Darmstadt district
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Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ' N , 8 ° 39' E |
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| Basic data (as of 1976) | ||
| Existing period: | 1832-1976 | |
| State : | Hesse | |
| Administrative region : | Darmstadt | |
| Administrative headquarters : | Darmstadt | |
| Area : | 287.55 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 134,800 (Jun 30, 1976) | |
| Population density : | 469 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| License plate : | THERE | |
| Circle key : | 06 1 35 | |
| Circle structure: | 28 municipalities | |
| District Administrator : | Heinrich Baumann (politician) | |
The district of Darmstadt (until 1938 Darmstadt district ) was a district in the Grand Duchy of Hesse , in the People's State of Hesse and in the German state of Hesse . The city of Darmstadt left the district as an independent city on November 1, 1938, but remained the administrative seat. In 1977 the district merged with the Dieburg district in the new Darmstadt-Dieburg district .
geography
Classification of the district in the Grand Duchy of Hesse
Together with the districts of Bensheim , Dieburg , Erbach , Groß-Gerau , Heppenheim and Offenbach and at times with the districts of Lindenfels , Neustadt and Wimpfen , the district of Darmstadt formed the province of Starkenburg , which in turn, together with the provinces of Upper Hesse and Rheinhessen, represented the Grand Duchy of Hesse .
Neighboring areas
In 1976, the district bordered clockwise in the north, starting with the Offenbach and Dieburg districts , the Odenwald district and the Bergstrasse and Groß-Gerau districts .
history
After the proclamation of the constitution of the Grand Duchy of Hesse on December 17, 1820, a comprehensive administrative reform took place on July 14, 1821. Instead of the district bailiffs , district districts were now established , including the district of Darmstadt . These were the forerunners of the circles created in 1832. The district of Darmstadt was merged into the new Darmstadt district.
On July 31, 1848, the Darmstadt district was merged with the Groß-Gerau district and parts of the Offenbach district to form the Darmstadt administrative district. However, this administrative reform only lasted four years, because on May 12, 1852 the merger was lifted again. A newly delimited Darmstadt district was created from the city of Darmstadt and parts of the district court districts of Gernsheim, Groß-Gerau, Langen, Reinheim and Zwingenberg.
On July 1, 1874, the municipality of Malchen from the Bensheim district was added to the Darmstadt district as part of a Hessian district reform .
On November 1, 1938, an extensive regional reform was carried out in southern Hesse:
- The city of Darmstadt left the Darmstadt district and formed its own urban district
- The rest of the district has since formed the Darmstadt district .
- The communities of Alsbach , Balkhausen , Bickenbach , Hähnlein , Jugenheim , Ober-Beerbach and Seeheim moved from the dissolved Bensheim district to the Darmstadt district.
- The communities of Allertshofen , Brandau , Ernsthofen , Frankenhausen , Herchenrode , Hoxhohl , Lützelbach , Neunkirchen , Neutsch , Nieder-Modau , Ober-Modau , Rohrbach and Wembach moved from the Dieburg district to the Darmstadt district.
The Darmstadt district initially comprised 39 communities. On April 1, 1952, the three communities Asbach , Klein-Bieberau and Webern moved from the Dieburg district to the Darmstadt district. The now 42 municipalities in the district were reduced to 28 as part of the regional reform in Hesse by the end of 1976.
On January 1, 1977, the Darmstadt district was merged with the Dieburg district to form the Darmstadt-Dieburg district, with the exception of the Wixhausen community , which was incorporated into Darmstadt.
Population development
| date | Residents |
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| 1852 | 54.273 |
| 1900 | 112,941 |
| 1910 | 137.773 |
| 1925 | 145.015 |
| 1939 | 59.052 |
| 1950 | 83,604 |
| 1961 | 97,439 |
| 1970 | 119,436 |
| 1976 | 134,800 |
badges and flags
coat of arms
Blazon : "In blue, 41 silver stars around an applied golden heart shield with a red, blue-tongued and armored lion."
The coat of arms was approved by the Hessian Interior Minister on April 5, 1962 . It was designed by the Bad Nauheim heraldist Heinz Ritt .
