Brilon district

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Brilon district
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Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '  N , 8 ° 34'  E

Basic data (as of 1974)
Existing period: 1817-1974
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Arnsberg
Regional association : Westphalia-Lippe
Administrative headquarters : Brilon
Area : 790.25 km 2
Residents: 80,500 (Dec. 31, 1973)
Population density : 102 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : BRI
Circle key : 05 8 33
Circle structure: 63 municipalities
Location of the Brilon district in North Rhine-Westphalia
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The district of Brilon was a district in the administrative district of Arnsberg that existed from 1817 to 1974 . With that he belonged first to the Prussian province of Westphalia , from 1946 finally to North Rhine-Westphalia . From 1939 to 1969 its name was Brilon County . The county seat was Brilon .

With effect from January 1, 1975, the district was dissolved and its area merged with that of the Arnsberg and Meschede districts to form the Hochsauerlandkreis .

geography

location

The district was in the northeastern Sauerland .

Neighboring areas

In 1973 the district bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the Büren district (in North Rhine-Westphalia), the Waldeck and Frankenberg districts (both in Hesse ) and the Wittgenstein , Meschede and Lippstadt districts (all in North Rhine-Westphalia).

history

The district of Brilon was formed in 1817 in the administrative district of Arnsberg of the Prussian province of Westphalia from the old offices of Brilon and Marsberg of the Duchy of Westphalia . In 1819 the neighboring district of Medebach was dissolved, with the old Medebach office being added to the district of Brilon. In 1826/1827 the district was divided into the seven mayorships Bigge, Brilon, Hallenberg, Marsberg, Medebach, Thülen and Winterberg. Between 1837 and 1839 the town regulations of 1831 were introduced in Brilon, Winterberg, Hallenberg and Obermarsberg. As part of the introduction of the rural community order for the province of Westphalia, the mayor's offices were transferred to offices in 1844 .

In the district of Brilon there were initially four unofficial cities as well as six offices with two further cities, 58 municipalities and an estate district. In 1868 Hallenberg joined the Liesen office , which was renamed the Hallenberg office . In 1928 the municipalities of Oberalme and Niederalme were merged with the Alme estate to form the municipality of Alme.

In 1969 the municipalities of Bigge and Olsberg merged to form the city of Bigge-Olsberg .

On October 1, 1969, the district became the district of Brilon.

On January 1, 1975, the Brilon district finally merged into the newly founded Hochsauerlandkreis .

Population development

year Residents source
1819 29,082
1832 31,819
1871 38.105
1880 37,866
1890 38,415
1900 39,640
1910 42,462
1925 47,068
1939 50,726
1950 73.011
1960 72,600
1970 78,400
1973 80,500

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 DZP FDP BHE
1946 59.8 16.7 16.2 1.3
1948 45.0 19.1 27.7 6.6
1952 47.8 15.8 19.8 6.1 7.0
1956 53.1 19.7 16.7 5.1 5.3
1961 58.0 21.3 10.6 7.1 3.0
1964 57.9 25.5 09.3 6.4
1969 57.7 26.7 09.6 4.6

District administrators

Upper District Directors

  • Friedrich Brümmer (1946–1949)
  • Robert Steineke (1950–1958)
  • Adalbert Müllmann (1958–1974)

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the former Brilon district

Blazon :

Divided and split above by silver and gold; in front a continuous black cross, behind an eight-pointed black star, below three golden sea leaves in red.

Description:

The coat of arms consists of the emblem of the Elector of Cologne as a former sovereign and the star of the coat of arms of the Counts of Waldeck, who had individual sovereign rights here. The sea leaves symbolize the former affiliation to the Saxon tribe of Engern. The coat of arms was approved on October 18, 1951.

