District reforms in Prussia

The article District reforms in Prussia covers the implementation of area reforms at the district level, i.e. the independent cities, the associated districts and the wider districts from the early 19th century.

Territory as of January 1, 1900

Counties or counties and other names

Until December 31, 1938 it was basically called a circle . Only in those districts whose district town was independent (formed a separate urban district) or left the district association, the designation district became common.
The regulation that came into force on January 1, 1939 for numerous municipal associations in the German Reich did not apply in Prussia, where they were still called districts.

Independent cities or urban districts and other names

Until March 31, 1887, the city that did not belong to any district was called Immediatstadt .
From April 1, 1887 to December 31, 1938 it was a city district .
As of January 1, 1939, the name is a district-free city . But especially in Prussia there were exceptions. So were z. B. in North Rhine-Westphalia only on October 1, 1953, all city districts became independent cities.

Berlin and Brandenburg

1818 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Jerichow II , Province of Saxony, to communities of the district of Westhavelland

1825 , August 1st:

resolution

of the Spremberg-Hoyerswerda district and subdivision to the Spremberg , Brandenburg and Hoyerswerda , Silesia districts

Neoplasm

of the Spremberg district from municipalities in the Spremberg-Hoyerswerda district

1827 , January 1st:

resolution

of the Frankfurt district and division into the independent city of Frankfurt an der Oder and the Lebus district

enlargement

of the district of Lebus to communities of the district of Frankfurt

1836 (?):

renaming

the circle Züllichau in county Züllichau-Schwiebus

1836 , January 1st:

resolution

of the district of Cüstrin and division into the districts of Königsberg / Neumark , Landsberg (Warthe) and Lebus
of the Teltow-Storkow district and subdivided into the Beeskow-Storkow and Teltow districts

Neoplasm

of the Beeskow-Storkow district from communities in the Lübben and Teltow-Storkow districts
of the Teltow district from several communities in the Teltow-Storkow district

enlargement

of the district of Calau to communities of the district of Luckau
of the Königsberg / Neumark district to communities in the Cüstrin district
of the district of Landsberg (Warthe) to communities of the district of Cüstrin
of the Lebus district to communities in the Cüstrin district and a community in the Lübben district with the cession of communities to the Sternberg district
of the district of Luckau to the communities of the district of Jüterbog-Luckenwalde upon assignment of communities to the district of Calau
of the district of Sternberg to communities of the district of Lebus

1860 , January 28th:

enlargement

the immediate city of Berlin to communities in the Niederbarnim and Teltow districts

1873 , March 10th:

resolution

of the district of Sternberg and division into the districts of Oststernberg and Weststernberg

Neoplasm

of the Oststernberg district from communities in the Sternberg district
of the Weststernberg district from communities in the Sternberg district

1877 , January 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Charlottenburg from the Teltow district

1881 , March 2nd:

enlargement

the Immediatstadt Berlin around communities of the district Teltow

1881 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Brandenburg an der Havel from the Westhavelland district

Retirement

the city of Berlin as an urban district from the Brandenburg Provincial Association and the direct subordination of the administration to the Upper Presidium of the Brandenburg Province

1882 , March 15th:

Exchange of territory

between the districts of Beeskow-Storkow and Lübben

1884 , July 24th:

Outsourcing

the town of Guben from the Guben district

1886 , October 27th:

Outsourcing

the city of Cottbus from the Cottbus district

1887 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Spandau from the Osthavelland district

1892 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the town of Landsberg (Warthe) from the Landsberg (Warthe) district

1897 , February 27th:

Outsourcing

the town of Forst from the Sorau district

1899 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Schöneberg from the Teltow district

1899 , May 1st:

Outsourcing

the town of Rixdorf from the Teltow district

1904 , July 10th:

enlargement

of the city district of Cottbus to communities of the district of Cottbus

1907 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Deutsch-Wilmersdorf from the Teltow district

1908 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Lichtenberg from the Niederbarnim district

1911 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the town of Eberswalde from the Oberbarnim district

1912 :

renaming

of the urban district Deutsch-Wilmersdorf in Berlin-Wilmersdorf
of the Lichtenberg district in Berlin-Lichtenberg
of the Schöneberg district in Berlin-Schöneberg

1912 , January 27th:

renaming

of the district of Rixdorf in Neukölln

1912 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the Lichtenberg district to a municipality in the Niederbarnim district

1920 , October 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Berlin around the urban districts of Berlin-Lichtenberg , Berlin-Schöneberg , Berlin-Wilmersdorf , Charlottenburg , Neukölln and Spandau as well as several communities in the districts of Niederbarnim , Osthavelland and Teltow

1922 , August 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Wittenberge from the Westprignitz district

1925 , July 1st:

Outsourcing

the town of Rathenow from the Westhavelland district

1929 , March 25th:

enlargement

of the city district of Brandenburg an der Havel to communities of the Westhavelland district

1935 , June 27th:

enlargement

of the urban district of Potsdam to communities in the Osthavelland district

1936 , May 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district Eberswalde to a municipality of the district Oberbarnim

1937 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the Ostprignitz district to communities in the Waren district , Mecklenburg

1937 , October 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Brandenburg an der Havel to a municipality in the district of Zauch-Belzig

1938 , October 1st:

enlargement

of the Züllichau-Schwiebus district to communities in the Bomst district , Posen

1939 , February 17th:

enlargement

of the Ruppin district to a municipality in the Ostprignitz district

1939 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the Potsdam urban district to include communities in the Osthavelland and Ruppin districts and a community in the Zauch-Belzig district

Number of urban and rural districts

date	City districts change	Counties change	City districts number	Counties number
January 1, 1818			2	31
January 1, 1827	+ 1	- 1	3	30th
March 10, 1873	0	+ 1	3	31
(January 1st) 1877	+ 1	0	4th	31
April 1, 1881	+ 1	0	5	31
July 24, 1884	+ 1	0	6th	31
October 27, 1886	+ 1	0	7th	31
April 1, 1887	+ 1	0	8th	31
April 1, 1892	+ 1	0	9	31
February 27, 1897	+ 1	0	10	31
April 1, 1899	+ 1	0	11	31
May 1, 1899	+ 1	0	12	31
April 1, 1907	+ 1	0	13	31
April 1, 1908	+ 1	0	14th	31
April 1, 1911	+ 1	0	15th	31
October 1, 1920	- 6	0	9	31
August 1, 1922	+ 1	0	10	31
July 1, 1925	+ 1	0	11	31

Hanover

1870 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the city district of Hanover to municipalities from the Hanover steering committee

1873 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the Aurich control group around the Jade area

1885 , April 1st:

resolution

all circles, as control circuits were called

Outsourcing

of the city of Celle from the Celle steering committee
the city of Emden from the Emden steering committee
of the city of Göttingen from the Göttingen steering committee
the city of Harburg from the Harburg steering committee
the city of Hildesheim from the Hildesheim steering committee
the city of Lüneburg from the Lüneburg steering committee
the city of Osnabrück from the Osnabrück control committee

Neoplasm

of the Achim district from municipalities of the Verden steering committee
of the Alfeld (Leine) district from the municipalities of the Hameln and Marienburg control districts in Hanover
of the Aschendorf district from municipalities of the Meppen steering committee
of the Aurich district from municipalities of the Aurich steering committee
of the Bleckede district from communities in the Dannenberg and Lüneburg control districts
of the Blumenthal district from communities in the Lehe and Osterholz control districts
of the Bremervörde district from municipalities of the Stader Geestkreis steering committee

of the Burgdorf district from communities of the Celle steering committee

of the district of Celle from the communities of the control districts of Celle , Fallingbostel and Gifhorn

of the Dannenberg district from communities of the Dannenberg steering committee

of the Diepholz district from municipalities of the Diepholz steering committee

of the district of Duderstadt from municipalities of the control group Osterode am Harz

of the Einbeck district from municipalities of the Einbeck steering committee

of the district of Emden from municipalities of the Emden steering committee

of the Fallingbostel district from the municipalities of the Fallingbostel steering committee

of the Geestemünde district from municipalities of the Lehe steering committee

of the Gifhorn district from municipalities in the Celle and Gifhorn control districts

of the district of Goslar from the municipalities of the Liebenburg and Zellerfeld control districts

of the district of Göttingen from municipalities of the steering committee of Göttingen

of the Grafschaft Bentheim district from communities of the Lingen steering committee

of the Gronau district from municipalities of the Hameln and Marienburg control districts in Hanover

of the Hadeln district from communities of the Otterndorf Steering Committee

of the Hameln district from municipalities of the Hameln Steering Committee

of the district of Hanover from municipalities of the steering committee of Hanover

of the Harburg district from municipalities of the Harburg steering committee

of the Hildesheim district from municipalities of the Hildesheim steering committee

of the district of Hümmling from communities of the steering committee of Meppen

of the Iburg district from municipalities of the Melle control group

of the Ilfeld district from municipalities of the Zellerfeld steering committee

of the Isenhagen district from municipalities of the Peine steering committee

of the Jork district from municipalities of the Stader Geestkreis and Stader Marschkreis control districts

of the Kehdingen district from municipalities of the Stader Marschkreis steering committee

of the Leer district from municipalities of the Leer steering committee

of the Lehe district from the municipalities of the Lehe steering committee

of the Linden district from municipalities of the Hanover and Wennigsen control districts

of the Lingen district from municipalities of the Lingen steering committee

of the Lüchow district from communities of the Dannenberg control group

of the Lüneburg district from municipalities of the Lüneburg steering committee

of the district of Marienburg in Hanover from municipalities of the control districts Liebenburg and Marienburg in Hanover

of the Melle district from the municipalities of the Melle steering committee

of the Meppen district from municipalities of the Meppen steering committee

of the district of Münden from municipalities of the Göttingen steering committee

of the Neustadt am Rübenberge district from the municipalities of the Hanover steering committee

of the Nienburg district from municipalities of the Nienburg steering committee

of the north district from municipalities of the Emden control group

of the Northeim district from communities of the Einbeck control group

of the district of Osnabrück from municipalities of the Osnabrück control committee

of the Osterholz district from communities of the Osterholz steering committee

of the Osterode district from communities of the Osterode steering committee

of the Peine district from communities in the Gifhorn and Hildesheim control districts

of the Rotenburg (Hanover) district from municipalities of the Fallingbostel steering committee

of the district of Soltau from the municipalities of the Fallingbostel steering committee

of the district of Springe from municipalities of the steering committee of Wennigsen

of the Stade district from municipalities of the Stader Geestkreis steering committee

of the Stolzenau district from municipalities of the Nienburg steering committee

of the Sulingen district from communities in the Diepholz , Hoya and Nienburg control districts

of the Syke district from municipalities of the Diepholz and Hoya control districts

of the Uelzen district from the municipalities of the Uelzen steering committee

of the Uslar district from municipalities of the Einbeck steering committee

of the Verden district from the municipalities of the Verden steering committee

of the Weener district from municipalities of the Leer control group

of the district of Winsen from communities of the Harburg steering committee

of the Wittlage district from municipalities of the Osnabrück steering committee

of the Wittmund district from municipalities of the Aurich steering committee

of the Zellerfeld district from municipalities of the Zellerfeld steering committee

of the district of Zeven from municipalities of the steering committee Rotenburg (Hanover)

1886 :

