Circle Zerbst

This article deals with the Zerbst district in the GDR district of Magdeburg (1952–1990) and the Zerbst district of the same area in the state of Saxony-Anhalt (1990–1994). For the Anhalt district of Zerbst (1863–1952) see district of Zerbst .

Basic data
District of the GDR	Magdeburg
County seat	Zerbst
surface	707 km² (1989)
Residents	38,592 (1989)
Population density	55 inhabitants / km² (1989)
License Plate	H and M (1953–1990) HZ and MZ (1974–1990) ZE (1991–1994)
The district of Zerbst in the district of Magdeburg

The Zerbst district was a district in the Magdeburg district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1994 it existed as the district of Zerbst in the state of Saxony-Anhalt . His area is now in the districts of Anhalt-Bitterfeld and Jerichower Land in Saxony-Anhalt. The seat of the district administration was in Zerbst .

geography

The Zerbst district was north of Dessau on the right bank of the Elbe . It bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Loburg (until 1957) and Burg and Brandenburg (from 1957), Belzig , Roßlau , Köthen and Schönebeck .

history

A district of Zerbst had existed in Anhalt since 1863 , which had belonged to the state of Saxony-Anhalt since 1945 and thus to the GDR since 1949. 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 then district of Zerbst gave municipalities to the new district of Roßlau . The new Zerbst district with its seat in Zerbst was formed from the remaining district area . The district was assigned to the newly formed Magdeburg district .

On June 20, 1957, the district of Zerbst was enlarged to include parts of the dissolved Loburg district .

On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Zerbst district. On the occasion of the reunification of the two German states, the district was awarded 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 became part of the Anhalt-Zerbst district .

Population development

Circle Zerbst
year	1960	1971	1981	1989
Residents	44,543	43,900	40,260	38,592

cities and communes

After the incorporation of parts of the Loburg district, the Zerbst district included the following towns and communities in 1957:

Badetz Brietzke-Kalitz Buhlendorf Dalchau Deetz Dobritz Dornburg Garitz Gehrden Godnitz

Grim Good luck Hobeck Hohenlepte Isterbies Jütrichau Ladeburg Leitzkau Leps Lindau , city

Loburg , city Luebs Luso Moritz Nedlitz Nutha Pakendorf Polenzko Prödel Pulse load

Regrets Rosian Schweinitz Steckby Steutz Straguth Walternienburg Zeppernick Zerbst , city Zernitz

economy

Important companies included:

• VEB screw factory Zerbst
• VEB machine tool factory Zerbst
• VEB Beverages Zerbst

traffic

The F 184 from Magdeburg via Zerbst to Dessau , the F 187a from Köthen via Zerbst to Coswig and the F 246 from Magdeburg via Loburg to Belzig served national road traffic .

The district was integrated into the GDR railway network with the Berlin – Güterglück – Calbe , Magdeburg – Zerbst – Dessau ( Biederitz – Trebnitz and Trebnitz – Leipzig ) and Magdeburg – Loburg lines.

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 letter pairs HZ and MZ . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was HW 38-76 to HW 65-00 .

At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinguishing mark ZE . It was issued until June 30, 1994. Due to the license plate liberalization , it has been available in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district since November 27, 2012 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistical Yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 . 
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. ↑ Law on the further democratization of the structure and functioning of the state organs in the state of Saxony-Anhalt of July 25, 1952
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. 302 .
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. 533 .