Weißenfels district
Basic data | |
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District of the GDR | Hall |
County seat | Weissenfels |
surface | 223 km² (1989) |
Residents | 63,838 (1989) |
Population density | 286 inhabitants / km² (1989) |
License Plate | K and V (1953–1990) KX and VX (1974–1990) |
The Weißenfels district in the Halle district (clickable map) |
The Weißenfels district was a district in the Halle district of the GDR . From 1990 it existed as the district of Weißenfels in the state of Saxony-Anhalt . His area is now in the Burgenland district in Saxony-Anhalt. The seat of the district administration was in Weißenfels .
geography
The Weißenfels district was on both sides of the Saale, southwest of Leipzig . It bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Merseburg , Leipzig-Land , Hohenmölsen , Naumburg and Nebra .
history
A district of Weißenfels had existed in the Prussian province of Saxony since 1815, and since 1945 it had belonged to the state of Saxony-Anhalt and thus to the GDR since 1949. On July 25, 1952, there was a comprehensive district reform in the GDR , in which, among other things, the states were dissolved and replaced by districts . The Weißenfels district gave parts of its territory to the new Hohenmölsen , Naumburg and Leipzig-Land districts . From the remaining part of the district, the Weißenfels district was formed, which was assigned to the newly formed Halle district .
On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Weißenfels district. On the occasion of the reunification of the two German states, the district was awarded to the re-established state of Saxony-Anhalt in October 1990. On July 1, 2007, it was disbanded. His area was incorporated into the new Burgenland district.
Population development
Weißenfels district | ||||||||
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year | 1960 | 1971 | 1981 | 1989 | ||||
Residents | 82,591 | 79.134 | 67,345 | 63,838 |
cities and communes
In 1956 the following towns and communities belonged to the Weißenfels district:
economy
Important companies in the district were among others:
- VEB Brewery Weissenfels
- VEB Kombinat shoes Weißenfels
- VEB chain and nail works Weißenfels
- VEB Vorrichtungsbau Weißenfels
- VEB Tacton Weißenfels drum factory
- VEB WiWeNa Weißenfels small furniture
- VEB Techn. Building Equipment Hall, BT Elektroanlagenbau Weißenfels
traffic
The district was connected to the GDR's motorway network through the north-south Berlin Ring – Hirschberg motorway. The F 87 in the direction of Naumburg and Leipzig , the F 91 in the direction of Zeitz and Halle and the F 176 in the direction of Sömmerda and Borna also served national road traffic .
The district was crossed by the Halle – Weißenfels – Erfurt railway line . In addition, the branch lines Weißenfels-Zeitz , Großkorbetha-Deuben and Leipzig-Lützen-Pörsten served rail traffic .
License Plate
Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs starting with the letter pairs KX and VX from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was VX 00-01 to VX 99-99 .
At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinguishing mark WSF .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Statistical Yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 .
- ↑ 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
- ↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 2007
- ↑ 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 f .
- ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 520 .