Wittenberg district
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| District of the GDR | Hall |
| County seat | Lutherstadt Wittenberg |
| surface | 609 km² (1989) |
| Residents | 91,640 (1989) |
| Population density | 150 inhabitants / km² (1989) |
| License Plate | K and V (1953–1990) KY and VY (1974–1990) WB (1991–1994) |
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| Wittenberg district in the Halle district (clickable map) |
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The Wittenberg district had been a district in the Halle district of the GDR since 1952 . From 1990 it existed as the district of Wittenberg in the state of Saxony-Anhalt . Since 1994, his area has belonged to the Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt. The seat of the district administration was in Lutherstadt Wittenberg .
geography
Neighboring areas
The Wittenberg district bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the Belzig and Jüterbog districts ( Potsdam district ), Jessen ( Cottbus district ), Torgau and Eilenburg ( Leipzig district ), Graefenhainichen and Roßlau (Halle district).
history
The district of Wittenberg emerged from the district of Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt . It was created through the GDR administrative reform that came into force on July 25, 1952.
The district of Wittenberg comprised 5 cities and 35 municipalities including their districts:
- City of Lutherstadt Wittenberg with Piesteritz , Trajuhn and Wiesigk
- City of Bad Schmiedeberg with Großwig, Moschwig, Patzschwig and Splau
- City of Kemberg with Gaditz
- City of Pretzsch with Körbin and Merschwitz
- City of Zahna
- Community Apollensdorf
- Community Ateritz with Gommlo and Lubast
- Municipality of Boßdorf with Assau , Kerzendorf and Weddin
- Community Bülzig with Woltersdorf
- Dabrun municipality
- Community Dietrichsdorf with külső
- Dorna municipality
- Euper municipality with Abtsdorf
- Community Eutzsch with Pannigkau
- Gallin parish
- Globig-Bleddin municipality
- Community Jahmo with Köpnick
- Klebitz municipality
- Municipality of Korgau with Großkorgau and Kleinkorgau
- Municipality of Kropstädt with Wüstemark
- Community Leetza with Ottmannsdorf and Zallmsdorf
- Meuro municipality with Sackwitz
- community Mochau
- Mühlanger municipality
- Nudersdorf municipality
- Community Ogkeln with Scholis
- community Pratau
- Community of Priesitz with Sachau
- Community Rackith with Bietegast and lamb village
- Community Rahnsdorf
- Community Reinharz
- Community Reinsdorf with Braunsdorf
- community Schmilkendorf
- Schnellin municipality with Merkwitz
- Seegrehna municipality
- Community Straach with Berkau
- Thießen municipality
- Trebitz municipality with Bösewig, Kleinzerbst and Österitz
- Community Wartenburg
- Zörnigall municipality
Due to the administrative reform of July 25, 1952, the former area of the Wittenberg district became the greatly reduced Wittenberg district. The following localities were given for this:
- to the Jüterbog district in the Potsdam district, the municipalities
- Blönsdorf with Kurzlipsdorf and Mellnsdorf
- Danna with Eckmannsdorf
- Feldheim with Schwabeck
- Marzahna with Schmögelsdorf
- Schönefeld
- Wergzahna
- to the Torgau district in the Leipzig district
- Dahlenberg
- Wörblitz with Greudnitz and Proschwitz
- to the newly formed Graefenhainichen district in the Halle district
- Bergwitz with Klitzschena
- Radis
- Rotta with Gniest and Reuden
- Schleesen with Naderkau
- Selbitz
- Uthausen
- to the newly formed Jessen district in the Cottbus district
- Elster with Gielsdorf and Iserbegka
- Listerfehrda
After 1990
On May 6, 1990, the first free local elections took place in the GDR . On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Wittenberg district. The state of Saxony-Anhalt was reestablished on October 14, 1990, the day of the state elections, through the state introduction law of 1990. The districts of Halle and Magdeburg (excluding the district of Artern ) were merged. The Jessen district (Cottbus district) became part of Saxony-Anhalt. The social reorganization created a new administrative structure. By 1991, the number of municipalities was reduced by further incorporations in the district of Wittenberg to 28. The district of Wittenberg had a size of 609 square kilometers and had a population of 89,146 (1991), as a result 146 inhabitants per square kilometer. It extended 40 km in north-south direction and 21 km in east-west direction. As part of the first district reform, the districts of Wittenberg, Jessen and the majority of the municipalities in the district of Graefenhainichen were merged into the new district of Wittenberg on July 1, 1994 .
politics
Chairman of the Wittenberg District Council
- 1952–1959: Albin Fleischmann
- 1959–1967: Heinz Block
- 1967–1971: Rolf Hoppe
- 1972–1988: Werner John
- 1988–1989: Siegfried Beiche
- 1989–1990: Werner Engelmann
District Administrator
- 1990-1994 Wulf Littke
traffic
In the district town the trunk roads F 2 Potsdam-Leipzig and F 187 Roßlau-Jessen (Elster) crossed. The Wittenberg station was the junction of the routes Berlin-Halle (stations or stops Klebitz, Zahna, Bülzig, Zörnigall, Pratau) and Roßlau-Falkenberg / Elster (Luther Wittenberg Piesteritz, Wittenberg West, Wittenberg Elbtor, Wendel, Mühlanger). Passenger traffic on the Lutherstadt Wittenberg – Straach railway was discontinued in 1959.
License Plate
After 1952, the vehicles registered in the district were given license plates beginning with the letter K (as in the entire GDR district of Halle). License plates with the initial letter V were added later. Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs starting with the letter pairs KY and VY from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was VY 00-01 to VY 99-99 .
At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinctive sign WB .
literature
- Home book of the district of Wittenberg. Part 2. The towns and villages of the Wittenberg district , published by the Local Studies Commission in the Wittenberg Pedagogical District Cabinet, 1958
- Günter Göricke: Brief local history of the district of Wittenberg , published by the Heimatverein Lutherstadt Wittenberg and the surrounding area, 1992
- Perspectives at a historical address. Festschrift for the inauguration of the new district building of the Wittenberg district , published by the Wittenberg district, 2005
Individual evidence
- ^ Statistical yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 .
- ^ Directory of the municipalities and districts of the German Democratic Republic, Staatsverlag, Berlin 1968, p. 40
- ↑ Law on the self-administration of municipalities and districts in the GDR (municipal constitution) of May 17, 1990
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ 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 .