Wolmirstedt district
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| District of the GDR | Magdeburg |
| County seat | Wolmirstedt |
| surface | 526 km² (1989) |
| Residents | 45,873 (1989) |
| Population density | 87 inhabitants / km² (1989) |
| License Plate | H and M (1953–1990) HY and MY (1974–1990) WMS (1991–1994) |
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| The Wolmirstedt district in the Magdeburg district |
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The Wolmirstedt district was a district in the Magdeburg district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1994 it existed as the Wolmirstedt district in Saxony-Anhalt . His area is now in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt. The seat of the district administration was in Wolmirstedt .
geography
The Wolmirstedt district was in the Magdeburger Börde north of Magdeburg on the left bank of the Elbe . In addition to the Elbe, the Mittelland Canal and the Ohre were other important bodies of water. In the north, the district comprised a large part of the Colbitz-Letzlinger Heide . The district bordered clockwise to the north, beginning with the districts of Tangerhütte (until 1987) and Stendal (from 1988), Burg , Magdeburg district , Wanzleben , Haldensleben and Gardelegen .
history
On July 25, 1952, there was an extensive administrative reform in the GDR , during which, among other things, the states of the GDR lost their importance and new districts were established. The former Wolmirstedt district gave municipalities to the Tangerhütte and Wanzleben districts . The new Wolmirstedt district with its seat in Wolmirstedt was formed from the remaining district area . The district was assigned to the newly formed Magdeburg district .
On January 1, 1988, the Wolmirstedt district was enlarged to include parts of the dissolved Tangerhütte district.
On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Wolmirstedt district. On the occasion of the reunification of the two German states, the district was assigned to the re-established state of Saxony-Anhalt in 1990 . During the first district reform in Saxony-Anhalt , which came into force on July 1, 1994, it was incorporated into the Ohrekreis . The CDU politician Thomas Webel has been the district administrator since 1991 .
Population development
| Wolmirstedt district | ||||||||
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| year | 1960 | 1971 | 1981 | 1989 | ||||
| Residents | 50,546 | 43,688 | 44.008 | 45,873 | ||||
cities and communes
After the administrative reform of 1952, the Wolmirstedt district included the following towns and communities:
On April 1, 1979, the municipality of Olvenstedt left the district and was incorporated into Magdeburg . On January 1, 1988, the communities of Angern , Bertingen , Blätz , Burgstall , Cröchern , Dolle , Mahlwinkel , Sandbeiendorf and Wenddorf were incorporated from the dissolved Tangerhütte district into the Wolmirstedt district.
economy
Important companies were among others:
- VEB Kalibetrieb Zielitz
- VEB Motorenwerke Barleben
- VEB Concrete Combine Colbitz
- VEB Heide Brewery Colbitz
traffic
The district was crossed in the south by the Marienborn – Berliner Ring motorway . The F 1 from Magdeburg via Irxleben to Marienborn , the F 71 from Magdeburg via Groß Ammensleben to Salzwedel and the F 189 from Magdeburg via Wolmirstedt to Wittenberge also served national road traffic .
Railway traffic was served by the Marienborn – Niederndodeleben – Magdeburg , Magdeburg – Barleben – Oebisfelde and Magdeburg – Wolmirstedt – Wittenberge routes .
License Plate
Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs starting with the letter pairs HY and MY from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was HW 30-01 to HW 38-75 .
At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinctive sign WMS . It was issued until June 30, 1994. It has been available in the Börde district since November 27, 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Statistical Yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 .
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Law on the self-administration of municipalities and districts in the GDR (municipal constitution) of May 17, 1990
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 533 .