Outsourcing

the city of Linden from the Linden district

1888 :

enlargement

of the Harburg district to communities in the Harburg district

1891 :

enlargement

of the city district of Hanover to municipalities of the district of Hanover

1906 :

enlargement

of the Harburg district to a municipality in the Harburg district

1907 :

enlargement

of the city district of Hanover to municipalities of the district of Hanover

1909 :

enlargement

of the Linden district to communities in the Linden district

1910 :

enlargement

of the Harburg district to a municipality in the Harburg district

1911 :

enlargement

of the Hildesheim district to a community from the Marienburg district in Hanover

1913 , January 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Geestemünde from the Geestemünde district

1914 :

enlargement

of the urban district of Osnabrück to a municipality in the district of Osnabrück

1919 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Wilhelmshaven from the Wittmund district

1920 :

Outsourcing

the city of Lehe from the district of Lehe

Inclusion

of the urban district of Linden in the urban district of Hanover

1922 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Goslar from the Goslar district

Inclusion

of the district of Hameln in the district of Hameln-Pyrmont
of the Pyrmont district , Waldeck, in the Hameln-Pyrmont district

Neoplasm

of the Hameln-Pyrmont district from the Hameln and Pyrmont districts

1923 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Hameln from the Hameln-Pyrmont district

1924 , November 1st:

Neoplasm

of the urban district of Wesermünde from the urban districts of Geestemünde and Lehe

1925 , September 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Wilhelmsburg from the Harburg district

1927 , July 1st:

Neoplasm

of the Harburg-Wilhelmsburg district from the Harburg and Wilhelmsburg districts

1932 , October 1st:

resolution

of the district of Hoya and division into the districts of Grafschaft Hoya , Nienburg / Weser and Verden
of the district of Hümmling and division into the districts of Aschendorf-Hümmling (main part) and Meppen
of the district of Jork and division into the districts of Harburg and Stade
of the Neuhaus an der Oste district and subdivided into the districts of Land Hadeln (main part) and Stade

Inclusion

of the Achim district in the Verden district
of the Aschendorf district in the Aschendorf-Hümmling district
of the Bleckede district in the Lüneburg district
the circle Blumenthal in the district Osterholz
of the Diepholz district in the Grafschaft Diepholz district
of the district of Emden in the district of Norden
of the Geestemünde district in the Wesermünde district
of the district of Gronau in the district of Alfeld (Leine)
of the district of Hadeln in the district of Land Hadeln
of the Iburg district in the Osnabrück district
of the Isenhagen district in the Gifhorn district
the circle Kehdingen in the county Stade
of the Lehe district in the Wesermünde district
of the Linden district in the Hanover district
of the Lüchow district in the Dannenberg district
of the Münden district in the Göttingen district
of the district of Soltau in the district of Fallingbostel
of the Stolzenau district in the Nienburg district
of the Sulingen district in the Grafschaft Diepholz district
the circle Syke in the county county Hoya
of the Uslar district in the Northeim district
the circle Weener in the district Leer
of the district of Winsen in the district of Harburg
of the district of Zeven in the district of Bremervörde

Neoplasm

of the Aschendorf-Hümmling district from the Aschendorf district and several communities in the Hümmling district
of the Grafschaft Diepholz district from the Diepholz and Sulingen districts
the circle county Hoya from the circle Syke and several municipalities of the district Hoya
of the district of Land Hadeln from the districts of Hadeln and Neuhaus an der Oste
of the Wesermünde district from the Geestemünde and Lehe districts

Reclassification

of the Grafschaft Schaumburg district from the province of Hessen-Nassau to the province of Hanover

enlargement

of the Alfeld (Leine) district around the Gronau district
of the Bremervörde district around the Zeven district
of the Dannenberg district to the Lüchow district
of the Fallingbostel district around the Soltau district
of the district of Gifhorn around the district of Isenhagen and municipalities of the district of Gardelegen , Province of Saxony
of the district of Göttingen around the district of Münden
of the district of Hanover around the district of Linden and the municipality of Anderten of the district of Burgdorf
of the district of Harburg around the district of Winsen and communities of the district of Jork
of the circle Leer around the circle Weener
of the district of Lüneburg around the district of Bleckede
of the district of Meppen to communities of the district of Hümmling
of the district of Nienburg around the district of Stolzenau and two communities in the district of Hoya
of the north of the district of Emden
of the Northeim district around the Uslar district
of the district of Osnabrück around the district of Iburg
of the Osterholz district around the Blumenthal district
of the district of Rotenburg (Hanover) around the municipality of Lauenbrück of the district of Harburg
of the Stade district around the Kehdingen district and communities in the Jork and Neuhaus an der Oste districts
of the district of Verden around the district of Achim and the municipality of Oiste of the district of Hoya

1933 , October 1st:

Neoplasm

of the district of Münden from municipalities of the district of Göttingen (re-establishment)
of the district of Soltau from municipalities of the district of Fallingbostel (re-establishment)

1934 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Lingen to communities in the district of Meppen

1937 , April 1st:

Inclusion

of the district of Harburg-Wilhelmsburg as the city of Harburg-Wilhelmsburg in the area of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Reclassification

the city of Wilhelmshaven in the state of Oldenburg

enlargement

the area of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg around the city districts of Altona , Schleswig-Holstein, Harburg-Wilhelmsburg and Wandsbek , Schleswig-Holstein, around communities in the districts of Harburg , Pinneberg , Schleswig-Holstein, and Stormarn , Schleswig-Holstein, as well as one community in each of the districts Duchy of Lauenburg , Schleswig-Holstein, and Stade when the city of Cuxhaven and municipalities are ceded to the districts of Land Hadeln and Stormarn , Schleswig-Holstein, and a municipality to the district of Duchy of Lauenburg , Schleswig-Holstein

1938 , August 1st:

Exchange of territory

between the districts of Celle and Fallingbostel

enlargement

of the district of Soltau to communities in the district of Fallingbostel

1938 , October 1st:

enlargement

of the Hildesheim district by one municipality each in the Hildesheim district and Marienburg district in Hanover

1939 , April 1st:

enlargement

the independent city of Celle to communities of the district of Celle

Number of urban and rural districts

date	City districts change	Counties change	City districts number	Counties number
September 12, 1867			1	35
April 1, 1885	+ 7	+ 31	8th	66
1913	+ 1	0	9	66
April 1, 1919	+ 1	0	10	66
November 30, 1921	0	+ 1	10	67
April 1, 1922	+ 1	- 1	11	66
April 1, 1923	+ 1	0	12	66
November 1, 1924	- 1	0	11	66
September 1, 1925	+ 1	0	12	66
July 1, 1927	- 1	0	11	66
October 1, 1932	0	- 25	11	41
October 1, 1933	0	+ 2	11	43
April 1, 1937	- 1	0	10	43

Hessen-Nassau

1867 , July 1st:

renaming

of the Biedenkopf district in the hinterland after the takeover by Prussia

1867 , August 12th:

Renaming

the hinterland circle in circle Biedenkopf

1881 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Hünfeld to communities of the district of Hersfeld

1886 , April 1st:

resolution

of the Main district and division into the districts of Frankfurt and Wiesbaden and the district of Höchst

Outsourcing

the city of Hanau from the Hanau district
the city of Wiesbaden from the Mainkreis

Neoplasm

of the district of Frankfurt from municipalities of the district of Hanau , the Main district and the urban district of Frankfurt am Main
of the Höchst district from municipalities in the Main district
of the Limburg district from the municipalities of the Oberlahnkreis and the Unterlahnkreis
of the St. Goarshausen district from communities in the Rheingau and Unterlahn districts
of the district Usingen from communities of the Obertaunuskreis and the Untertaunuskreis
of the Westerburg district from the municipalities of the Oberwesterwaldkreis and the Unterwesterwaldkreis
of the district of Wiesbaden from municipalities of the Main district

enlargement

of the district of Marburg around the community of Schröck of the district of Kirchhain
of the Oberlahnkreis around the municipality of Rückershausen of the Oberwesterwaldkreis when municipalities are assigned to the Limburg district
of the Obertaunuskreis around areas of the Hanau district and the Frankfurt am Main district when municipalities are assigned to the Usingen district
of the Oberwesterwaldkreis around municipalities in the Unterwesterwaldkreis when municipalities are assigned to the Oberlahnkreis and the Westerburg district

1895 :

enlargement

of the urban district of Frankfurt am Main to a municipality of the district of Frankfurt

1896 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the Wolfhagen district to a municipality in the Cassel district

1899 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Cassel to a municipality in the district of Cassel

1900 , July 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Frankfurt am Main to communities in the district of Frankfurt

1905 :

renaming

of the district of Rinteln in Grafschaft Schaumburg

1906 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Cassel to the municipalities of the district of Cassel

1907 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Hanau to a municipality of the district of Hanau

1907 , April 26th:

renaming

of the district of Schmalkalden in the district of Herrschaft Schmalkalden

1910 , April 1st:

Inclusion

of the district of Frankfurt in the urban district of Frankfurt am Main

1919 , January 31:

Neoplasm

of the district of Königstein from communities of the Obertaunus district and the district of Usingen

1926 , October 1st:

enlargement

of the Wiesbaden district to communities in the Wiesbaden district

1926 , December 4th:

renaming

of the urban district of Cassel in Kassel
of the district of Cassel in the district of Kassel

1927 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Fulda from the Fulda district

1928 , October 1st:

resolution

of the district of Höchst and division into the Main-Taunus district and the urban district of Frankfurt am Main
of the district of Königstein and division into the Main-Taunus district and the Obertaunus district
of the district of Wiesbaden and division into the Main-Taunus district and the urban district of Wiesbaden

Neoplasm

of the Main-Taunus-Kreis from municipalities of the Höchst District , the Königstein District and the Wiesbaden District

enlargement

of the urban district of Frankfurt am Main to communities in the Höchst district and a community in the Hanau district
of the Wiesbaden district to communities in the Wiesbaden district
of the Obertaunuskreis around communities in the Königstein district

1929 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Marburg an der Lahn from the Marburg district

Reclassification

of the state of Waldeck with the three districts of the Eder , the Eisenberg and the Twiste in the province of Hessen-Nassau

1929 , April 4th:

enlargement

of the Eisenberg district around communities in the Frankenberg district

1930 , December 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Marburg an der Lahn to a municipality of the district of Marburg

1932 , October 1st:

resolution

of the district of Biedenkopf and division into the districts of Dillenburg , Frankenberg and Wetzlar
of the Usingen district and subdivided into the Limburg , Oberlahnkreis , Obertaunuskreis , Untertaunuskreis and Wetzlar districts

Inclusion

of the Dillkreis in the Dillenburg district
of the Fritzlar district into the Fritzlar-Homberg district
of the Gersfeld district in the Fulda district
of the Homberg district into the Fritzlar-Homberg district
of the Kirchhain district in the Marburg district
of the Oberwesterwaldkreis in the Westerburg district

Neoplasm

of the district of Dillenburg from the Dill district and communities of the district of Biedenkopf
of the Fritzlar-Homberg district from the Fritzlar and Homberg districts

