 1946: August Freiherr von Korff-9999
• 1946–1948: Bernhard Meier-Overesch
• 1948–1952: Carl Esser , center
• 1952–1953: Johannes Weber , CDU
• 1953–1974: Josef Höchst , CDU

Upper District Directors

• 1946–1951: Hermann Terdenge
• 1952–1955: Paul Eising
• 1955–1974: Karl Schnettler

coat of arms

A red bar in gold, covered with three gold rosettes. The colors red and gold indicate the colors of the Prince Diocese of Münster, to which the area of ​​both districts belonged until 1803. The sun gears (rosettes) are taken from the family coat of arms of the Vogt von Warendorpe family. The coat of arms was awarded on February 1, 1938.

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign WAF with the introduction of the license plates that are still valid today .

literature

• District Warendorf - The District Administrator (Ed.): 200 years District Warendorf . Liesborn Abbey Museum, 2003.

Web links

• The change in the economic structure in the Warendorf district 1969–1990 (PDF; 1.49 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ordinance on the subdivision of the Hereditary Principality of Münster . In: Johann Josef Scotti (Hrsg.): Collection of laws and ordinances for the hereditary principality of Münster . Münster December 23, 1803 ( digitized version ).
2. ^ Map of the hereditary principality of Münster with the district boundaries from 1804. In: HIS-Data. Retrieved October 10, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Ordinance on the new district division of the Hereditary Principality of Münster . In: Johann Josef Scotti (Hrsg.): Collection of laws and ordinances for the hereditary principality of Münster . Münster April 11, 1806 ( digitized version ).
4. ↑ ^{a b} Westphalia Lexicon 1832-1835 . In: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Ed.): Reprints for the Westphalian archive maintenance . tape 3 . Münster 1978, p. 271 (reprint of the original from 1834).
5. ↑ Landgemeinde -ordnung for the Province of Westphalia from October 31, 1841 (PDF; 1.6 MB)
6. ↑ Official Gazette for the Münster district in 1843. Retrieved on February 2, 2014 . 
7. ↑ Official Gazette for the Münster district in 1844. Retrieved on February 2, 2014 . 
8. ↑ Statistical news about the government district of Münster, 1860
9. ^ Wolfgang Leesch: Administration in Westphalia 1815-1945 . In: Publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia . tape 38 . Aschendorff, Münster 1992, ISBN 3-402-06845-1 .
10. ↑ 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.
11. ↑ ^{a b} Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972
12. ↑ ^{a b} Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1975
13. ^ 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. 318 f .
14. ^ Statistisches Bureau zu Berlin (Ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Prussian state . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1821 ( digitized version ).
15. ^ Statistical news about the government district of Münster 1858, p. 20.
16. ↑ ^{a b} Community encyclopedia Westphalia 1887 p. 127.
17. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Michael Rademacher: German administrative history. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on January 2, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.