Zittau district
| Basic data | |
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| District of the GDR | Dresden |
| County seat | Zittau |
| surface | 256 km² (1989) |
| Residents | 86,498 (1989) |
| Population density | 338 inhabitants / km² (1989) |
| License Plate | R and Y (1953–1990) RY, RZ, YY (1974–1990) ZI (1991–1994) |
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| The district of Zittau in the Dresden district | |
The district of Zittau was an administrative unit in the Dresden district of the German Democratic Republic from 1952 to 1990 . From 1990 to 1994 it was an administrative unit of the Free State of Saxony as the district of Zittau . His area is now in the district of Görlitz . The seat of the district administration was in Zittau .
geography
location
The smallest district in the Dresden district was in the extreme south-east of the GDR.
Neighboring areas
The district of Zittau bordered in the north on the districts of Löbau and Görlitz-Land . It bordered Czechoslovakia to the west and south and Poland to the east .
Natural space
The northern part of the district included the southern foothills of the Lusatian mountainous region . Individual wooded ridges with heights of around 500 m stood out from the wide, agriculturally used valleys. The east of the district belonged to the Neisse region with the Zittau basin in the south. In the south, the Zittau basin was dominated by the Zittau mountains by 300 to 400 m . Like the Elbe Sandstone Mountains , it was made of sandstones. Therefore, the landscape was similar to that of Saxon Switzerland (see Pirna district ). The highest mountain cones - Lausche at 791 m, Hochwald at 749 m - owe their formation to volcanic activity. The famous "millstone quarries" , which were closed in 1925, were located south of Jonsdorf . They were under nature protection and were often the destination of botanical and geological excursions.
history
The circle Zittau walked out of the January 1, 1939 renamed district Zittau 1874 founded Amtshauptmannschaft Zittau forth. With the district reform of the GDR on July 25, 1952, the districts were formed and the districts were reorganized. The previous district of Zittau remained essentially unchanged and only gave 2 communities to the newly created district of Görlitz further northeast : the city of Ostritz and the community of Leuba . The district was assigned to the newly formed district of Dresden , the district seat became Zittau .
Thus the following 26 communities formed the new district of Zittau :
- Bertsdorf, Dittelsdorf, Drausendorf, Eckartsberg, Großschönau, Hainewalde, Hartau, Hirschfelde, Hörnitz, Jonsdorf, Leutersdorf, Lückendorf, Mittelherwigsdorf, Niederoderwitz, Oberherwigsdorf, Oberseifersdorf, Olbersdorf, Oybin, Pethau, Radgendorf, Schlegel, Seifhennersdorf, and, Spitzkunnersdorf Zittau.
Due to changes in the municipal area, the number of municipalities fell to 18 by the time the district was dissolved:
- July 1, 1963 Merger of Schönau and Berzdorf ad Eigen to form the Gde. Schönau-Berzdorf ad Eigen
- October 1, 1965 Radgendorf is incorporated into Eckartsberg
- January 1st, 1970 Pethau is incorporated into the city of Zittau
- January 1, 1973 incorporation of Oberherwigsdorf and Oberseifersdorf into Mittelherwigsdorf
- May 19, 1974 incorporation of Drausendorf into Hirschfelde
- January 1, 1994 Incorporation of the health resort Lückendorf in Oybin
- March 1, 1994 Integration of Eckartsberg in Mittelherwigsdorf
- March 1, 1994 Merger of Bertsdorf and Hörnitz to form Gde. Bertsdorf-Hörnitz
On May 17, 1990, the Zittau district was renamed the Zittau district . On August 1, 1994, the new Saxon Upper Lusatia District was formed, which was renamed the Löbau-Zittau District shortly afterwards. During this first Saxon district reform , the district of Zittau was combined with the district of Löbau and 2 municipalities (Leuba and Ostritz) of the district of Görlitz . This first district reform was based on the territorial administrative structures as they existed in the 19th century.
economy
The traditional textile industry was of the greatest economic importance. In the 18th century, 6,250 looms were already in use in the villages of the Zittau region . In some cases, more than a tenth of the district residents worked in the textile industry, which has been industrially operated since the 19th century. Vehicle construction ( VEB Robur in Zittau ) was still an important branch of production . Textile machines, fittings and electric motors were also manufactured. Lignite deposits near the city of Zittau have been mined since around 1800. The area around Zittau was a traditional vegetable growing area. For the southern district, tourism with the health resorts of Oybin, Jonsdorf and Lückendorf was an important economic factor.
traffic
The roads and railways from the direction of Bautzen and Görlitz met in Zittau. There was a border crossing to Poland since 1972, and with Seifhennersdorf the district had a border crossing to Czechoslovakia in the southwest. The city of Zittau had developed into a popular shopping destination for the residents of the neighboring Czech and Polish border towns.
Population data
Population overview of all 22 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 | |||
| 14056010 | Bertsdorf | 1 313 | 1 297 | 1 389 |
| 14056020 | Dittelsdorf | 1 132 | 1 130 | 684 |
| 14056040 | Eckartsberg | 1 202 | 1 195 | 857 |
| 14056050 | Großschönau | 6 371 | 6 314 | 1 504 |
| 14056060 | Hainewalde | 1 923 | 1 910 | 1 296 |
| 14056070 | Hartau | 594 | 583 | 528 |
| 14056080 | Hirschfelde | 2,997 | 2,958 | 901 |
| 14056090 | Hörnitz | 1 209 | 1 173 | 408 |
| 14056100 | Jonsdorf, health resort | 1 857 | 1 851 | 908 |
| 14056110 | Leutersdorf | 2,814 | 2,777 | 767 |
| 14056120 | Lückendorf, climatic health resort | 594 | 601 | 488 |
| 14056130 | Mittelherwigsdorf | 2 153 | 2 142 | 1 892 |
| 14056140 | Niederoderwitz | 3 659 | 3 628 | 1 925 |
| 14056160 | Oberseifersdorf | 1 285 | 1 267 | 898 |
| 14056170 | Olbersdorf | 6 994 | 7 137 | 1 516 |
| 14056180 | Oybin, health resort | 1 204 | 1 214 | 1 341 |
| 14056200 | Schlegel | 1 088 | 1 085 | 1 323 |
| 14056210 | Seifhennersdorf, city | 6 874 | 6 728 | 1 913 |
| 14056220 | Spitzkunnersdorf | 1 924 | 1 915 | 935 |
| 14056230 | Waltersdorf | 1,695 | 1,692 | 882 |
| 14056240 | Wittgendorf | 872 | 869 | 1 223 |
| 14056250 | Zittau, city | 34 721 | 34 465 | 2 012 |
| 14056 | Zittau district | 84 475 | 83 931 | 25 592 |
License Plate
Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs starting with the letter pairs RY , RZ and YY from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was YT 60-01 to YT 99-99 .
At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinguishing mark ZI .
Codes
- Postcodes up to 1993: 880 *
- Postcodes since 1993: 027 **
- Telephone prefixes : 0358 *
Individual evidence
- ^ Statistical yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 .
- ↑ a b c various (ed.): Diercke Lexicon Germany - German Democratic Republic and Berlin (East), p. 298 . Georg Westermann Verlag GmbH, Braunschweig 1986, ISBN 3-07-508861-7 .
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Saxony regional register
- ↑ 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 f .
- ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 502 .