Reclassification

of the Grafschaft Schaumburg district from the province of Hessen-Nassau to the province of Hanover
of the district of Wetzlar , previously in the Rhine province , to the province of Hessen-Nassau and expansion of the district to include communities in the districts of Biedenkopf and Usingen

enlargement

of the Frankenberg district to communities in the Biedenkopf district
of the district of Fulda around the district of Gersfeld
of the Limburg district to communities in the Usingen district
of the Marburg district around the Kirchhain district
of the Oberlahnkreis around communities in the Usingen district
of the Obertaunuskreis around communities in the Usingen district
of the Sankt Goarshausen district around the municipality of Becheln in the Unterlahn district
of the Untertaunuskreis around communities in the Usingen district
of the Unterwesterwaldkreis around communities in the Westerburg district
of the Westerburg district around the Oberwesterwaldkreis when municipalities are assigned to the Unterwesterwaldkreis

1933 :

renaming

of the Westerburg district in Oberwesterwaldkreis

1933 , October 1st:

resolution

of the district of Dillenburg and division into the district of Biedenkopf and the Dillkreis

Neoplasm

of the Biedenkopf district from municipalities in the Dillenburg district (re-establishment)
of the Dillkreis from municipalities of the Dillenburg district (re-establishment)
of the Usingen district from municipalities of the Oberlahnkreis , Obertaunuskreis and Untertaunuskreis (re-establishment)

1936 , June 1st:

enlargement

of the city district of Kassel to communities of the district of Kassel

1939 , April 1st:

enlargement

the independent city of Fulda to municipalities of the district of Fulda

1942 , February 1st:

Inclusion

the districts of the Eder , the Eisenberg and the Twiste in the district of Waldeck

Neoplasm

of the district of Waldeck from the districts of the Eder , the Eisenberg and the Twiste

Number of urban and rural districts

date	City districts change	Counties change	City districts number	Counties number
February 7, 1868			3	33
April 1, 1910	0	- 1	3	32
January 31, 1919	0	+ 1	3	33
1922	0	+ 1	3	34
April 1, 1927	+ 1	0	4th	34
October 1, 1928	0	- 2nd	4th	32
April 1, 1929	+ 1	+ 3	5	35
October 1, 1932	0	- 8	5	27
October 1, 1933	0	+ 2	5	29
February 1, 1942	0	- 2nd	5	27

Hohenzollern country

1854 , January 18:

resolution

of the upper office in Straßberg and split between the higher offices in Gammertingen and Sigmaringen

Inclusion

of the Oberamt Glatt in the Oberamt Haigerloch

enlargement

of the Oberamt Gammertingen to communities of the Oberamt Straßberg
the Oberamt Haigerloch to the Oberamt Glatt
the Oberamt Sigmaringen to communities of the Oberamt Straßberg

1861 , August 9th:

Inclusion

of the Oberamt Trochtelfingen to the Oberamt Gammertingen

1861 , December 27th:

Inclusion

of the Oberamt Wald in the Oberamt Sigmaringen

1862 , March 28th:

Inclusion

of the Oberamt Ostrach to the Oberamt Sigmaringen

1925 , October 7th:

resolution

of the Oberamt Gammertingen and division into the districts of Hechingen and Sigmaringen

Inclusion

of the Oberamt Haigerloch in the district of Hechingen
of the Oberamt Hechingen in the district of Hechingen
of the Oberamt Sigmaringen in the district of Sigmaringen

Neoplasm

of the district of Hechingen from the upper offices Haigerloch and Hechingen and municipalities of the upper office Gammertingen
of the district of Sigmaringen from the Oberamt Sigmaringen and communities of the Oberamt Gammertingen

Number of urban and rural districts

date	City districts change	Counties change	Counties number
17th August 1855			7th
August 9, 1861	0	- 1	6th
December 27, 1861	0	- 1	5
March 28, 1862	0	- 1	4th
October 7, 1925	0	- 2nd	2

East and West Prussia

1819 , April 1st:

renaming

the circle Kreuzburg in county Prussian Eylau

1824 :

enlargement

of the district of Gumbinnen to a municipality in the district of Stallupönen

1828 , March 29th:

enlargement

of the district of Gdansk to part of the immediate city of Gdansk
of the district of Königsberg to part of the immediate city of Königsberg

1836 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Tilsit district to a municipality in the Niederung district

1843 , January 1st:

Exchange of territory

between the circles Goldap and Stallupönen

1864 :

enlargement

of the urban district of Gdansk to a municipality in the district of Gdansk

1874 :

enlargement

of the urban district of Gdansk to a municipality in the district of Gdansk

1874 , January 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Elbing from the Elbing district

1875 , March 25th:

Neoplasm

of the Tuchel district from communities in the Konitz district

1875 , June 17th:

enlargement

of the Gumbinnen district to a municipality in the Darkehmen district
of Ragnit County to a municipality in Tilsit County
of the district of Sensburg to a municipality of the district of Johannisburg
of the Tilsit district to a municipality of the Niederung district when a municipality is transferred to the Ragnit district

1876 , July 5th:

enlargement

of the Angerburg district to a municipality in the Darkehmen district
of the Ragnit district to a municipality in the Pillkallen district

1877 :

enlargement

of the urban district of Gdansk to a municipality in the district of Gdansk

1878 , February 8th:

enlargement

of the Deutsch Krone district to communities in the Dramburg district , Pomerania

1882 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the Konitz district to communities in the Preußisch Stargard district

1887 , October 1st:

resolution

of the district of Danzig and subdivided into the districts of Danziger Höhe , Danziger Niederung and Dirschau

Neoplasm

of the Briesen district from communities in the Culm , Graudenz , Strasburg districts in West Prussia and Thorn
of the district of Danziger Höhe from municipalities in the district of Gdansk
of the Gdansk Lowland district from municipalities in the Gdansk district
of the Dirschau district from municipalities in the Danzig district and the Preußisch Stargard district
of the Putzig district from communities in the Neustadt district in West Prussia

1895 , December 10th:

enlargement

of the Wehlau district to a municipality in the Friedland district in East Prussia

1896 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Tilsit from the Tilsit district

1899 , July 2nd:

enlargement

of the Tilsit district to part of the Tilsit urban district

approx. 1900 :

renaming

the circle Carthaus in county Karthaus

1900 , January 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Graudenz from the district of Graudenz

1900 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Thorn from the Thorn district

1902 :

enlargement

of the Friedland district in East Prussia to a municipality in the Wehlau district

1902 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Insterburg from the Insterburg district

enlargement

of the urban district of Danzig to the municipalities of the district of Danziger Höhe

1905 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the city district of Königsberg to communities of the district of Königsberg

1906 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the city district of Thorn to a municipality in the district of Thorn

1907 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Danzig to a municipality of the district of Danzig Lowlands

1909 , March 4th:

enlargement

of the district of Rößel to a municipality of the district of Rastenburg

1909 , June 23:

enlargement

of the district of Oletzko to a municipality of the district of Lyck

1910 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Allenstein from the Olsztyn district

1914 , April 1st:

enlargement

the city of Danzig to communities from the districts of Danziger Höhe and Danziger Niederung

1918 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Memel from the Memel district

1920 , January 10th:

resolution

of the district of Graudenz and division of the remaining district in the German Reich to the districts of Marienwerder and Rosenberg in West Prussia
of the Karthaus district and division of the remaining district in the German Reich into the Bütow and Lauenburg districts in Pomerania
of the district of Löbau and incorporation of the remaining district in the German Reich into the district of Rosenberg in West Prussia
of the Neustadt district in West Prussia and incorporation of the remaining district in the German Reich into the Lauenburg district in Pomerania
of the Putzig district and incorporation of the remainder of the German Reich into the Lauenburg district in Pomerania

Reclassification

of the urban district of Danzig and of municipalities in the districts of Berent , Danziger Höhe , Danziger Niederung , Elbing , Karthaus and Neustadt in West Prussia to the Free City of Danzig
of the urban district of Memel and the district of Memel as well as of the municipalities of the district of Tilsit and the districts of Heydekrug , Niederung and the district of Ragnit in the Memel area
the urban districts of Graudenz and Thorn , the district of Thorn and the districts of Briesen , Konitz , Kulm , Preußisch Stargard , Schwetz , the Strasburg district in West Prussia and Tuchel as well as the communities of the Graudenz district and the Berent , Danziger Höhe , Flatow , Karthaus , Löbau , Marienwerder districts , Neustadt in West Prussia , Putzig and Schlochau to Poland

enlargement

of the part of the Elbing district that remained in the German Reich around communities in the Danzig Niederung district
of the part of the Marienwerder district that remained in the German Empire around communities in the Graudenz district

1920 , August 12th:

Reclassification

from communities in the district of Osterode in East Prussia to Poland

enlargement

of the part of the Osterode district in East Prussia that remained in the German Reich around communities in the Löbau district

1922 , July 1st:

resolution

of the Danzig Niederung district and incorporation of the remainder of the German Reich into the Elbing district
of the district of Tilsit and division into the urban district of Tilsit and the district of Tilsit-Ragnit

Inclusion

of the Heydekrug district in the Niederung district
of the district of Ragnit into the district of Tilsit-Ragnit

Neoplasm

of the Tilsit-Ragnit district from the Ragnit district and from municipalities in the Niederung district and the Tilsit district

enlargement

of the Flatow district around the community of Schönfeld of the Netzekreis
of the Niederung district around Heydekrug district when municipalities are ceded to Tilsit-Ragnit district

1927 , June 10th:

enlargement

of the city district of Königsberg to communities of the district of Königsberg

1927 , September 21:

renaming

of the Friedland district in East Prussia in the Bartenstein district

1933 , June 27th:

renaming

of the Oletzko district in Treuburg district

1936 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the Bartenstein district to communities in the Preußisch Eylau district

1936 , July 1st:

enlargement

of the city district of Allenstein to municipalities of the district of Allenstein

1937 , October 1st:

enlargement

of the Gumbinnen district to a municipality in the Pillkallen district

1938 , September 7th:

renaming

the circle Darkehmen in county Angerapp
of the district Niederung in Kreis Elchniederung
of the district of Pillkallen in the district of Schloßberg (Ostpr.)
the circle Stallupönen in county Ebenrode

1938 , October 1st:

enlargement

of the Bartenstein district to communities in the Rastenburg district

1939 , April 1st:

resolution

of the district of Fischhausen and division between the independent city of Königsberg in Prussia and the district of Samland
of the district of Königsberg in Prussia and split between the independent city of Königsberg and the district of Samland

Neoplasm

of the Samland district from municipalities in the Fischhausen and Königsberg districts in Prussia

enlargement

the independent city of Königsberg in Prussia to communities in the districts of Fischhausen and Königsberg in Prussia

Number of urban and rural districts

date	City districts change	Counties change	City districts number	Counties number
January 1, 1818			2	54
January 1, 1874	+ 1	0	3	54
March 25, 1875	0	+ 1	3	55
October 1, 1887	0	+ 4	3	59
April 1, 1896	+ 1	0	4th	59
January 1, 1900	+ 1	0	5	59
April 1, 1900	+ 1	0	6th	59
April 1, 1902	+ 1	0	7th	59
April 1, 1910	+ 1	0	8th	59
April 1, 1918	+ 1	0	9	59
January 10, 1920	- 4th	- 15	5	44
July 1, 1922	0	- 2nd	5	42
April 1, 1939	0	- 1	5	41

Pomerania

1826 , September 26th:

resolution

the immediate city of Stettin and incorporation into the Randow district

1846 , January 1st:

resolution

of the Lauenburg-Bütow district and subdivision to the Bütow and Lauenburg districts in Pomerania

