Wittgenstein district

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Coordinates: 51 ° 3 '  N , 8 ° 23'  E

Basic data (as of 1974)
Existing period: 1816-1974
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Arnsberg
Administrative headquarters : Bad Berleburg
Area : 488.66 km 2
Residents: 45,500 (Dec. 31, 1973)
Population density : 93 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : SU
Circle key : 05 8 42
Circle structure: 57 municipalities
District Administrator : Werner Möhl ( SPD )
Location of the Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia
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The Wittgenstein district was a district in the Arnsberg administrative district that existed from 1816 to 1974 . With this he first belonged to the Prussian province of Westphalia , from 1946 to the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia . From 1939 to 1969 the administrative unit was called the Wittgenstein district . The district town was Berleburg . The legal successor in 1975 was the "new" district of Siegen, which since 1984 has been called the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein .

geography

Important communities

The former district area, which is often used synonymously with Wittgensteiner Land , is mainly divided between the present-day towns of Bad Berleburg , Bad Laasphe and today's municipality of Erndtebrück in the northeastern part of the Siegen-Wittgenstein district , and to a small extent also in the town of Winterberg in the Hochsauerland district .

Area and population

Currently around 45,000 people live in the area (June 30, 2002: 44,678), which means a population density of 92 inhabitants per km² over an area of ​​487.57 km² (1974) .

Neighboring areas

In 1974, the Wittgenstein district bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the Meschede and Brilon districts (both in North Rhine-Westphalia), the Frankenberg and Biedenkopf districts (both in Hesse ) and the Siegen and Olpe districts (both North Rhine-Westphalia).

history

The Wittgensteiner Land was part of the County of Wittgenstein in the later Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age and as such was ultimately divided under the lines Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein . In 1806 the areas that had meanwhile been prince fell to Hessen-Darmstadt . During this time, the residents of the two areas had to pay the taxes unchanged to the old rulers and also pay the taxes of the new rule Hessen-Darmstadt , which led to an additional impoverishment of the already economically disadvantaged population.

The protests of the population against this fact contributed to the fact that, with the reorganization of the German Confederation, the two areas fell to Prussia by a treaty between Austria , Prussia and Hesse-Darmstadt of June 30, 1816. Both countries were then combined by the new rule to form the Wittgenstein district and an assignment to the Koblenz administrative district in the Grand Duchy of Lower Rhine province was considered.

When the province of Westphalia was reorganized under Ludwig von Vincke , the district was assigned to the administrative district of Arnsberg by the royal cabinet order of February 23, 1817 . A problem with the infrastructure of the district arose: The district had very few roads and paths to the neighboring Sauerland, and Prussia had to accept very high costs in order to connect Wittgenstein to Westphalia . The takeover of the area by Prussia led to an improvement in the poor living conditions of the population.

The district was initially divided into the 18 mayor districts of Berleburg, Wemlinghausen, Berghausen, Dotzlar, Womelsdorf, Wingeshausen, Girkhausen, Astenberg, Laasphe, Puderbach, Saßmannshausen, Feudingen, Banfe, Fischelbach, Erndtebrück, Arfeld, Schwarzenau and Elsoff.

As part of the introduction of the rural community order for the province of Westphalia, offices were formed in 1845 . In the Wittgenstein district there have since been two unofficial cities and five offices with a total of 53 municipalities and two manor districts:

Wittgenstein district (1845–1932)
Office Communities
free of charge Berleburg and Laasphe
Arfeld Alertshausen , Arfeld , Beddelhausen , Elsoff , Richstein , Sassenhausen , Schwarzenau , Stünzel and Weidenhausen
Request Banfe , Bermershausen , Bernshausen , Fischelbach , Heiligenborn , Herbertshausen , Hesselbach , Holzhausen , Kunst-Wittgenstein , Niederlaasphe , Puderbach , Saßmannshausen and the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein estate
Berghausen Aue , Balde , Berghausen , Birkefehl , Birkelbach , Dotzlar , Hemschlar , Raumland , Rinthe , Wingeshausen and Womelsdorf
Erndtebrück Amtshausen , Benfe , Erndtebrück , Feudingen , Großenbach , Oberndorf , Rückershausen , Rüppershausen , Schameder , Steinbach , Volkholz , Weide and Zinse
Girkhausen Diedenshausen , Girkhausen , Langewiese , Mollseifen , Neuastenberg , Schüllar , Wemlighausen , Wunderthausen and the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg estate

In 1932 the manor districts were abolished and the offices reorganized. The three offices of Arfeld, Berghausen and Girkhausen were merged to form the office of Berleburg . At the same time, the Laasphe office was formed from the Banfe office and the southern part of the Erndtebrück office . Since then, the Wittgenstein district has consisted of two unofficial cities and three offices with a total of 53 municipalities belonging to the office:

