Beckum district

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Beckum district
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Coordinates: 51 ° 45 '  N , 8 ° 2'  E

Basic data (as of 1974)
Existing period: 1816-1974
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Muenster
Regional association : Westphalia-Lippe
Administrative headquarters : Beckum
Area : 599.61 km 2
Residents: 174,800 (Dec. 31, 1973)
Population density : 292 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : BE
Circle key : 05 5 32
Circle structure: 13 municipalities
Location of the Beckum district in North Rhine-Westphalia
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The Beckum district was a district in the Münster administrative district that existed from 1816 to 1974 . With that he first belonged to the Prussian province of Westphalia and since 1946 to North Rhine-Westphalia . From 1939 to 1969 it was called the Beckum district . The county seat was Beckum .

geography

location

The district was located in the southeastern Münsterland and was bordered by the Lippe in the south . In addition to Beckum, the cities of Ahlen , Oelde , Sendenhorst and Heessen were found here .

The Beckum district in 1843

Neighboring areas

In 1972, the Beckum district bordered clockwise to the north, starting with the Warendorf , Wiedenbrück , Lippstadt , Soest and Unna districts , the independent city of Hamm and the Lüdinghausen and Münster districts .

history

The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 led to the dissolution of the Principality of Münster . The eastern part of the Münsterland fell to the Kingdom of Prussia and henceforth formed the Principality of Münster . The principality was divided into four districts on January 1, 1804 by a Prussian decree . In addition to the districts of Lüdinghausen , Münster and Warendorf , the Beckum district was established. It initially included the cities of Ahlen , Beckum , Drensteinfurt , Oelde and Stromberg as well as the parishes Altahlen , Beckum , Diestedde , Dolberg , Drensteinfurt , Enniger , Ennigerloh , Herzfeld , Liesborn , Lippborg , Lütke Uentrup , Neuahlen , Oelde , Ostenfelde , Stromberg, Sünninghausen , Vellern , Vorhelm , Wadersloh and Westkirchen . Wilhelm Christian Franz von Nagel became the first district administrator in the Beckum district. After his death in 1805 he was succeeded by Clemens von Oer .

When the districts in the Hereditary Principality of Münster were reorganized, the Beckum district was expanded on June 1, 1806 to include the parishes of Bockum , Heessen , Hövel and Walstedde from the dissolved district of Lüdinghausen. In the same year the Münsterland was occupied by Napoleon . In 1808 the area of ​​the hereditary principality of Münster was assigned to the Grand Duchy of Berg , which created a completely new administrative structure based on the French model. The French period lasted in Münsterland until the invasion of Prussian troops in autumn 1813.

Due to the regulations of the Congress of Vienna , the Münsterland finally fell to Prussia in 1815 and became part of the new province of Westphalia . As part of the district division of the Münster administrative district, a Beckum district was formed again on August 10, 1816. After its establishment, the district was divided into the six mayor's offices of Ahlen, Beckum, Liesborn, Oelde, Vorhelm and Sendenhorst until 1843 . With the introduction of the rural community order for the province of Westphalia in 1843 and 1844, the mayor's offices were transferred to offices . The office of Sendenhorst , consisting of the town of Sendenhorst and the parish parish of Sendenhorst , only existed for a short time and was dissolved again in 1851. The city of Sendenhorst has been vacant since then and the parish parish Sendenhorst came to the Vorhelm office. The district was then initially divided into three unofficial cities and six offices with 20 official cities and municipalities:

Office Communities
free of charge Ahlen , Beckum and Sendenhorst
Awls Altahlen , Dolberg , Heessen and Neuahlen
Beckum Parishes of Beckum , Lippborg , Lütke Uentrup , Sünninghausen and Vellern
Liesborn Herzfeld and Liesborn
Oelde Ennigerloh , Oelde (city), parish of Oelde and Stromberg
Fore helmet Enniger , parish Sendenhorst and Vorhelm
Wadersloh Diestedde and Wadersloh