1857 , March 16:

Outsourcing

the city of Stettin from the Randow district

1872 , September 1st:

resolution

of the Fürstenthum district and subdivided into the Bublitz , Colberg-Cörlin and Cöslin districts

Neoplasm

of the district of Bublitz from municipalities of the district of Principality
of the Colberg-Cörlin district from municipalities in the Fürstenthum district
of the district of Cöslin from municipalities of the district of Fürstenthum

1874 :

Outsourcing

the city of Stralsund from the Franzburg district

1876 , July 5th:

Exchange of territory

between the circles Schlawe and Stolp

enlargement

of the district of Schlawe to communities of the district of Rummelsburg
of the district of Stolp to communities of the district of Rummelsburg

1878 , February 8th:

enlargement

of the Deutsch Krone district , West Prussia, to communities in the Dramburg district
of the Rummelsburg district to communities in the Schlawe district

approx. 1891 :

renaming

of the district of Colberg-Cörlin in the district of Kolberg-Körlin

1898 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the town of Stolp from the Stolp district

1900 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the city district of Stettin to communities in the district of Randow

1901 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Stargard from the Saatzig district

1913 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Greifswald from the Greifswald district

1920 :

renaming

of the district of Cöslin in the district of Köslin

1920 , January 10th:

resolution

of the Neustadt district in West Prussia and incorporation of the remaining district in the German Reich into the Lauenburg district in Pomerania
of the Putzig district , West Prussia, and incorporation of the remainder of the German Reich into the Lauenburg district in Pomerania

Reclassification

from communities in the districts of Lauenburg in Pomerania and Stolp to Poland

enlargement

of the part of the district of Lauenburg in Pomerania that remained in the German Empire around communities in the districts of Karthaus , Neustadt in West Prussia and Putzig , West Prussia

1920 , May 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Kolberg from the Kolberg-Körlin district

1923 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Köslin from the Köslin district

1928 , February 1st:

renaming

the circle Franzburg in Franzburg-Barth

1932 , October 1st:

resolution

of the Bublitz district and subdivided into the Belgard , Köslin (main part), Neustettin and Rummelsburg districts
of the Schivelbein district and subdivided into the Belgard (main part) and Dramburg districts

enlargement

of the Belgard district to communities in the Bublitz and Schivelbein districts
of the district of Dramburg to communities of the district of Schivelbein
of the district of Köslin to communities of the district of Bublitz
of the Neustettin district to communities in the Bublitz district
of the Rummelsburg district to communities in the Bublitz district

approx. 1935 :

renaming

of the district of Belgard in the district of Belgard (Persante)

1939 , October 15th:

resolution

of the Randow district and subdivision to the urban district of Stettin and the districts of Greifenhagen , Naugard and Ueckermünde

enlargement

of the city district of Stettin to communities in the district of Randow
of the district of Greifenhagen to communities in the district of Randow
of the district of Naugard to communities of the district of Randow
of the district of Ueckermünde to communities in the district of Randow

Number of urban and rural districts

date	City districts change	Counties change	City districts number	Counties number
January 1, 1818			1	25th
September 26, 1826	- 1	0	0	25th
January 1, 1846	0	- 1	0	24
March 16, 1857	+ 1	0	1	24
September 1, 1872	0	- 1	1	23
1874	+ 1	0	2	23
April 1, 1898	+ 1	0	3	23
April 1, 1901	+ 1	0	4th	23
April 1, 1913	+ 1	0	5	23
May 1, 1920	+ 1	0	6th	23
April 1, 1923	+ 1	0	7th	23
October 1, 1932	0	- 2nd	7th	21st
October 15, 1939	0	- 1	7th	20th

Poses

1819 , July 31:

renaming

the circle Peysern in county Wreschen

1875 , May 29th:

Outsourcing

the city of Bromberg from the district of Bromberg

1877 , March 6th:

renaming

the circle Chodziesen in circle Kolmar in Posen

1886 , May 26th:

Neoplasm

of the Strelno district from the municipalities of Inowrazlaw district

1887 , October 1st:

resolution

of the Buk district and subdivided into the Grätz and Neutomischel districts
of the Kröben district and split between the Gostyn and Rawitsch districts
of the district of Poznan and split between the districts of East and West of Poznan

Neoplasm

of the Filehne district from municipalities in the Czarnikau district
of the Gostyn district from communities in the Kröben and Schrimm districts
of the district of Grätz from municipalities of the district of Buk
of the district of Jarotschin from communities in the districts of Pleschen , Schrimm and Wreschen
of the Kempen district in Poznan from municipalities in the Schildberg district
of the Koschmin District from municipalities in the Krotoschin District
of the Lissa district from municipalities in the Fraustadt district
of the Neutomischel district from municipalities in the Buk district
of the Ostrowo district from communities in the Adelnau district
of the Poznan-East County from municipalities in the Poznan County
of Poznan-West County from municipalities in Poznan County
of the Rawitsch district from communities in the Kröben district
of the Schmiegel district from municipalities of the Kosten district
of the district of Schwerin an der Warthe from communities of the district of Birnbaum
of the Witkowo district from municipalities in the Gnesen district
of the Znin district from municipalities in the Mogilno , Schubin and Wongrowitz districts

1895 , September 18:

enlargement

of the city district of Poznan to municipalities of the district of Poznan-East

1900 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the city district of Poznan to municipalities of the district of Poznan-East

of the Posen-Ost district to the municipalities of the Schroda district upon assignment of municipalities to the Posen city district

1904 , December 5th:

renaming

the circle Inowrazlaw in county Hohensalza

1920 , January 10th:

resolution

of the district of Czarnikau and incorporation of the remaining district in the German Reich into the network district
of the Filehne district and incorporation of the remainder of the German Reich into the Netzekreis
of the Kolmar district in Poznan and incorporation of the remaining district in the German Reich into the network district

Neoplasm

of the network district from communities of the remaining districts of Czarnikau , Filehne and Kolmar in Posen in the German Reich

Reclassification

the districts of Bromberg and Posen , the districts of Bromberg and the districts of Adelnau , Gnesen , Gostyn , Grätz , Hohensalza , Jarotschin , Kempen in Posen , Koschmin , Kosten , Krotoschin , Lissa , Mogilno , Neutomischel , Obornik , Ostrowo , Pleschen , Posen-Ost , Posen-West , Rawitsch , Samter , Schildberg , Schmiegel , Schrimm , Schroda , Schubin , Strelno , Wirsitz , Witkowo , Wongrowitz , Wreschen and Znin as well as from communities in the districts of Birnbaum , Bomst , Czarnikau , Filehne , Fraustadt , Kolmar in Posen , Meseritz and Schwerin on the Warta to Poland

1922 , July 1st:

Outsourcing

of the town of Schneidemühl from the Netzekreis

enlargement

of the Flatow district , until 1920 West Prussia, around the community of Schönfeld of the Netzekreis

Number of urban and rural districts

date	City districts change	Counties change	City districts number	Counties number
January 1, 1818			1	26th
May 29, 1875	+ 1	0	2	26th
May 26, 1886	0	+ 1	2	27
October 1, 1887	0	+ 13	2	40
January 10, 1920	- 2nd	- 34	0	6th
July 1, 1922	+ 1	0	1	6th

Rhineland

1818 :

enlargement

of the Ahrweiler district to communities in the Adenau and Mayen districts

1818 , January 1st:

Reclassification

from municipalities in the district of Heinsberg to the Netherlands

1818 , June 15:

Inclusion

the circle Blankenheim in the county Gemünd

1819 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Grevenbroich district to a municipality in the Erkelenz district
of the district of Kempen to a municipality of the district of Crefeld

1819 , March 5th:

Exchange of territory

between the districts of Gladbach and Crefeld

1819 , October 30th:

Inclusion

of the district of Opladen in the district of Solingen

enlargement

of the district of Lennep to a municipality of the district of Solingen
of the district of Solingen around the district of Opladen when a municipality is assigned to the district of Lennep

1820 , August 16:

Inclusion

the immediate city of Düsseldorf in the district of Düsseldorf

1820 , October 1st:

Inclusion

of the Uckerath district in the Siegburg district

1820 , November 1st:

Inclusion

of the Mettmann district in the Elberfeld district

1821 , February 1st:

Inclusion

of the district of Sankt Vith in the district of Malmedy

1822 , May 1st:

Inclusion

the circle Braunfels in the circle Wetzlar
the district Linz in the district Neuwied

enlargement

the circle Neuwied around the circle Linz and around communities in the county Coblenz

1823 , September 26th:

Inclusion

of the Rheinberg district in the Geldern district

1823 , September 27th:

resolution

of the district of Dinslaken and division into the districts of Duisburg (main part) and Rees

Inclusion

of the Essen district in the Duisburg district

Neoplasm

of the district of Duisburg from communities in the districts of Dinslaken and Essen

enlargement

of the Rees district to communities in the Dinslaken district

1825 , February 17th:

Inclusion

the circle Gimborn in the circle Gummersbach
the circle Homburg in the circle Gummersbach

Neoplasm

of the district of Gummersbach from the districts of Gimborn and Homburg

renaming

of the district of Siegburg in Siegkreis

1827 :

Reclassification

from municipalities in the Saarlouis district to France

1827 , February 17th:

renaming

of the district of Lechenich in the district of Euskirchen

1829 :

Reclassification

from municipalities in the Saarlouis district to France

1829 , December 24th:

renaming

the circle Gemünd in county Schleiden

1835 , April 1st:

New formation (reclassification)

of the Sankt Wendel district from the Principality of Lichtenberg , Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, to Prussia

1857 , September 8th:

renaming

the Immediatstadt Cologne in Cöln
of the district of Cologne in the district of Cöln

1857 , December 3rd:

Neoplasm

of the district of Mörs from communities in the district of Geldern and a community in the district of Crefeld

1859 :

Neoplasm

of the Essen district from communities in the Duisburg district

1861 , June 1st:

resolution

of the district of Elberfeld and division into the urban districts of Barmen and Elberfeld and the district of Mettmann

Outsourcing

the town of Barmen from the Elberfeld district
the city of Elberfeld from the Elberfeld district

Neoplasm

of the Mettmann district from communities in the Elberfeld district

1862 :

enlargement

of the Duisburg district to parts of the Essen district

1869 , September 15:

New formation (reclassification)

of the Meisenheim district , Landgraviate Hessen-Homburg

1872 , April 20:

Outsourcing

the city of Düsseldorf from the Düsseldorf district

1872 , October 14th:

Outsourcing

the town of Crefeld from the Crefeld district

1873 , February 28:

Outsourcing

of the city of Essen from the Essen district

1874 , January 24th:

resolution

of the district of Duisburg and division between the urban district of Duisburg and the district of Mülheim an der Ruhr

Neoplasm

of the urban district of Duisburg from municipalities of the district of Duisburg
of the Mülheim an der Ruhr district from communities in the Duisburg district

1881 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the Mettmann district to a municipality in the Bochum district , Westphalia

1887 , July 1st:

Neoplasm

of the Ruhrort district from municipalities in the Mülheim an der Ruhr district

1887 , October 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Bonn from the Bonn district
the city of Coblenz from the Coblenz district

1888 , January 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Munich-Gladbach from the Gladbach district
the city of Remscheid from the Lennep district

1888 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Trier to areas of the urban district of Trier
of the urban district of Cöln to communities of the district of Cöln