Wittgenstein District (1932–1974)
Office Communities
free of charge Berleburg and Laasphe
Berleburg Alertshausen , Arfeld , Aue , Balde , Beddelhausen , Berghausen , Birkefehl , Birkelbach , Diedenshausen , Dotzlar , Elsoff , Girkhausen , Hemschlar , Long Meadow , Mollseifen , Neuastenberg , room country , Richstein , Rinthe , Sassenhausen , Schüllar , Schwarzenau , Stünzel , Weidenhausen , Wemlighausen , Wingeshausen , Womelsdorf and Wunderthausen
Laasphe Amtshausen , Banfe , Bermershausen , Bernshausen , Feudingen , Fischelbach , Großenbach , Heiligenborn , Herbertshausen , Hesselbach , Holzhausen , Kunst-Wittgenstein , Niederlaasphe , Oberndorf , Puderbach , Rückershausen , Rüppershausen , Saßmannshausen , Steinbach , Volkholz and Weide
Erndtebrück Benfe , Erndtebrück , Schameder and Zinse

On October 1, 1969, the district became the Wittgenstein district.

On January 1, 1975, the district and with it the offices of Berleburg, Laasphe and Erndtebrück were dissolved due to the Sauerland / Paderborn law . The area of ​​the circle remained almost unchanged from its establishment in 1816 until its dissolution. Legal successor is the Siegen-Wittgenstein District , which was initially founded as the Siegen District . A smaller part of the old district, namely the Wittgensteiner Höhendörfer Neuastenberg , Langewiese , Mollseifen and Hoheleye , founded at the beginning of the 18th century , was incorporated into the newly created Hochsauerlandkreis . At the same time, the communities received their current layout.

Population development

year Residents source
1819 16,166
1832 18.406
1871 19,789
1880 20,352
1890 22,025
1900 23,318
1910 25,474
1925 27,493
1939 28,357
1950 42,221
1960 41,700
1970 45,500
1973 45,500

politics

Results of the district elections from 1946

The list only shows parties and constituencies that received at least two percent of the votes in the respective election.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year SPD CDU FDP UWG
1946 37.5 60.5
1948 46.1 51.6
1952 37.1 25.4 34.9
11956 1 43.5 27.7 22.4
21961 2 38.5 33.2 17.3
1964 44.2 32.3 12.8 8.9
1969 49.2 33.4 11.9 5.1

Footnotes

1 1956: additionally: FVP: 6.4%
2 1961: additionally: DP: 8.5%

District administrators

Prussian period 1816 to 1946

Period of municipal dual leadership from 1946 to 1974

Upper District Directors

  • 1946 Carl Nacken-0000
  • 1946 -0000Reinhold Adolf Liebetanz
  • 1946–1952 Kurt-Werner bazaar
  • 1952–1955 Paul Lemnitz
  • 1955–1962 Gustav Richter
  • 1962–1974 Wilfried Lückert

(Source: Timetable of the district administrators and district directors of the Wittgenstein district / November 10, 2009)

coat of arms

Of 6 April 1966 to the dissolution of the circle 1974, the county Wittgenstein was wearing the coat of arms in 1360 extinct Counts of Wittgenstein . This coat of arms was adopted on October 1, 1999 in the coat of arms of the Siegen-Wittgenstein district .

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign BLB with the introduction of the license plates that are still valid today . It was issued until December 31, 1974. Since November 13, 2012, it has been available again in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district due to the license plate liberalization .

literature

  • Wilhelm von Schroetter: Statistical description of the district of Wittgenstein , Berleburg 1875 ( digitized version )

Web links

Wikisource: Wittgenstein  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Westfalenlexikon 1832–1835 . In: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Ed.): Reprints for the Westphalian archive maintenance . tape 3 . Münster 1978, p. 128 (reprint of the original from 1834).
  2. ↑ Landgemeinde -ordnung for the Province of Westphalia from October 31, 1841 (PDF; 1.6 MB)
  3. ^ Official Journal for the administrative district of Arnsberg 1845: Formation of the offices in the Wittgenstein district. Retrieved February 2, 2014 .
  4. ^ 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 .
  5. ^ Community of Erndtebrück: History of Erndtebrück (pdf, page 9)
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ^ 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. 337 .
  8. ^ Statistisches Bureau zu Berlin (Ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Prussian state . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1821 ( digitized version ).
  9. ↑ a b Community encyclopedia Westphalia, 1887, p. 131
  10. ↑ a b c d e f g Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. wittgenstein.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  11. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972
  12. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1975
  13. ↑ Source: respective issue of the State Statistical Office (LDS NRW), Mauerstr. 51, Düsseldorf, with the election results at the district level.
  14. ↑ Timetable of the district administrators and district directors of the Wittgenstein district . Siegen-Wittgenstein district. Retrieved June 25, 2019.