In the following period there were several changes to the administrative structure:

  • From 1858 to 1864 the municipality of Heessen formed its own office .
  • On April 1, 1898, the Benteler community was reorganized from Wadersloh .
  • On April 1, 1899, the community of Neubeckum was reorganized by hiving off from Ennigerloh .
  • The communities of Neubeckum and Ennigerloh were raised to their own offices in 1910.
  • The Ahlen Office was renamed to Heessen Office in 1914 due to the relocation of its official seat to Heessen . In 1921 this office was divided into the Ahlen office , consisting of Altahlen, Dolberg and Neuahlen, and the Heessen office , consisting of the municipality of Heessen.
  • The municipality of Lütke Uentrup was incorporated into Lippborg in 1930.
  • The offices of Ennigerloh and Neubeckum were merged in 1930 to form the office of Ennigerloh-Neubeckum .
  • The offices of Liesborn and Wadersloh were combined in 1931 to form the office of Liesborn-Wadersloh .
  • The Heessen office was abolished in 1934. Since then Heessen has been an unofficial community.
  • The Ennigerloh-Neubeckum office was dissolved in 1952. Ennigerloh and Neubeckum have been vacant since then.
  • From the office until then free city Sendenhorst and until then part of the Office Vorhelm community parish Sendenhorst 1955 was official Sendenhorst founded.
  • Heessen received town charter on April 28, 1964.

The Beckum district had the following administrative structure from 1955 to 1967:

Office Communities
free of charge Ahlen , Beckum , Ennigerloh , Heessen and Neubeckum
Awls Altahlen , Dolberg and Neuahlen
Beckum Parishes of Beckum , Lippborg , Sünninghausen and Vellern
Liesborn-Wadersloh Benteler , Diestedde , Herzfeld , Liesborn and Wadersloh
Oelde Ennigerloh , Oelde (city), parish of Oelde and Stromberg
Sendenhorst Parish of Sendenhorst and Sendenhorst (city)
Fore helmet Enniger and Vorhelm

In 1968 a series of regional reforms began which affected the Beckum district. First, on January 1, 1968, the parish parish Sendenhorst was incorporated into the city of Sendenhorst. The Vorhelm office was dissolved. His communities Enniger and Vorhelm came to the office of Sendenhorst.

Through the Soest / Beckum Act and the Ahlen Act , Altahlen, Dolberg and Neuahlen were incorporated into the city of Ahlen on July 1, 1969, Vellern and parish Beckum were incorporated into the city of Beckum, and Lippborg and Herzfeld were incorporated into the new municipality of Lippetal in the Soest district submitted. The offices of Ahlen and Beckum were dissolved.

On October 1, 1969, the district became the Beckum district.

On January 1, 1970, the parishes parish Oelde and Sünninghausen were incorporated into the city of Oelde together with the parish Lette from the district of Wiedenbrück . At the same time, the Benteler community was incorporated into the Langenberg community of the Wiedenbrück district. From then until its dissolution, the Beckum district had the following administrative structure:

Office Communities
free of charge Ahlen , Beckum , Ennigerloh , Heessen and Neubeckum
Liesborn-Wadersloh Diestedde , Liesborn and Wadersloh
Oelde Oelde and Stromberg
Sendenhorst Enniger , Sendenhorst and Vorhelm

On January 1, 1975, under the Münster / Hamm Act, the Beckum district was dissolved and the western Münsterland was finally reorganized :

  • Beckum and Neubeckum were merged to form the new town of Beckum .
  • Enniger as well as Ostenfelde and Westkirchen from the old Warendorf district were incorporated into Ennigerloh.
  • Albersloh from the Münster district was incorporated into the town of Sendenhorst.
  • Vorhelm was incorporated into the city of Ahlen.
  • Stromberg was incorporated into the city of Oelde.
  • Diestedde, Liesborn and Wadersloh were merged to form the new municipality of Wadersloh.
  • Heessen became part of the independent city of Hamm .
  • The offices of Liesborn-Wadersloh, Oelde and Sendenhorst were dissolved.
  • Ahlen, Beckum, Ennigerloh, Oelde, Sendenhorst and Wadersloh in their new borders were incorporated into the new Warendorf district.