1891 , September 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Coblenz to a municipality of the district of Coblenz

1892 , November 21:

enlargement

of the urban district of Remscheid to communities in the district of Lennep

1896 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Solingen from the Solingen district

1897 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Aachen to a municipality of the district of Aachen

1901 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Oberhausen from the Mülheim an der Ruhr district

1901 , May 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Mülheim am Rhein from the Mülheim am Rhein district

1901 , August 1st:

enlargement

of the city district of Essen to a municipality of the district of Essen

1901 , August 3rd:

enlargement

of the urban district of Crefeld to a municipality in the district of Crefeld

1902 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Coblenz to a municipality of the district of Coblenz
of the city district of Duisburg to a municipality of the district of Ruhrort

1904 , April 1st:

Neoplasm

of the urban district of Mülheim an der Ruhr from municipalities of the district of Mülheim an der Ruhr

enlargement

of the city district of Bonn to communities of the district of Bonn

1905 , July 1st:

enlargement

of the city district of Essen to a municipality of the district of Essen

1905 , October 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Duisburg to communities of the Ruhrort district

1906 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Aachen to a municipality of the district of Aachen

1907 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Rheydt from the Gladbach district

1907 , October 15th:

enlargement

of the urban district of Crefeld to the municipalities of the district of Crefeld

1908 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Düsseldorf to a municipality of the district of Düsseldorf
of the city district of Essen to a municipality of the district of Essen

1909 , April 1st:

renaming

the circle Ruhr place in district Dinslaken

enlargement

of the city district of Düsseldorf to communities of the district of Düsseldorf

1909 , April 20:

enlargement

of the urban district of Oberhausen to communities in the district of Dinslaken

1909 , September 7th:

Outsourcing

the city of Saarbrücken from the Saarbrücken district

1910 , April 1st:

resolution

of the district of Mülheim an der Ruhr and division into the district of Essen and the city districts of Essen , Mülheim an der Ruhr and Oberhausen

enlargement

of the urban district of Cöln to communities of the district of Cöln
of the district of Essen to the municipalities of the district of Mülheim an der Ruhr when municipalities are assigned to the urban district of Essen
of the city district of Essen to communities in the districts of Essen and Mülheim an der Ruhr
of the urban district of Mülheim an der Ruhr to communities in the district of Mülheim an der Ruhr
the urban district of Oberhausen to communities in the district of Mülheim an der Ruhr

1911 , May 1st:

Outsourcing

the town of Hamborn from the Dinslaken district

1912 , June 19:

enlargement

of the city district of Trier to communities of the district of Trier

1913 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Neuss from the Neuss district

1914 , April 1st:

Inclusion

of the urban district of Mülheim am Rhein to the city of Cöln

enlargement

of the urban district of Cöln around the urban district of Mülheim am Rhein and a municipality in the district of Mülheim am Rhein

1915 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the city district of Essen to communities of the district of Essen

1917 , July 1st:

Outsourcing

the town of Sterkrade from the Dinslaken district

enlargement

of the Hamborn district to communities in the Dinslaken district

approx. 1920 :

renaming

of the district of Creuznach in the district of Kreuznach
of the district of Mörs in the district of Moers

1920 , January 10th:

Reclassification

from municipalities in the districts of Eupen and Malmedy to Belgium

1920 , April 10th:

renaming

of the urban district of Cologne in Cologne
of the district of Cologne in the district of Cologne

1920 , June 1st:

renaming

of the district of Montjoie in the district of Monschau

1920 , July 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Mülheim an der Ruhr to communities in the district of Essen

1920 , October 1st:

division

of the district of Merzig in the main district of Merzig and the remaining district of Merzig-Wadern

of the district of Sankt Wendel in the parent district of St. Wendel and the remaining district of Sankt Wendel-Baumholder

Neoplasm

of the remaining district of Merzig-Wadern from municipalities of the previous district of Merzig
of the remaining district of Sankt Wendel-Baumholder from the municipalities of the previous district of Sankt Wendel

Reclassification

of the urban district of Saarbrücken , the district of Saarbrücken and the districts of Ottweiler and Saarlouis as well as the parent districts of Merzig and Sankt Wendel in the Saar area
from municipalities in Belgium to Prussia

1921 , July 18:

enlargement

of the urban district of Munich-Gladbach to communities of the district of Gladbach

1921 , December 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Monschau to communities that were reclassified from Belgium to the German Empire

1922 , August 5th:

enlargement

of the urban district of Barmen to communities in the district of Schwelm , Westphalia

1922 , August 10th:

enlargement

of the urban district of Barmen to communities in the district of Schwelm , Westphalia

1922 , November 1st:

resolution

of the Eupen district, which was otherwise reclassified to Belgium on January 10, 1920, and incorporated into the Aachen district

of the Malmedy district, which was otherwise reclassified to Belgium on January 10, 1920, and incorporated into the Monschau and Schleiden districts

enlargement

of the urban district of Aachen to the communities of the district of Eupen that have not been reclassified to Belgium

of the Monschau district to the municipalities of the Malmedy district that have not been reclassified to Belgium

of the Schleiden district to the municipalities of the Malmedy district that have not been reclassified to Belgium

1923 , September 29th:

enlargement

of the urban district of Coblenz to a municipality of the district of Coblenz

1925 , November 25th:

renaming

of the urban district of Crefeld in Krefeld
of the district of Crefeld in the district of Krefeld

1926 , May 14th:

renaming

of the urban district of Coblenz in Koblenz
of the district of Coblenz in the district of Koblenz

1929 , August 1st:

resolution

of the district of Düsseldorf and division between the urban districts of Duisburg-Hamborn and Düsseldorf and the district of Düsseldorf-Mettmann

of the Essen district and division between the Düsseldorf-Mettmann district and the Essen district

of the Gladbach district and subdivided into the Grevenbroich-Neuss and Kempen-Krefeld districts and the Gladbach-Rheydt and Viersen districts

of the Krefeld district and integration into the Kempen-Krefeld district and the Krefeld-Uerdingen am Rhein district

of the district of Lennep and division into the district of Solingen-Lennep and the urban districts of Barmen-Elberfeld and Remscheid

of the Mettmann district and split between the Düsseldorf-Mettmann district and the Barmen-Elberfeld district

of the district of Neuss and division into the district of Grevenbroich-Neuss and the urban district of Neuss

of the district of Solingen and integration into the district of Solingen-Lennep and the urban district of Solingen

Outsourcing

the town of Viersen from the Gladbach district

Inclusion

of the urban district of Osterfeld , Westphalia, in the urban district of Oberhausen
of the urban district of Sterkrade in the urban district of Oberhausen
of the Grevenbroich district in the Grevenbroich-Neuss district

Neoplasm

of the urban district of Barmen-Elberfeld from the cities of Barmen and Elberfeld and communities of the districts of Lennep and Mettmann
of the urban district of Duisburg-Hamborn from the cities of Duisburg and Hamborn and communities of the district of Düsseldorf
of the urban district of Gladbach-Rheydt from the cities of Munich-Gladbach and Rheydt and communities of the district of Gladbach
of the urban district of Krefeld-Uerdingen am Rhein (special case of an "umbrella community" of the two cities of Krefeld and Uerdingen ) from the city of Krefeld and communities of the district of Kempen and the district of Krefeld
of the Düsseldorf-Mettmann district from the municipalities of the previous Düsseldorf and Essen districts and the Mettmann district
of the Grevenbroich-Neuss district from the Grevenbroich district , several communities in the Neuss district and communities in the Gladbach district
of the district of Kempen-Krefeld from the communities of the districts of Geldern , Gladbach and Kempen and the district of Krefeld
of the district of Solingen-Lennep from communities of the district of Solingen and the district of Lennep

enlargement

of the city district of Düsseldorf to communities of the district of Düsseldorf
of the city district of Essen to communities of the district of Essen
of the urban district of Neuss to communities of the district of Neuss
of the urban district of Oberhausen around the urban districts of Osterfeld , Westphalia, and Sterkrade
of the urban district of Remscheid to communities in the district of Lennep
of the city district of Solingen to communities of the district of Solingen

1930 , January 25th:

renaming

of the Barmen-Elberfeld district in Wuppertal

1930 , July 1st:

enlargement

of the city district of Trier to communities of the district of Trier

1931 , March 19th:

enlargement

of the district of Monschau to communities that were reclassified from Belgium to the German Empire

1931 , August 3rd:

renaming

of the Solingen-Lennep district in the Rhein-Wupper district

1932 , October 1st:

resolution

of the Adenau district and subdivided into the Ahrweiler (main part) and Mayen districts
of the Rheinbach district and split between the Bonn district (main part) and the Euskirchen district
of the Waldbröl district and split between the Oberbergischer Kreis and the Siegkreis

Inclusion

of the district of Heinsberg in the district of Geilenkirchen
of the Meisenheim district in the Kreuznach district
of the Mülheim am Rhein district in the Rheinisch-Bergisch district
of the Wipperfürth district in the Rheinisch-Bergisch district

Neoplasm

of the Oberbergischer Kreis from the Gummersbach and Waldbröl districts
of the Rheinisch-Bergisch district from the districts of Mülheim am Rhein and Wipperfürth

Reclassification

of the district of Wetzlar in the province of Hessen-Nassau

enlargement

of the district of Aachen to communities in the districts of Düren and Jülich
of the Ahrweiler district to communities in the Adenau district
of the district of Bonn to the municipalities of the Rheinbach district when municipalities are assigned to the Cologne district
of the district of Erkelenz to communities of the district of Heinsberg
of the Euskirchen district to communities in the Rheinbach district
of the Geilenkirchen district around the Heinsberg district
of the district of Cologne to communities of the district of Bonn
the circle Kreuznach around the circle Meisenheim
of the Mayen district to communities in the Adenau district
of the Oberbergisches Kreis around communities in the Waldbröl district
of the Siegkreis around communities in the Waldbröl district
of the district of Wetzlar around communities in the districts of Biedenkopf , Hessen-Nassau, and Usingen , Hessen-Nassau

1933 , August 10th:

renaming

of the district of Geilenkirchen in the district of Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg

1933 , October 1st:

resolution

of the urban district of Gladbach-Rheydt and division into the urban districts of M. Gladbach and Rheydt

Neoplasm

of the urban district of M. Gladbach from part of the urban district of Gladbach-Rheydt (re-establishment)
of the urban district of Rheydt from part of the urban district of Gladbach-Rheydt (re-establishment)

1935 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg district to a municipality in the Jülich district

1935 , March 1st:

Reclassification

the urban district of Saarbrücken , the district of Saarbrücken , the districts of Ottweiler , Saarlouis and the parent districts of Merzig and Sankt Wendel including the Saar area to Germany; no union of the two main circles with the remaining Prussian circles

1935 , April 1st:

renaming

of the urban district of Duisburg-Hamborn in Duisburg

1935 , July 20:

renaming

of the district of Cleve in the district of Kleve

1936 , January 13th:

renaming

the district Saarlouis in county Saarlautern

1936 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the Jülich district to communities in the Erkelenz district

1937 , April 1st:

Inclusion

of the remainder of the Sankt Wendel-Baumholder district in the Birkenfeld district

Neoplasm

the circle Birkenfeld from the originally Oldenburg belonging part of the country Birkenfeld and the remaining circuit Sankt spiral-Tree Holder

