Wittstock district

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Basic data
District of the GDR Potsdam
County seat Wittstock / Dosse
surface 574 km² (1989)
Residents 24,540 (1989)
Population density 43 inhabitants / km² (1989)
License Plate D and P (1953–1990)
DX (1974–1990)
WK (1991–1993)
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The Wittstock district in the Potsdam district

The Wittstock district was a district in the Potsdam district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1993 it existed as the Wittstock district in the state of Brandenburg . His area is now in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district in Brandenburg. The seat of the district administration was in Wittstock / Dosse .

geography

location

The Wittstock district was in the eastern Prignitz and was traversed by the Dosse .

Neighboring areas

The district bordered in the north on the districts Röbel / Müritz and Neustrelitz (both districts Neubrandenburg), in the east on the district Neuruppin , in the south on the district Kyritz and in the west on the districts Pritzwalk and Lübz .

history

On July 25, 1952, there was a comprehensive administrative reform in the GDR , in which the states were dissolved and new districts were formed. The old Prussian districts were dissolved and new, smaller districts formed. The new Wittstock district with its seat in Wittstock / Dosse was formed from parts of the then Ostprignitz district . The district was assigned to the new district of Potsdam .

On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Wittstock district. On the occasion of German reunification in 1990, on October 3 or finally on October 14, 1990 (date of the state elections), the assignment to the state of Brandenburg took place .

Population development

Wittstock district
year 1960 1971 1981 1989
Residents 23,026 22,810 23,280 24,540

politics

District Administrator

  • 1990 to 1993: Christian Gilde (SPD)

economy

Significant companies were among others:

  • VEB shirt company Ernst Lück Wittstock
  • VEB cloth factory Wittstock
  • VEB Holzindustrie Wittstock
  • VEB Metallurgieanlagen Wittstock

traffic

The district was integrated into the GDR motorway network through the Berlin Ring – Wittstock – Rostock and Wittstock – Zarrentin motorways. Both motorways were linked at the Wittstock junction .

The Wittstock district was connected to the GDR railway network by the Wittenberge – Wittstock – Neustrelitz and Wittstock – Kremmen lines.

Towns and municipalities belonging to the district

All places are listed that were independent municipalities on July 25, 1952 when the Wittstock district was established. Parishes that lost their independence by December 5, 1993 and were incorporated into larger neighboring parishes or that have merged to form new parishes have moved in.

  • Wittstock , district town
  • Babitz (today part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)
  • Berlinchen (now part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)
  • Biesen (since January 1, 1977 with the district of Eichenfelde) (today a district of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)
  • Blandikow (today part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe)
  • Blesendorf (today part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe)
  • Christdorf (today part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)
  • Dossow (today part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)
  • Dranse (today part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)
    • Eichenfelde (was incorporated into Biesen on January 1, 1977) (today part of the municipality of Wittstock / Dosse)
  • Fretzdorf (today part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)
  • Freyenstein , Stadt (today part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)
  • Gadow (today part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)
    • Glienicke (was incorporated into Zaatzke on May 1, 1974) (today part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe)
  • Goldbeck (today part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)
  • Groß Haßlow (today part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)
  • Heiligengrabe (municipality and part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe)
  • Herzsprung (today part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe)
  • Jabel (today part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe)
  • Königsberg (today part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe)
  • Liebenthal (today part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe)
  • Mulberry forest (today part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe)
  • Niemerlang (today part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)
  • Papenbruch (today part of the municipality of Heiligengrabe)
  • Rossow (today part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)
  • Schweinrich (today part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)
  • Sewekow (now part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)
  • Wernikow (now part of the Heiligengrabe community)
  • Wulfersdorf (today part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)
  • Zaatzke (since May 1, 1974 with the Glienicke district) (today a district of the Heiligengrabe community)
  • Zempow (today part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)
  • Zootzen (today part of the city of Wittstock / Dosse)

In 1992 the numerous small communities formed administrative communities (offices) to carry out administrative tasks. The following offices were formed in the Wittstock district:

As part of the district reform in Brandenburg , which came into force on December 6, 1993, the district became part of the new Ostprignitz-Ruppin district.

License Plate

Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs starting with the pair of letters DX from about 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was DS 15-16 to DS 20-80 .

At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinctive sign WK . It was issued until the end of 1993. It has been available in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district since March 18, 2013 .

supporting documents

literature

  • Lieselott Enders : Historical local dictionary for Brandenburg, Part I, Prignitz . 463 pp., Weimar 1962.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistical Yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved February 6, 2010 .
  2. ↑ a b 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 .
  3. ↑ Law on the self-administration of municipalities and districts in the GDR (municipal constitution) of May 17, 1990
  4. ↑ a b c Contribution to the statistics of the State Office for Data Processing and Statistics. Historical community directory of the State of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005 October 19, district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin PDF
  5. ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 301 .
  6. ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 541 .