Dessau district

Seal of the Herzogliche Kreisdirection zu Dessau

The Dessau district was a district in the Duchy of Anhalt from 1863 to 1919 and a district in the Free State of Anhalt from 1919 to 1932 . It had an area of ​​425 km² and its county seat was Dessau .

history

The Duchy of Anhalt was divided into districts in 1863, and the Dessau district was also founded. In 1870 the Dessau district gave the former Radegast office and the Wadendorf community to the Köthen district . In 1878 new community, town and village regulations were introduced for the Duchy of Anhalt. In 1914 a new municipal code was again introduced. On January 1, 1932, the district was merged with the Köthen district to form the Dessau-Köthen district.

Population development

year	Protestant	Catholics	Other Christians	Jews	total
1890	63,721	1,411	0	494	65,626
1900	82,666	2,190	0	0	85,573
1910	91.115	2,684	0	0	94,854
1925	31,115	762	27	67	33,964

District Directors

• 1876-1891 Friedrich Braune
• 1891–1891 Ludwig Huhn
• 1899–1929 Ernst Sachsenberg

cities and communes

As of 1932

At the time of its dissolution, the Dessau district included five cities and 45 other municipalities:

Bob building Brandhorst Dessau , city Diesdorf Elsnigk Fraßdorf Friedrichsdorf Gohrau Griesen Hinsdorf Horstdorf Hoyersdorf Jeßnitz , city

Jonitz Cocoa Kleckewitz Kleinleipzig Kleinmöhlau Kleutsch Kochstedt Koernitz Lausigk Libbesdorf Lingenau brand Meilendorf

Mosigkau Naundorf near Dessau Naundorf in front of the heather Niesau Oranienbaum , city Source village Raguhn , city Rehsen Reppichau Retzau Repulsive Huge Rossdorf

Rosefeld Scheuder Schönitz Siebenhausen Sollnitz Storkau Thurland Tornau in front of the heath Vockerode Wörlitz , city Zehmigkau

Incorporation until 1932

• Alten , in 1923 in Dessau
• Großkühnau , 1923 in Dessau
• Kleinkühnau , 1923 in Dessau
• Törten , 1923 in Dessau
• Ziebigk , 1923 in Dessau
• Dellnau , 1930 to Dessau
• Pötnitz , 1930 to Dessau
• Scholitz , in 1930 in Dessau

Web links

Commons : Landkreis Dessau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de: Dessau district
2. ↑ HGIS Germany: Anhalt (1863-1914). (PDF; 33 kB) Retrieved June 22, 2009 .