1937 , July 1st:

enlargement

of the city district of Koblenz to communities in the district of Koblenz

1940 , April 25th:

renaming

of the Krefeld-Uerdingen district on the Rhine in Krefeld

Number of urban and rural districts

date	City districts change	Counties change	City districts number	Counties number
January 1, 1818			4th	63
June 15, 1818	0	- 1	4th	64
October 30, 1819	0	- 1	4th	63
February 1, 1820	0	- 1	4th	62
August 16, 1820	- 1	0	3	62
October 1, 1820	0	- 1	3	61
November 1, 1820	0	- 1	3	60
May 1, 1822	0	- 2nd	3	58
September 27, 1823	0	- 2nd	3	56
February 17, 1825	0	- 1	3	55
April 1, 1835	0	+ 1	3	56
December 3, 1857	0	+ 1	3	57
1859	0	+ 1	3	58
June 1, 1861	+ 2	0	5	58
September 15, 1869	0	+ 1	5	59
April 20, 1872	+ 1	0	6th	59
October 14, 1872	+ 1	0	7th	59
February 28, 1873	+ 1	0	8th	59
January 24, 1874	+ 1	0	9	59
July 1, 1887	0	+ 1	9	60
October 1, 1887	+ 2	0	11	60
January 1, 1888	+ 2	0	13	60
April 1, 1896	+ 1	0	14th	60
April 1, 1901	+ 1	0	15th	60
May 1, 1901	+ 1	0	16	60
April 1, 1904	+ 1	0	17th	60
April 1, 1907	+ 1	0	18th	60
September 7, 1909	+ 1	0	19th	60
April 1, 1910	0	- 1	19th	59
May 1, 1911	+ 1	0	20th	59
April 1, 1913	+ 1	0	21st	59
April 1, 1914	- 1	0	20th	59
July 1, 1917	+ 1	0	21st	59
October 1, 1920	- 1	- 3	20th	56
1922	0	- 1	20th	55
November 1, 1922	0	- 2nd	20th	53
August 1, 1929	- 2nd	- 5th	18th	48
August 1, 1932	0	- 7th	18th	41
August 1, 1933	+ 1	0	19th	41
March 1, 1935	+ 1	+ 6	20th	47

Saxony

1818 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Eckartsberga district to a municipality in the Weissensee district
of the district of Jerichow II to communities of the district of Westhavelland , Brandenburg
of the Naumburg district to communities in the Weißenfels district

1818 , October 1st:

Inclusion

the immediate city of Erfurt in the district of Erfurt

1819 :

enlargement

of the Delitzsch district to communities in the Bitterfeld district
of the Schweinitz district to a municipality in the Liebenwerda district
of the Zeitz district to communities in the Weißenfels district

1819 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Gardelegen district to a municipality in the Salzwedel district

approx. 1820 :

renaming

the circle Henneberg in circle Schleusingen
the circle Neustadt in county Ziegenrück
the circle Obereichsfeld in county Heiligenstadt
of the district of Untereichsfeld in the district of Worbis

1825 , January 1st:

resolution

of the district of Osterwieck and division into the districts of Wernigerode and Halberstadt

Inclusion

of the urban district of Halberstadt into the new district of Halberstadt

Neoplasm

of the district of Grafschaft Wernigerode from communities of the district of Osterwieck
of the district of Halberstadt from the urban district of Halberstadt and communities in the districts of Oschersleben and Osterwieck

1828 , May 8th:

enlargement

of the Jerichow I district to communities in the Magdeburg district
of the district of Wanzleben to a municipality of the urban district of Magdeburg

1828 , July 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Merseburg to a municipality in the immediate city of Halle an der Saale
of the hall circle around communities in the immediate city of Halle an der Saale

1862 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Magdeburg around the town of Buckau of the district of Wanzleben

1872 , January 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Erfurt from the district of Erfurt

1876 , July 5th:

enlargement

of the Torgau district to a municipality in the Wittenberg district
of the district of Wittenberg to a municipality of the district of Schweinitz when a municipality is assigned to the district of Torgau

1878 :

enlargement

of the Naumburg district to communities in the Weißenfels district

1882 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Nordhausen from the Nordhausen district

1888 , August 8th:

renaming

the district Nordhausen in county county Hohenstein

1891 , January 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Halberstadt from the Halberstadt district

1892 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Mühlhausen / Thuringia from the Mühlhausen district

1899 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the town of Weißenfels from the Weißenfels district

1900 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the city district of Halle an der Saale to communities of the Saalkreis

1901 :

renaming

of the district of Aschersleben in the district of Quedlinburg

1901 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Aschersleben from the Aschersleben district
the city of Zeitz from the Zeitz district

1908 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the town of Eisleben from the Mansfeld lake district

enlargement

of the Magdeburg district to a municipality in the Wolmirstedt district

1909 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Stendal from the Stendal district

1910 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Magdeburg around communities in the districts of Jerichow I and Wanzleben

1911 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Quedlinburg from the Quedlinburg district

enlargement

of the urban district of Erfurt to a municipality of the district of Erfurt

1913 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Calbe to communities of the district of Jerichow I

1914 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Naumburg from the Naumburg district

1921 , February 15:

Outsourcing

the city of Merseburg from the district of Merseburg

1924 , June 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Burg from the district of Jerichow I

1926 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Magdeburg around the municipality of Diesdorf in the district of Wanzleben

1929 :

enlargement

of the Neuhaldensleben district to a municipality in the Wanzleben district

1930 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the city district of Burg to a municipality of the district of Jerichow I

1932 , October 1st:

resolution

of the district of Grafschaft Wernigerode and division into the districts of Oschersleben and Wernigerode
of the district of Halberstadt and division into the districts of Oschersleben and Wernigerode
of the district of Ilfeld and subdivision to the districts of Grafschaft Hohenstein and Wernigerode

Inclusion

of the district of Erfurt in the district of Weißensee
of the district of Naumburg in the district of Weißenfels

Neoplasm

of the district of Wernigerode from the district of Grafschaft Wernigerode and from communities in the districts of Halberstadt and Ilfeld

enlargement

of the Gifhorn district , Hanover, to communities in the Gardelegen district
of the Grafschaft Hohenstein district to communities in the Ilfeld district and the Epschenrode community in the Worbis district
of the district of Oschersleben to communities in the district of Halberstadt
of the Weißenfels district around the Naumburg district
of the Weissensee district around the Erfurt district

1937 , October 1st:

enlargement

of the Delitzsch district to a municipality in the Merseburg district

1938 , October 1st:

renaming

of the district of Neuhaldensleben in the district of Haldensleben

1942 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Bitterfeld around the municipality of Wadendorf in the district of Dessau-Köthen , Anhalt

Number of urban and rural districts

date	City districts change	Counties change	City districts number	Counties number
January 1, 1818			3	40
October 1, 1818	- 1	0	2	40
January 1, 1825	- 1	+ 1	1	41
May 8, 1828	+ 1	0	2	41
January 1, 1872	+ 1	0	3	41
April 1, 1882	+ 1	0	4th	41
January 1, 1891	+ 1	0	5	41
April 1, 1892	+ 1	0	6th	41
April 1, 1899	+ 1	0	7th	41
April 1, 1901	+ 2	0	9	41
April 1, 1908	+ 1	0	10	41
April 1, 1909	+ 1	0	11	41
April 1, 1911	+ 1	0	12	41
April 1, 1914	+ 1	0	13	41
February 15, 1921	+ 1	0	14th	41
June 1, 1924	+ 1	0	15th	41
October 1, 1932	0	- 4th	15th	37

Silesia

1817 , March:

renaming

the circle Goldberg in District Goldberg Haynau

1825 , August 1st:

Neoplasm

of the district of Hoyerswerda from communities in the district of Spremberg , Brandenburg

approx. 1850 :

renaming

the circle Creutzburg in county Creuzburg

1855 , August 2nd:

Neoplasm

of the Neurode district from communities in the Glatz district

1873 , March 27th:

Neoplasm

the Kattowitz , Tarnowitz and Zabrze districts from the municipalities of the Beuthen district

1873 , July 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Görlitz from the district of Görlitz

1874 , January 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Liegnitz from the Liegnitz district

1875 , June 17th:

enlargement

of the Frankenstein district to a municipality in the Nimptsch district
of the Striegau district to a municipality in the Wohlau district

1888 , February 29th:

renaming

the circle Polish Wartenberg in Groß Wartenberg

1890 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Beuthen from the district of Beuthen

1897 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Gleiwitz from the Tost-Gleiwitz district

enlargement

of the urban district of Breslau to the municipalities of the district of Breslau

1898 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the town of Königshütte from the district of Beuthen

1899 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Katowice from the Katowice district
the city of Schweidnitz from the Schweidnitz district

1899 , May 15:

Outsourcing

the city of Opole from the Opole district

approx. 1900 :

renaming

of the district of Creuzburg in the district of Kreuzburg

1904 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Ratibor from the Ratibor district

enlargement

of the urban district of Breslau to the municipalities of the district of Breslau

1907 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Brieg from the Brieg district

1910 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Ratibor to a municipality of the district of Ratibor

1911 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Breslau to a municipality of the district of Breslau

1911 , June 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Neisse from the Neisse district

1915 , October 13th:

renaming

of the district of Zabrze in the district of Hindenburg in Upper Silesia

1920 , January 10th:

Reclassification

from communities in the districts of Groß Wartenberg , Guhrau , Militsch and Namslau to Poland
from municipalities of the Racibórz district to Czechoslovakia

enlargement

of the part of the district of Guhrau that remained in the German Empire around communities in the districts of Lissa and Rawitsch
of the part of the Militsch district that remained in the German Reich around communities in the Krotoschin and Rawitsch districts

1920 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Glogau from the district of Glogau

1921 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Neisse to a municipality of the district of Neisse

1922 :

Reclassification

the urban districts of Kattowitz and Königshütte , districts of the urban district of Beuthen , the district of Kattowitz and the district of Pleß as well as of the communities of the district of Beuthen and the districts of Groß Strehlitz , Hindenburg in Upper Silesia , Lublinitz , Rybnik , Tarnowitz and Tost-Gleiwitz to Poland

1922 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Grünberg in Silesia from the district of Grünberg in Silesia
the town of Hirschberg in the Giant Mountains from the district of Hirschberg in the Giant Mountains

1924 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Waldenburg (Silesia) from the Waldenburg district

1925 , October 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Görlitz to a municipality in the district of Görlitz

1926 , October 1st:

enlargement

of the Neisse district to a municipality in the Münsterberg district

1927 , January 1st:

resolution

of the district of Beuthen (remaining district) and division between the district of Beuthen-Tarnowitz and the urban district of Beuthen
of the district of Hindenburg in Upper Silesia (remaining district) and subdivided into the urban districts of Gleiwitz and Hindenburg
of the Lublinitz district (remaining district) and incorporation into the Guttentag district
of the Rybnik district (remainder of the district) and split between the Ratibor and Tost-Gleiwitz districts
of the district of Tarnowitz (remaining district) and incorporation into the district of Beuthen-Tarnowitz

Outsourcing

the town of Hindenburg in Upper Silesia from the district of Hindenburg in Upper Silesia (remaining district)