Population development

year Residents source
1819 030,619
1832 032,566
1858 037,988
1871 039,018
1880 042,241
1890 045,248
1900 052,590
1910 063,800
1925 088.185
1939 096,170
1950 135,785
1960 151,800
1970 165,600
1973 174,800

politics

Results of the district elections from 1946

The list only shows parties and constituencies that received at least two percent of the votes in the respective election.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year CDU SPD FDP BHE DZP KPD
1946 56.2 29.5 07.5 6.6
1948 42.6 34.2 1.3 16.4 5.5
1952 44.8 29.5 5.5 8.5 08.9 2.8
1956 47.3 34.5 6.2 4.9 07.1
1961 51.8 34.0 5.7 4.3 04.2
1964 55.2 37.8 5.9
1969 57.6 38.7 3.7

District administrators

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign BE when the vehicle registration number was introduced. It was issued until December 31, 1974. Since April 22, 2014, it has been available in the Warendorf district due to the license plate liberalization .

literature

Web links

Commons : Kreis Beckum  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ordinance on the subdivision of the Hereditary Principality of Münster . In: Johann Josef Scotti (Hrsg.): Collection of laws and ordinances for the hereditary principality of Münster . Münster December 23, 1803 ( digitized version ).
  2. ^ Map of the hereditary principality of Münster with the district boundaries from 1804. In: HIS-Data. Retrieved October 10, 2017 .
  3. ^ Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 .
  4. ↑ Ordinance on the new district division of the Hereditary Principality of Münster . In: Johann Josef Scotti (Hrsg.): Collection of laws and ordinances for the hereditary principality of Münster . Münster April 11, 1806 ( digitized version ).
  5. ↑ a b Westphalia Lexicon 1832-1835 . In: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Ed.): Reprints for the Westphalian archive maintenance . tape 3 . Münster 1978, p. 206 (reprint of the original from 1834).
  6. ↑ Landgemeinde -ordnung for the Province of Westphalia from October 31, 1841 (PDF; 1.6 MB)
  7. ^ A b c d e f g Wolfgang Leesch: Administration in Westphalia 1815-1945 . In: Publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia . tape 38 . Aschendorff, Münster 1992, ISBN 3-402-06845-1 .
  8. ↑ Official Gazette for the Münster district in 1843. Retrieved on February 2, 2014 .
  9. ↑ Official Gazette for the Münster district in 1844. Retrieved on February 2, 2014 .
  10. ↑ HIS-Data Office Heessen
  11. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 214 .
  12. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 264 .
  13. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 258 .
  14. ^ Warendorf district archive: data on Ennigerloh
  15. ^ District archive Warendorf: data on Neubeckum
  16. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 242 .
  17. ↑ Sendenhorst Act of June 24, 1969
  18. ↑ GenWiki: Office Vorhelm
  19. ↑ Announcement of the new version of the district regulations for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from August 11, 1969 in the Law and Ordinance Gazette for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, year 1969, No. 2021, p. 670 ff.
  20. ^ Statistisches Bureau zu Berlin (Ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Prussian state . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1821 ( digitized version ).
  21. ^ Statistical news about the government district of Münster 1858, p. 5
  22. ↑ a b Community encyclopedia Westphalia 1887 p. 127
  23. ↑ a b c d e f g Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. beckum.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  24. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972
  25. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1975
  26. ↑ Source: respective issue of the State Statistical Office (LDS NRW), Mauerstr. 51, Düsseldorf, with the election results at the district level.