Wurzen district

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Basic data (as of 1990)
Existing period: 1952-1990
District : Leipzig
Administrative headquarters : Spice up
Area : 352 km²
Residents: 49,878 (1989)
Population density: 142 inhabitants per km²
License plate : S and U (1953–1990)
SZ (1974–1990)
WUR (1991–1994)
Location of the district in the GDR
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The Wurzen district was a district in the Leipzig district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1994 it existed as the Wurzen district in the Free State of Saxony . His area is now in the district of Leipzig . The seat of the district administration was in Wurzen .

geography

location

Due to its central location in the Leipzig district, the Wurzen district was the only district that had no common border with the neighboring districts.

Neighboring areas

The Wurzen district bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the Eilenburg , Torgau , Oschatz , Grimma and Leipzig-Land districts .

Landscape and natural space

The district area, located in the transition zone from the North German lowlands to the central Saxon mountainous region, reached into the Leipzig lowlands with its western part . Landscape protection areas were the Hohburg Mountains , the Dahlener Heide , the Wermsdorf Forest , Machern-Lübschütz, Großsteinberg and the Muldental between Wurzen and Eilenburg. The Polenzwald near Brandis and the Reichenbacher Berg east of Wurzen were protected. On the Kohlenberg (179 m) south of Brandis, ski jumps offered winter sports enthusiasts training opportunities. Hikers could also be trained as mountaineers in a climbing school.

history

The Wurzen district was created in the course of the district reforms in the GDR on July 25, 1952. The majority of the communities came from the old Grimma district . The district was assigned to the newly formed Leipzig district . The town of Wurzen became the district seat .

  • The following 36 communities from the Grimma district contributed to the formation of the district:
Altenbach, Böhlitz b. Wurzen, Brandis, Beucha, Burkartshain, Dögnitz, Dornreichenbach, Falkenhain, Gerichshain, Großzschepa, Heyda, Hohburg, Kleinzschepa, Körlitz, Kühnitzsch, Kühren, Lossa, Lübschütz, Lüptitz, Machern, Meltewitz, Müglenz, Naust, Nepperwitz, Nepperwitz Plagwitz, Polenz, Püchau, Pyrna, Röcknitz, Sachsendorf, Thallwitz, Thammenhain, Voigtshain and Wurzen.

On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Wurzen district . With the German unit of the county was the ländereinführungsgesetz the country Saxony awarded. The external structure was retained until the first district reform in Saxony. He received the WUR license plate .

As a result of reclassification across district boundaries and changes in the municipal area, the number of municipalities fell to 14 when the district was dissolved at the end of July 1994.

  • December 4, 1952 Frauwalde is reclassified from the Oschatz district to the Wurzen district
  • December 4, 1952, Kollau was reclassified from the Eilenburg district to the Wurzen district
  • January 1, 1957 Nischwitz is outsourced from the city of Wurzen
  • January 1, 1957 incorporation of Kollau in Thallwitz
  • July 1, 1972 Incorporation of Frauwalde into Falkenhain
  • 1st January 1956 incorporation of Pyrna into Burkartshain
  • January 1, 1957 Dögnitz, Lübschütz and Plagwitz are incorporated into Püchau
  • September 15, 1961 incorporation of Kleinzschepa and Müglenz in Hohburg
  • December 1, 1972 Heyda is incorporated into Falkenhain
  • January 1, 1973 incorporation of Voigtshain in Thammenhain
  • April 1, 1973 Canitz and Lossa are incorporated in Thallwitz
  • January 1st, 1974 Sachsendorf and Nitzschka are incorporated into Burkartshain
  • March 1, 1974 incorporation of Nepperwitz and Pausitz into Bennewitz
  • March 1, 1974 Bennewitz was spun off from the city of Wurzen
  • July 1, 1977 incorporation of Körlitz into Kühnitzsch
  • July 1st, 1992 Polenz is incorporated into the city of Brandis
  • October 1, 1992 Merger of Böhlitz and Röcknitz to Röcknitz-Böhlitz
  • April 1, 1993 incorporation of Großzschepa and Lüptitz in Hohburg
  • April 1, 1993 Integration of Nemt into the city of Wurzen
  • January 1, 1994 incorporation of Altenbach in Bennewitz
  • January 1, 1994 Püchau is incorporated into Machern
  • January 1, 1994 Burkartshain and Kühren merge to form Kühren-Burkartshain
  • March 1, 1994 Gerichshain is incorporated into Machern