Offices and municipalities

Unofficial cities

  1. Brilon
  2. Hallenberg (until 1868 or 1876)
  3. Obermarsberg
  4. Winterberg

Offices

  1. Office Bigge
    1. Altenbüren
    2. Antfeld
    3. Assinghausen
    4. Bigge (until 1969)
    5. Bigge-Olsberg (town, since 1969)
    6. Bruchhausen
    7. Brunskappel
    8. Elleringhausen
    9. Elpe
    10. Esshoff
    11. Grimlinghausen
    12. Helmeringhausen
    13. Olsberg (until 1969)
    14. Siedlinghausen
    15. Wiemeringhausen
    16. Wulmeringhausen
  2. Amt Liesen , since 1868 or 1876 Amt Hallenberg
    1. Braunshausen
    2. Hallenberg (town, since 1868 or 1876)
    3. Hesborn
    4. Liesen
    5. Züschen
  3. Office Medebach
    1. mountains
    2. Deifeld
    3. Dreislar
    4. Düdinghausen
    5. Küstelberg
    6. Medebach (city)
    7. Medelon
    8. Oberschledorn
    9. Referinghausen
    10. Titmaringhausen
  4. Niedermarsberg office
    1. Beringhausen
    2. Borntosten
    3. Bredelar
    4. Canstein
    5. Erlinghausen
    6. Giershagen
    7. Heddinghausen
    8. Helminghausen
    9. Leitmar
    10. Niedermarsberg (City)
    11. Padberg
    12. Udorf
  5. Office of Niedersfeld
    1. Altastenberg
    2. Elkeringhausen
    3. Grönebach
    4. Hildfeld
    5. Niedersfeld
    6. Silbach
  6. Office Thülen
    1. Alme (since 1928)
    2. Bontkirchen
    3. Hoppecke
    4. Madfeld
    5. Messinghausen
    6. Nehden
    7. Niederalme (until 1928)
    8. Oberalme (until 1928)
    9. Radlinghausen
    10. Rixen
    11. Rosenbeck
    12. Scharfenberg
    13. Thulen
    14. Hurled
    15. Alme Manor (until 1928)

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign BRI with the introduction of the license plates that are still valid today . It was issued until December 31, 1974.

literature

  • Statistical review for the district of Brilon, published by the State Statistical Office of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf 1967.
  • Become, grow, work. From the changing times. District administrations in the Hochsauerlandkreis from 1817 to 2007. Meschede 2007.
  • Hugo Cramer: The district of Brilon in the Second World War 1939–1945 - reports from many employees from all over the district. Josefs-Druckerei, Bigge 1955.
  • Josef Rüther: The district of Brilon ( district and city handbooks of the Westphalian Heimatbund , issue 14). Munster 1951.

Web links

Commons : Kreis Brilon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Westfalenlexikon 1832–1835 . In: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Ed.): Reprints for the Westphalian archive maintenance . tape 3 . Münster 1978 (reprint of the original from 1834).
  2. Landgemeinde -ordnung for the Province of Westphalia from October 31, 1841 (PDF; 1.6 MB).
  3. ^ Official Journal for the Arnsberg District 1844, pp. 32, 62, 83, 148, 192. Accessed on February 2, 2014 .
  4. 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.
  5. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 332 .
  6. ^ Statistisches Bureau zu Berlin (Ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Prussian state . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1821 ( digitized version ).
  7. a b Community encyclopedia Westphalia 1887, p. 131
  8. 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. brilon.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  9. Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972
  10. Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1975
  11. Source: respective issue of the State Statistical Office (LDS NRW), Mauerstr. 51, Düsseldorf, with the election results at the district level.
  12. ^ Eduard Belke, Alfred Bruns, Helmut Müller: Communal coats of arms of the Duchy of Westphalia. Arnsberg 1986, ISBN 3-87793-017-4 , p. 139.
  13. ngw.nl
  14. a b c There are contradicting information about the date of incorporation of the previously free city of Hallenberg into the Liesen office, which was then renamed the Hallenberg office . According to the Brilon district (ed.): The Hochsauerland yesterday - today - tomorrow. 150 years of the Brilon district. Brilon 1969, p. 23: "The current situation was reached in 1868, when Hallenberg could be reunited with the Liesen office and became the center of the office." According to www.territorial.de, Hallenberg office: "25.2.1876 ... incorporation of the rural community Hallenberg, City, in the office Liesen; Renaming of the Liesen office to Hallenberg ”.