Neoplasm

of the Guttentag district from the Lublinitz district (remainder of the district) and municipalities in the Opole district and the Groß Strehlitz and Rosenberg districts in Upper Silesia
of the district of Beuthen-Tarnowitz from the municipalities of the districts of Beuthen (remaining district) and Tarnowitz district (remaining district)

enlargement

of the district of Beuthen around the municipalities of the district of Beuthen (remaining district) and the district of Tarnowitz (remaining district)
of the district of Ratibor around the communities of the districts of Cosel and Rybnik (remaining district)

1927 , July 9th:

renaming

of the Hirschberg district in Hirschberg in the Giant Mountains

1928 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Breslau to the municipalities of the district of Breslau and the Neumarkt district and a municipality of the Oels district

1928 , September 15:

renaming

of the district of Reichenbach in the district of Reichenbach (Eulengebirge)

1929 , July 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Görlitz to a municipality in the district of Görlitz

1932 , October 1st:

resolution

of the Freystadt district and subdivided into the Glogau district and the Grünberg district (main part)
of the district of Jauer and division between the district of Goldberg and the district of Liegnitz (main part)
of the Münsterberg district and subdivided into the Frankenstein districts in Silesia (main part) and Strehlen
of the district of Nimptsch and division into the district of Breslau and the districts of Frankenstein in Silesia , Reichenbach (Eulengebirge) (main part) and Strehlen
of the district of Ohlau and division into the district of Breslau and the districts of Brieg (main part) and Strehlen
of the Sagan district and division into the Grünberg district and the Rothenburg (Oberlausitz) and Sprottau (main part) districts
of the district of Schönau and division into the districts of Goldberg (main part) and Landeshut as well as the districts of Hirschberg in the Giant Mountains and Liegnitz
of the district of Steinau and division into the districts of Glogau , Lüben and Wohlau (main part)
of the Striegau district and division into the Neumarkt district and the Schweidnitz district (main part)

Inclusion

of the Bolkenhain district in the Landeshut district
of the Goldberg-Haynau district in the Goldberg district
the district Nowa Ruda in the District Glatz

Neoplasm

of the Goldberg district from the Goldberg-Haynau district and communities in the Schönau district

enlargement

of the district of Breslau to communities in the districts of Neumarkt , Nimptsch , Ohlau and Strehlen as well as to communities in the district of Schweidnitz
of the district of Brieg to communities in the district of Ohlau
of the Frankenstein district in Silesia to the communities of the Münsterberg and Nimptsch districts when a community is assigned to the Glatz district
of the Glatz district around the Neurode district and one municipality each in the Frankenstein and Habelschwerdt districts
of the Glogau district to communities in the Freystadt district and a community in the Steinau district
of the district of Grünberg to communities in the districts of Freystadt and Sagan
of the district of Guhrau to communities of the district of Wohlau
of the district of Hirschberg in the Giant Mountains to the municipalities of the Schönau district when municipalities are assigned to the Landeshut district
of the district Landeshut around the district Bolkenhain and around communities of the district Goldberg as well as the district Hirschberg in the Giant Mountains
of the Liegnitz district to communities in the Jauer district and a community in the Schönau district
of the Lüben district to communities in the Steinau district
of the Neumarkt district to the municipalities of the Striegau district with the assignment of municipalities to the district of Breslau and one municipality to the district of Schweidnitz
of the Rothenburg (Upper Lusatia) district to communities in the Sagan district
of the Schweidnitz district to include communities in the Striegau district and a community in the Neumarkt district with the simultaneous assignment of communities to the Breslau district
of the Sprottau district to communities in the Sagan district
of the Strehlen district for communities in the Münsterberg , Nimptsch and Ohlau districts when communities are ceded to the Breslau district
of the district of Wohlau to communities of the district of Steinau with simultaneous cession of communities to the district of Guhrau

1933 , October 1st:

Inclusion

of the urban district of Grünberg in Silesia in the district of Grünberg

Neoplasm

of the Freystadt district from communities in the Grünberg district (re-establishment)
of the Jauer district from the municipalities of the Landeshut district and the Liegnitz district (re-establishment)
of the district of Ohlau from the municipalities of the district of Brieg (re-establishment)

1934 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Waldenburg (Silesia) by municipalities in the districts of Jauer and Landeshut when municipalities are assigned to the urban district of Waldenburg (Silesia)

1936 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the Jauer district to communities in the Landeshut district

1937 , October 1st:

enlargement

of the Lauban district to a municipality in the Löwenberg district

1938 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the Bunzlau district to communities in the Görlitz district and a community in the Sprottau district

1938 , October 1st:

enlargement

of the Grünberg district to communities in the Bomst district , Posen

1939 , March 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Groß Strehlitz to communities in the district of Opole

1939 , April 15th:

enlargement

of the Ratibor district to municipalities from Czechoslovakia

Number of urban and rural districts

date	City districts change	Counties change	City districts number	Counties number
January 1, 1818			1	56
August 1, 1825	0	+ 1	1	57
August 26, 1854	0	+ 1	1	58
March 27, 1873	0	+ 3	1	61
July 1, 1873	+ 1	0	2	61
January 1, 1874	+ 1	0	3	61
April 1, 1890	+ 1	0	4th	61
April 1, 1897	+ 1	0	5	61
April 1, 1898	+ 1	0	6th	61
April 1, 1899	+ 2	0	8th	61
May 15, 1899	+ 1	0	9	61
April 1, 1904	+ 1	0	10	61
April 1, 1907	+ 1	0	11	61
July 1, 1911	+ 1	0	12	61
April 1, 1920	+ 1	0	13	61
(April 1) 1922	0	- 2nd	13	59
April 1, 1924	+ 1	0	14th	59
January 1, 1927	+ 1	- 3	15th	56
October 1, 1932	0	- 11	15th	45
October 1, 1933	- 1	+ 3	14th	48
April 15, 1939	0	+ 1	14th	49

Schleswig-Holstein

1876 , July 1st:

Neoplasm

of the Duchy of Lauenburg , previously an independent duchy

1878 , October 25th:

enlargement

of the district of Rendsburg to communities of the district of Eckernförde

1883 , November 14th:

Outsourcing

the city of Kiel from the district of Kiel

1889 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Flensburg from the Flensburg district

1890 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the Altona district to communities from the Pinneberg district

1891 , February 18:

Reclassification

the island of Helgoland, which previously belonged to Great Britain, in the district of Süderdithmarschen

1893 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Kiel around the municipality of Wik in the district of Kiel

1900 , May 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Flensburg around the community of Jürgensgaard of the district of Flensburg

1901 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Neumünster from the district of Kiel
the city of Wandsbek from the Stormarn district

enlargement

of the urban district of Kiel around the municipality of Gaarden in the district of Plön

1907 , June 18:

renaming

of the district of Kiel in the district of Bordesholm

1910 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Flensburg to communities in the district of Flensburg
of the city district of Kiel to communities in the districts of Bordesholm and Plön

1920 , June 15:

Reclassification

the Aabenraa , Hadersleben and Sonderburg districts and from the municipalities of the Flensburg district and the Tondern district to Denmark

1920 , October 19th:

renaming

of the district of Tondern in the district of Südtondern

1922 , October 1st:

Neoplasm

of the district of Helgoland from the municipality of Helgoland of the district of Süderdithmarschen

enlargement

of the city district of Kiel to communities in the district of Eckernförde

1924 , May 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Kiel around the municipality of Neumühlen-Dietrichsdorf of the district of Bordesholm

1927 , July 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Altona to communities of the district of Pinneberg
of the urban district of Wandsbek to communities of the Stormarn district

1932 , October 1st:

resolution

of the district of Bordesholm and division into the districts of Plön , Rendsburg (main part) and Segeberg

Inclusion

of the Eiderstedt district in the Husum-Eiderstedt district
of the Helgoland district, consisting of the municipality of Helgoland , into the Pinneberg district

the circle Husum in the district Husum-Eiderstedt

of the district of Norderdithmarschen in the district of Dithmarschen

of the district of Süderdithmarschen in the district of Dithmarschen

Neoplasm

of the district of Dithmarschen from the districts of Norderdithmarschen and Süderdithmarschen
of the Husum-Eiderstedt district from the Eiderstedt and Husum districts

enlargement

of the district of Pinneberg around the district of Helgoland
of the Plön district to communities in the Bordesholm district
of the district of Rendsburg to communities of the district of Bordesholm
of the Segeberg district to communities in the Bordesholm district

1933 , October 1st:

resolution

of the district of Dithmarschen and division into the districts of Norder- and Süderdithmarschen
of the Husum-Eiderstedt district and subdivided into the Eiderstedt and Husum districts

Neoplasm

of the district of Eiderstedt from municipalities of the district of Husum-Eiderstedt (re-establishment)
of the Husum district from municipalities in the Husum-Eiderstedt district (re-establishment)
of the district of Norderdithmarschen from municipalities of the district of Dithmarschen (re-establishment)
of the district of Süderdithmarschen from municipalities of the district of Dithmarschen (re-establishment)

1937 , April 1st:

Inclusion

of the urban district of Altona as the city of Altona in the area of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg
of the Lübeck district in the province of Schleswig-Holstein
of the urban district of Wandsbek as the city of Wandsbek in the area of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Exchange of territory

between the district of the Duchy of Lauenburg and the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
between the district of Duchy of Lauenburg and the state of Mecklenburg

Neoplasm

of the district of Eutin from the Lübeck region that originally belonged to Oldenburg

enlargement

the area of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg around the city districts of Altona , Harburg-Wilhelmsburg , Hanover and Wandsbek , around communities in the districts of Harburg , Hanover, Pinneberg and Stormarn as well as around one community each in the districts of the Duchy of Lauenburg and Stade , Hanover, upon assignment of the city of Cuxhaven , from municipalities to the Stormarn district and a larger municipality to the Duchy of Lauenburg

1938 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Neumünster to communities of the district of Plön

1939 , April 1st:

enlargement

the independent city of Kiel around the municipality of Elmschenhagen in the Plön district

Number of urban and rural districts

date	City districts change	Counties change	City districts number	Counties number
September 22, 1867			1	19th
June 23, 1876	0	+ 1	1	20th
November 14, 1883	+ 1	0	2	20th
April 1, 1889	+ 1	0	3	20th
April 1, 1901	+ 2	0	5	20th
June 15, 1920	0	- 3	5	17th
October 1, 1922	0	+ 1	5	18th
October 1, 1932	0	- 4th	5	14th
October 1, 1933	0	+ 2	5	16
April 1, 1937	- 1	+ 1	4th	17th

Westphalia

1819 , January 1st:

resolution

of the district of Bilstein and division between the districts of Eslohe and Olpe
of the district of Medebach and division between the districts of Brilon and Eslohe

Exchange of territory

of the Arnsberg district with the Soest district
of the Bochum district with the Dortmund district

Neoplasm

of the Eslohe district from communities in the Arnsberg , Bilstein and Medebach districts
of the Olpe district from communities in the Bilstein district and from a community in the Altena district

enlargement

of the district of Arnsberg to the communities of the district of Iserlohn on assignment of communities to the district of Eslohe
of the district of Brilon to communities of the district of Medebach
of the district of Hagen to communities in the districts of Bochum and Dortmund
of the Lippstadt district to a municipality in the Soest district

1826 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the Arnsberg district to communities in the Hamm district
of the Bochum district to communities in the Hagen district

1832 , January 1st:

resolution

of the district of Bünde and division into the districts of Herford (main part) and Lübbecke