On August 1, 1994, the districts of Grimma and Wurzen were united in the Muldental district on the occasion of the first Saxon district reform . On August 1, 2008, the Muldental District was merged with the district of Leipziger Land to form the new district of Leipzig .

Economy and Transport

Despite the proximity to Leipzig , the economy in the district was mainly characterized by agriculture. In animal production, more than two thirds were dominated by cattle and pigs. Permanent grassland was widespread in the Muldenaue north of Wurzen. On the soils of medium quality east of the Mulde mainly grain and forage crops as well as potatoes were grown, west of the Mulde the forage crops predominated. The district town was the industrial center of the district. The VEB Nahrungsmittel combine  " Albert Kuntz ", a large mill and baked goods company, as well as VEBs from the textile industry, machine and vehicle construction and the construction industry determined this medium-sized industrial location. Wurzen was on the F 6 from Leipzig to Dresden and was an express train station on the main Leipzig – Dresden railway line.

Population data of cities and municipalities

Population overview of all 24 municipalities in the district that came to the re-established state of Saxony in 1990.

AGS local community Residents Area (ha)
10/03/1990 December 31, 1990
14055010 Altenbach 788 786 1,280
14055020 Beucha 2,272 2,258 914
14055030 Bohlitz 886 871 894
14055040 Brandis, town 4,647 4,612 1,451
14055050 Burkartshain 1,832 1,823 3,096
14055070 Dornreichenbach 533 524 601
14055080 Falcon Grove 1,423 1,427 2,310
14055100 Gerichshain 925 922 1.005
14055110 Großzschepa 508 511 911
14055130 Hohburg 1,525 1,517 1,595
14055150 Kühnitzsch 627 633 1,141
14055160 Cooling 1,027 1,029 1,386
14055180 Lüptitz 1,083 1,090 1,250
14055190 Makers 2.214 2,249 1,038
14055200 Meltewitz 630 629 1,165
14055220 Nemt 423 422 581
14055240 Nischwitz 774 776 818
14055270 Polenz 503 503 1,118
14055280 Püchau 857 854 1,842
14055290 Röcknitz 1,089 1,076 1,322
14055310 Thallwitz 1,369 1,360 2,265
14055320 Thammenhain 897 886 2,106
14055340 Wurzen, city 18,402 18,323 1,771
14055350 Bennewitz 3,634 3,619 3,362
14055000 Wurzen district 48,868 48,700 35,224

License Plate

Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinguishing signs from around 1974 to the end of 1990, beginning with the pair of letters SZ . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was UE 40-01 to UE 99-99 .

At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinctive symbol WUR . It was issued until July 31, 1994. Due to the license plate liberalization , it has been available in the Leipzig district since November 9, 2012 .

literature

  • Muldentalkreis - A business location in a charming landscape in the Free State of Saxony . Delitzsch 1994, 100 pages, A4 format, without ISBN. With a foreword by Gerhard Gey , District Administrator, Grimma, Werner Hubrich , District Wurzen, and Josef Eisenmann, Mayor of Bad Lausick

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b various (ed.): Diercke Lexicon Germany - German Democratic Republic and Berlin (East), p. 294 . Georg Westermann Verlag GmbH, Braunschweig 1986, ISBN 3-07-508861-7 .
  2. ↑ a b c 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. ↑ StBA Area: changes from 01.01. until December 31, 2008
  5. ↑ Saxony regional register
  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. 303 .
  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. 529 .