District of Worms
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Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′ N , 8 ° 15 ′ E |
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| Basic data (as of 1969) | ||
| Existing period: | 1835-1969 | |
| State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Administrative region : | Rheinhessen | |
| Administrative headquarters : | Worms | |
| Area : | 257.69 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 51,563 (Jun 30, 1968) | |
| Population density : | 200 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| License plate : | WHERE | |
| Circle key : | 07 4 34 | |
| Circle structure: | 31 municipalities | |
The district of Worms , until 1938 Kreis Worms , was a district in the southeast of Rheinhessen ( Rhineland-Palatinate ), which was dissolved in the course of the administrative reform in 1969 and largely merged into the district of Alzey-Worms .
Neighboring areas
Beginning in 1969, the district bordered clockwise in the northeast to the districts of Groß-Gerau and Bergstrasse in Hesse as well as to the independent city of Worms and the districts of Frankenthal (Palatinate) , Kirchheimbolanden , Alzey and Mainz in Rhineland-Palatinate.
history
From 1792 to 1814 the areas to the left of the Rhine belonged to France , and from 1816 to the Grand Duchy of Hesse as part of the province of Rheinhessen . This was initially divided into 11 cantons that went back to the system of the French administration. Together with the provinces of Upper Hesse and Starkenburg , it represented the Grand Duchy of Hesse.
The Hessian province of Rheinhessen was divided into the four districts of Worms, Alzey , Bingen and Mainz by the grand ducal Hessian ordinance of February 5, 1835 . The Worms district was created from the cantons of Osthofen , Pfeddersheim and Worms .
As a result of the March Revolution in 1848, the Grand Duchy of Hesse was temporarily divided into administrative districts ; From 1848 to 1850, the Worms district was incorporated into the Mainz administrative district and from 1850 to 1852 in the Worms district .
By edict of May 12, 1852, Rheinhessen was now divided into five districts, in addition to the districts of Alzey, Bingen, Mainz and Oppenheim, the district of Worms was again formed from the area of the justice districts of Osthofen, Pfeddersheim and Worms. The division of the province of Rheinhessen into five districts created in 1852 survived the transition from the Grand Duchy to the People's State of Hesse in 1918/19 and lasted for more than six decades.
The three communities Hochheim , Neuhausen and Pfiffligheim were incorporated into the city of Worms in 1898.
After the abolition of the three provinces of Starkenburg, Upper Hesse and Rheinhessen in 1937, a radical regional reform was carried out in Hesse on November 1, 1938, which also affected the district of Worms, now known as the Worms district:
- The city of Worms left the district and became an independent city .
- The communities of Blödesheim , Eppelsheim , Hangen-Weisheim , Heppenheim and Ober-Flörsheim moved from the Worms district to the Alzey district.
- The municipalities of Biblis , Bobstadt , Bürstadt , Groß-Rohrheim , Hofheim , Lampertheim , Nordheim , Riedrode and Wattenheim on the right bank of the Rhine from the disbanded Bensheim district moved to the Worms district.
On April 1, 1942, the municipalities of Herrnsheim , Horchheim , Leiselheim and Weinsheim left the district and were incorporated into the independent city of Worms.
After the end of the war in 1945, the Rhine became the zone boundary between the French occupation zone on the left bank of the Rhine and the American occupation zone on the right bank of the Rhine. With the establishment of Greater Hesse by the American military government in 1945, the municipalities on the right bank of the Rhine in the district of Worms with around 46,000 inhabitants were assigned to the Hessian district of Bergstrasse . The district on the left bank of the Rhine with 31 municipalities became part of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1946 in the administrative district of Rheinhessen . Efforts to reclassify the areas on the right bank of the Rhine were unsuccessful.
On June 7, 1969, the district of Worms was dissolved as part of the Rhineland-Palatinate regional reform and for the most part combined with the district of Alzey to form the district of Alzey-Worms . The city of Pfeddersheim and the communities Abenheim , Heppenheim an der Wiese , Ibersheim , Rheindürkheim and Wiesoppenheim were incorporated into the independent city of Worms.
Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 1852 | 50.133 |
| 1900 | 83.393 |
| 1910 | 93,275 |
| 1925 | 97.311 |
| 1933 | 103,944 |
| 1939 | 80.904 |
| 1950 | 47,984 |
| 1960 | 48,300 |
| 1968 | 51,563 |
The city of Worms belonged to the Worms district until 1938.