Inclusion

the circle Brakel in Höxter
of the Rahden district in the Lübbecke district

Neoplasm

of the Lübbecke district from the Rahden district and communities in the Bünde district

enlargement

of the Altena district to a municipality in the Olpe district
of the Arnsberg district to communities in the Iserlohn district and a community in the Eslohe district
of the Bielefeld district to communities in the Herford district
of the Büren district to communities in the Paderborn district
of the Herford district to several communities in the Bünde district with the cession of communities to the Bielefeld district and the Minden district
of the district of Lübbecke to communities in the district of Bünde
of the Lüdinghausen district to a municipality in the Münster district
of the district of Minden to communities of the district of Herford
of the district of Münster for a municipality in the district of Coesfeld when one municipality is assigned to the districts of Lüdinghausen and Tecklenburg
of the Tecklenburg district to a municipality in the Münster district

1832 , September 2nd:

renaming

the circle Eslohe in circle Meschede

1835 :

renaming

of the district of Koesfeld in the district of Coesfeld

1838 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Münster district to a municipality in the Lüdinghausen district

1857 , February 1st:

enlargement

of the Tecklenburg district to a municipality in the Warendorf district

1875 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Münster to the municipalities of the district of Münster

1875 , February 15:

Outsourcing

the city of Dortmund from the Dortmund district

1876 , May 24th:

Outsourcing

the city of Bochum from the Bochum district

1878 , October 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Bielefeld from the Bielefeld district

1881 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the Mettmann district , Rhineland, to a municipality in the Bochum district

1885 , July 1st:

Neoplasm

of the districts of Gelsenkirchen and Hattingen from communities in the district of Bochum

1887 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Hagen from the Hagen district

Neoplasm

of the Hörde district from municipalities in the Dortmund district
of the Schwelm district from communities in the Hagen district

enlargement

of the Mettmann district , Rhineland, to a municipality in the Bochum district

1897 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Gelsenkirchen from the Gelsenkirchen district

1899 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Witten from the Bochum district

1900 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the city district of Bielefeld to communities of the district of Bielefeld

1901 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Hamm from the district of Hamm
the city of Recklinghausen from the Recklinghausen district

enlargement

of the urban district of Hagen to communities in the district of Hagen

1903 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the city district of Gelsenkirchen to communities in the district of Gelsenkirchen
of the urban district of Münster to the municipalities of the district of Münster

1904 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Bochum to communities in the district of Bochum

1905 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the Dortmund district to a municipality in the Dortmund district

1906 , July 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Herne from the Bochum district

1907 , January 31:

enlargement

of the city district of Bielefeld to communities of the district of Bielefeld

1907 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Iserlohn from the Iserlohn district
the city of Lüdenscheid from the Altena district

1908 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Herne to communities in the district of Bochum

1911 , April 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Herford from the Herford district
the town of Hörde from the district of Hörde

1912 , February 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Buer from the Recklinghausen district

1914 , June 10th:

enlargement

of the city district of Dortmund to communities of the district of Dortmund

1918 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the city district of Dortmund to communities of the district of Dortmund

1921 , January 1st:

Outsourcing

the cities of Bottrop and Gladbeck from the Recklinghausen district

1922 , January 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Osterfeld from the Recklinghausen district

1922 , August 5th:

enlargement

of the urban district of Barmen , Rhineland, to communities of the Schwelm district

1923 , March 1st:

Outsourcing

of the city of Siegen from the district of Siegen

1923 , September 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Bocholt from the Borken district

1926 , April 1st:

resolution

of the district of Gelsenkirchen and division into the urban districts of Bochum , Gelsenkirchen , Herne , Wanne-Eickel and Wattenscheid

Outsourcing

the city of Wattenscheid from the district of Gelsenkirchen

Neoplasm

of the Wanne-Eickel district from municipalities in the Bochum and Gelsenkirchen districts

enlargement

of the urban district of Bochum to communities in the districts of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen
of the city district of Gelsenkirchen to communities in the district of Gelsenkirchen
of the urban district of Herne to communities in the districts of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen
of the Recklinghausen district to a municipality in the Recklinghausen district
of the Dortmund district to communities in the Bochum district

1928 , April 1st:

resolution

of the district of Dortmund and division into the urban districts of Castrop-Rauxel , Dortmund and Lünen

Inclusion

of the urban district of Buer in the urban district of Gelsenkirchen-Buer
of the urban district of Gelsenkirchen in the urban district of Gelsenkirchen-Buer
of the urban district of Hörde in the urban district of Dortmund

Neoplasm

of the urban district of Castrop-Rauxel from communities of the previous district of Dortmund
the urban district of Gelsenkirchen-Buer from the previous urban districts of Buer and Gelsenkirchen and a municipality in the Recklinghausen district
of the urban district of Lünen from municipalities of the previous district of Dortmund

enlargement

of the urban district of Dortmund around the urban district of Hörde and municipalities of the district of Dortmund
of the urban district of Herne to communities in the district of Dortmund

1929 , August 1st:

resolution

of the district of Bochum and division into the urban districts of Bochum , Dortmund , Herne and Witten
of the district of Hagen and division into the Ennepe-Ruhr district and the urban districts of Hagen and Witten
of the district of Hattingen and division into the Ennepe-Ruhr district and the urban district of Bochum
of the Hörde district and subdivided into the Dortmund and Witten districts and the Hamm and Iserlohn districts

Inclusion

of the urban district of Osterfeld in the urban district of Oberhausen , Rhineland
of the Schwelm district in the Ennepe-Ruhr district

Neoplasm

of the Ennepe-Ruhr district from the district of Hagen and the districts of Hattingen and Schwelm

enlargement

of the urban district of Bochum to communities of the district of Bochum and the district of Hattingen
of the Dortmund district to the communities of the Bochum district and the Hörde district
of the urban district of Hagen to communities in the district of Hagen
of the urban district of Herne to communities in the district of Bochum
of the urban district of Oberhausen , Rhineland, to the urban districts of Osterfeld and Sterkrade , Rhineland
of the Recklinghausen district to communities in the Recklinghausen district
of the urban district of Witten to communities in the districts of Bochum and Hagen and the district of Hörde
of the district of Hamm to communities of the district of Hörde
of the district of Iserlohn to communities of the district of Hörde
of the district of Recklinghausen to the municipalities of the district of Coesfeld when municipalities are assigned to the urban district of Recklinghausen

1930 , May 21:

renaming

of the Gelsenkirchen-Buer district in Gelsenkirchen

1930 , October 1st:

enlargement

of the city district of Bielefeld to communities of the district of Bielefeld

1930 , October 17th:

renaming

the district Hamm in the district of Unna

1937 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Siegen to municipalities of the district of Siegen

Number of urban and rural districts

date	City districts change	Counties change	City districts number	Counties number
January 1, 1818			1	36
January 1, 1832	0	- 3	1	33
February 15, 1875	+ 1	0	2	33
May 24, 1876	+ 1	0	3	33
October 1, 1878	+ 1	0	4th	33
July 1, 1885	0	+ 2	4th	35
April 1, 1887	+ 1	+ 2	5	37
April 1, 1897	+ 1	0	6th	37
April 1, 1899	+ 1	0	7th	37
April 1, 1901	+ 2	0	9	37
July 1, 1906	+ 1	0	10	37
April 1, 1907	+ 2	0	12	37
April 1, 1911	+ 2	0	14th	37
February 1, 1912	+ 1	0	15th	37
January 1, 1921	+ 2	0	17th	37
January 1, 1922	+ 1	0	18th	37
March 1, 1923	+ 1	0	19th	37
September 1, 1923	+ 1	0	20th	37
April 1, 1926	+ 2	- 1	21st	36
April 1, 1928	0	- 1	21st	35
August 1, 1929	- 1	- 4th	20th	31

literature

Walther Hubatsch (Ed.): Outline of German administrative history 1815–1945 , Johann Gottfried Herder Institute, Marburg / Lahn; Row A: Prussia ;

Volume 1: East and West Prussia , edited by Dieter Stüttgen, 1975, ISBN 3-87969-108-8 ,
Volume 2: Part 1: Province of Posen , edited by Dieter Stüttgen, Part 2: Province of Grenzmark Posen-West Prussia , edited by Walther Hubatsch, 1975, ISBN 3-87969-109-6 ,
Volume 3: Pomerania , edited by Dieter Stüttgen, 1975, ISBN 3-87969-115-0 ,
Volume 4: Silesia , edited by Dieter Stüttgen, Helmut Neubach and Walther Hubatsch, 1976, ISBN 3-87969-116-9 ,
Volume 5: Brandenburg , edited by Werner Vogel, 1975, ISBN 3-87969-117-7 ,
Volume 6: Province of Saxony , edited by Thomas Klein, 1975, ISBN 3-87969-118-5 ,
Volume 7: Rhineland , edited by Rüdiger Schütz, 1978, ISBN 3-87969-122-3 ,
Volume 8: Westphalia , edited by Walther Hubatsch, 1980, ISBN 3-87969-123-1 ,
Volume 9: Schleswig-Holstein , edited by Klaus Friedland and Kurt Jürgensen, 1977, ISBN 3-87969-124-X ,
Volume 10: Hanover , edited by Iselin Gundermann and Walther Hubatsch, 1981, ISBN 3-87969-125-8 ,
Volume 11: Hessen-Nassau , edited by Thomas Klein, 1979, ISBN 3-87969-126-6 ,
Volume 12: Prussia; Part B, II: The Hohenzollern Lands , edited by Walther Hubatsch, 1978, ISBN 3-87969-127-4 .

The chronicle of Berlin, chronicle publisher Hardenberg communication, publishing and media company mbH & Co. KG, Dortmund, ISBN 3-88379-082-6 Introduction to the Berlin administration / author: Horst Lorenz. Administrative Academy Berlin ISBN 978-3-938582-42-8

Individual evidence

↑ (Reichsgesetzblatt) RGBl. 1938 I p. 1675; The regulation only applied in Anhalt, Baden, Bavaria, Braunschweig, in the People's State of Hesse, in Oldenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Württemberg
↑ Die Chronik Berlins p. 253, Chronik Verlag in the Harenberg Kommunikation Verlag- und Mediengesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
^ Prussian State Ministry, § 66, Ordinance on the reorganization of districts, from August 1, 1932 Preußische Gesetzessammlung, Berlin 1932; No. 43 , R. von Deckers Verlag, G. Schenk, 1932, pages 255-273

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[1] (Reichsgesetzblatt) RGBl. 1938 I p. 1675; The regulation only applied in Anhalt, Baden, Bavaria, Braunschweig, in the People's State of Hesse, in Oldenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Württemberg

[2] Die Chronik Berlins p. 253, Chronik Verlag in the Harenberg Kommunikation Verlag- und Mediengesellschaft mbH & Co. KG

[3] Prussian State Ministry, § 66, Ordinance on the reorganization of districts, from August 1, 1932 Preußische Gesetzessammlung, Berlin 1932; No. 43 , R. von Deckers Verlag, G. Schenk, 1932, pages 255-273

District reforms in Prussia

contents

Counties or counties and other names

Independent cities or urban districts and other names

Berlin and Brandenburg

Hanover

Hessen-Nassau

Hohenzollern country

East and West Prussia

Pomerania

Poses

Rhineland

Saxony

Silesia

Schleswig-Holstein

Westphalia

literature

See also

Individual evidence

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