The 41 stars symbolize the 41 cities and municipalities that were part of the district when the coat of arms was created. The heart shield shows a modification of the coat of arms of the Counts of Katzenelnbogen, to whose upper county most of the places in the district belonged.
flag
The flag was approved for the district on August 7, 1962 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior and is described as follows:
Flag description: "In the middle of the flag cloth, which is divided by red and white, the circular coat of arms is placed."
Communities
The following table contains all municipalities that belonged to the Darmstadt district during its existence as well as the data of all incorporations:
License Plate
On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinguishing sign DA when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It is issued in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district and in the independent city of Darmstadt until today.
District administrators
- Karl von Starck (1832–1848 and 1852–1853)
- Friedrich Kritzler (1853-1858)
- Theodor Goldmann (1870–1874)
- Gustav Krämer (SPD) (1962–1973)
- Heinrich Baumann (SPD) (1973–1977)
Individual evidence
- ^ Edict of June 6, 1832; in: Government Gazette of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1832 p. 365 ff
- ^ Bavarian State Library: Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette No. 30, 1852 ( reader.digitale-sammlungen.de )
- ^ A b Philipp AF Walther: The Grand Duchy of Hesse by history, country, people, state and locality. 1854, accessed March 2, 2016 .
- ^ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette . No. 28 . Darmstadt June 12, 1874, p. 247 ( digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de - digitized version ).
- ^ A b Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Darmstadt district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ^ Ulrich Reuling : Administrative division 1821–1955. (PDF) In: Historical Atlas of Hesse. Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS), p. 176 , accessed on March 19, 2016 .
- ^ 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. 355 .
- ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Darmstadt and Dieburg and the city of Darmstadt (GVBl. II No. 330–334) of July 26, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 22 , p. 318 ff ., § 18 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1.5 MB ]).
- ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1977
- ^ Approval of a coat of arms of the Darmstadt district, Darmstadt administrative district of April 5, 1962 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1962 No. 16 , p. 535 , point 435 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3,9 MB ]).
- ↑ Klemens Stadler : Deutsche Wappen, Volume 1 ; Angelsachsen-Verlag, Bremen 1964, p. 25.
- ↑ Approval of a flag for the Darmstadt district in the Darmstadt administrative district on August 7, 1962 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1962 No. 34 , p. 1122 , point 935 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.4 MB ]).
- ↑ former locations in the Darmstadt district . Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Province of Upper Hesse : Alsfeld | Büdingen | Friedberg | Casting | Lauterbach | Bulkheads |
Delivered to Prussia in 1866: Biedenkopf | Vöhl |
Dissolved in 1874: Grünberg | Vilbel | Nidda
Province of Rheinhessen : Alzey | Bingen | Mainz | Oppenheim | Worms
Starkenburg Province : Bensheim | Darmstadt | Dieburg | Erbach | Groß – Gerau | Heppenheim | Offenbach |
Dissolved in 1874: Lindenfels | Neustadt | Wimpfen
Province of Upper Hesse : Alsfeld | Büdingen | Friedberg | Casting | Lauterbach |
Newly founded in 1938: Stadtkreis Gießen
Disbanded in 1938: Schotten
Province of Rheinhessen : Alzey | Bingen | Mainz | Worms
Newly founded in 1938: Stadtkreis Mainz | Worms district
Disbanded in 1938: Oppenheim
Starkenburg Province : Darmstadt | Dieburg | Erbach | Groß – Gerau | Offenbach |
Newly founded in 1938: Darmstadt district | Offenbach am Main district | Bergstrasse district
Disbanded in 1938: Bensheim | Heppenheim
1972 dissolved: District Alsfeld | District of Büdingen | District of Erbach | District Friedberg | District of Hersfeld | District of Hofgeismar | District of Hünfeld | Lauterbach district | Obertaunuskreis | Rotenburg district | Usingen district | Wolfhagen district . 1973 dissolved: District of Eschwege | District of Frankenberg | District of Fritzlar-Homberg | District of Melsungen | District of Waldeck | District of Witzenhausen | Ziegenhain district . 1974 dissolved: District Biedenkopf | District of Gelnhausen | District of Hanau | Limburg County | District of Marburg | Oberlahnkreis | District of Schlüchtern . 1976 dissolved: Darmstadt district | District of Dieburg | Dill circle | Rheingau district | Untertaunuskreis | Wetzlar district .