District administrators
| Service title | District Administrator | Term of office |
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| District Council | Gustav Eduard Städel | 1835-1841 |
| District Council | Reinhard Carl Friedrich von Dalwigk | 1841-1845 |
| District vicar / from June 1847 district councilor | Wilhelm von Willich called von Pöllnitz | 1846-1848 |
| The district did not exist from 1848 to 1852 | ||
| District Council | Johann Pfannebecker | 1852-1874 |
| District Council | Hermann Lotheißen | 1874-1881 |
| District Council | Maximilian von Gagern | 1881-1888 |
| District Council | Franz Gros | 1888-1894 |
| District Council | Andreas Breidert | 1894-1898 |
| District councilor / from 1917 district director | Karl Kayser | 1898-1919 |
| District Director | Hans Wolff | 1919-1929 |
| District Director | Wilhelm Schön | 1929-1934 |
| District Director | Otto Schwebel | June 1934 - September 30, 1937 |
| District Director | Otto Straub | October 1, 1937-1940 |
| District Administrator | Hans Becker | May 1940-1945 |
| District Administrator | Adolf Güngerich | 1945-1946 |
| District Administrator | Georg Schick | 1946 to 1963 |
| District Administrator | Willi Fischer | 1963-1969 |
cities and communes
Between 1945 and 1969, the district comprised the following municipalities:
License Plate
On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinguishing mark WO when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It is still issued in the independent city of Worms to this day.
literature
- Wilhelm Weiler: The geological structure of the district of Worms, in: Heimatjahrbuch des Landkreis Worms, Der Wonnegau 1962, pp. 22-27.
- District of Worms, monograph of a landscape, Trautheim / Mainz 1963.
- Susanne Karkosch / Karin Müller:
- The Rheinhessen districts (Alzey, Mainz, Oppenheim, Worms). Darmstadt / Marburg 1973 (= Repertories of the Hessian State Archives Darmstadt, Dept. G 15 District and District Offices ), DNB 730535312 , online (PDF; 226 kB)
- District Office Worms. Darmstadt 1973/2006 (= repertories of the Hessian State Archives Darmstadt, holdings G 15 Worms), online (PDF; 226 kB)
- Alzey – Worms district: 150 years of the district, Festschrift, Mainz 1985
Web links
- Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City and district of Worms. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- Territorial changes in Germany and German administered areas 1874 - 1945: Worms
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 147 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
- ^ Ordinance concerning the formation of circles in the province of Rheinhessen from February 4, 1835. In: Großherzoglich Hessisches Regierungsblatt No. 6 of February 6, 1835, p. 44.
- ^ Ordinance regarding the division of the Grand Duchy into circles . In: Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette . May 12, 1852, p. 228 ( digitized version [accessed April 4, 2016]).
- ↑ Jakob Edmund Lang: Origin and development of the district of Worms, in: Heimatbuch des Landkreis Worms: Der Wonnegau 1962, pp. 8-12
- ↑ Jakob Edmund Lang (district administrator): The district of Worms, its origins, development and structure, in: district of Worms, 1963, pp. 103–112.
- ^ Third State Law on Administrative Simplification in the State of Rhineland-Palatinate of November 12, 1968, GVBl 1968 p. 231
- ^ Philipp AF Walther: The Grand Duchy of Hesse by history, country, people, state and locality. 1854, accessed March 2, 2016 .
- ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City and district of Worms. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ^ "Wilhelm von der Nahmer, Handbook of Rhenish Particular Law, p. 55 ff" [1]
Province of Upper Hesse : Alsfeld | Büdingen | Friedberg | Casting | Lauterbach | Bulkheads |
Delivered to Prussia in 1866: Biedenkopf | Vöhl |
Dissolved in 1874: Grünberg | Vilbel | Nidda
Province of Rheinhessen : Alzey | Bingen | Mainz | Oppenheim | Worms
Starkenburg Province : Bensheim | Darmstadt | Dieburg | Erbach | Groß – Gerau | Heppenheim | Offenbach |
Dissolved in 1874: Lindenfels | Neustadt | Wimpfen
Province of Upper Hesse : Alsfeld | Büdingen | Friedberg | Casting | Lauterbach |
Newly founded in 1938: Stadtkreis Gießen
Disbanded in 1938: Schotten
Province of Rheinhessen : Alzey | Bingen | Mainz | Worms
Newly founded in 1938: Stadtkreis Mainz | Worms district
Disbanded in 1938: Oppenheim
Starkenburg Province : Darmstadt | Dieburg | Erbach | Groß – Gerau | Offenbach |
Newly founded in 1938: Darmstadt district | Offenbach am Main district | Bergstrasse district
Disbanded in 1938: Bensheim | Heppenheim
1969: Alzey district | District of Bergzabern | District of Bernkastel | District of Bingen | District of Cochem | District of Frankenthal (Palatinate) | District of Kirchheimbolanden | Landau district in the Palatinate | Loreley Circle | District of Ludwigshafen am Rhein | District of Mainz | District Neustadt an der Weinstrasse | Rockenhausen district | District of Saarburg | District of Sankt Goar | District of Simmern | District of Speyer | District of Trier | Unterlahnkreis | District of Wittlich | District of Worms | District of Zell (Mosel) . 1970: Bitburg district | District of Koblenz | Mayen County | County of Prüm . 1972: District of Zweibrücken . 1974: Oberwesterwaldkreis | Unterwesterwaldkreis .