Weener district

Basic data
Prussian Province	Hanover
Administrative district	Aurich
County seat	Weener
Inventory period	1885-1932
surface	290.22 km²
Residents	21,329 (1925)
Population density	73 inhabitants / km² (1925)
Communities	31
License Plate	IS
Location of the district in the province of Hanover (1905)

The old district of Weener today

The Weener district was a district in the Prussian province of Hanover from 1885 to 1932 .

geography

The district included the entire Rheiderland . The Friesische Strasse , an old long-distance trade route between Emden and Münster , ran parallel to the west of the Ems .

In the north, the district bordered on what was then the district of Emden , in the east on the district of Leer , in the south on the district of Aschendorf and in the west on the Kingdom of the Netherlands .

The area of the Weener district is now divided between the communities of Bunde and Jemgum, the city of Weener and the district of Bingum in the city of Leer .

history

In 1867 the Kingdom of Hanover was annexed by Prussia and transformed into the Province of Hanover. As part of the introduction of the district order for the province, the district Weener was formed on April 1, 1885 from the old Hanoverian office of Weener . The county seat was the eponymous city of Weener . The district was assigned to the administrative district of Aurich .

In 1932, the Weener district was dissolved by an ordinance of the Prussian State Ministry and merged with the Leer district.

Population development

year	1890	1900	1910	1925
Residents	20,431	20,525	20,537	21,329

Communities

The municipalities of the Weener district with the population from December 1, 1910 and June 16, 1925:

local community	Ew. 1910	Ew. 1925
Beschotenweg	289	292
Bingum	735	722
Gust	417	455
Böhmerwold	115	132
Bundles	1811	1985
Bunderhammrich	760	718
Bunderhee	720	817
Federal territory	166	165
Charlottenpolder	118	115
Critzum	285	315
Hallway	611	616
Ditzum	798	776
Ditzumerhammrich	803	710
Hatzum	351	334
Heinitzpolder	101	183
Holtgaste	293	343
Holthusen	1653	1742
Jemgum	1133	1073
Kirchborgum	332	323
Landscape polder	311	305
Marienchor	111	112
Midlum	307	320
Nendorp	135	144
Oldendorp	159	160
Pogum	293	275
St. Georgiwold	154	128
Pile bog	1214	1276
Vellage	260	235
Weener	3923	4127
Weenermoor	1101	1275
Wymeer	1078	1156

District administrators

1885–1888 Matthias Knaus
1888–1893 Lümko Iderhoff (1856–1931)
1893–1904 Adolf Kriege
1904–1909 Karl Gosling (1868–1921)
1909–1927 Erich Bachmann
1927–1927 Hans von Oldershausen (1876–1956) (acting)
1927–1927 Emil Wehriede (acting)
1928–1932 Benno Eide Siebs (1891–1977)

Individual evidence

^ District regulation for the province of Hanover (1884)
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Leer.html. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
^ Uli Schubert: German community register 1910. Accessed on May 22, 2011 .
^ Community encyclopedia for the Free State of Prussia: Province of Hanover. Publishing house of the Prussian State Statistical Office, 1930

[1] District regulation for the province of Hanover (1884)

[2] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Leer.html. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[3] Uli Schubert: German community register 1910. Accessed on May 22, 2011 .

[4] Community encyclopedia for the Free State of Prussia: Province of Hanover. Publishing house of the Prussian State Statistical Office, 1930