District of Diekirch

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The German- administered Luxembourg district of Diekirch existed from 1940 to 1944, when Luxembourg was under German occupation . The administrative district in Diekirch comprised four cities and 96 municipalities on September 1, 1944.

Administrative history

The occupation

The Diekirch district, with its administrative headquarters in the city of Diekirch, belonged to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg at the beginning of the Second World War .

Right at the beginning of the German campaign in the west , the Diekirch district was occupied by Wehrmacht troops from the direction of Trier on May 10, 1940 and placed under German military administration.

German civil administration

Since August 2, 1940, the Diekirch district belonged to the district of the head of civil administration in the CdZ area of ​​Luxembourg . A German administrative commissioner was appointed to the city of Diekirch to manage it.

On the basis of the ordinance on the administrative structure in Luxembourg of November 14, 1940, the previous Diekirch district was transformed into the new Diekirch district based on the German model on December 1, 1940 . The city of Diekirch remained the seat of the district administration, which was now headed by a district administrator .

In September 1944 the district was occupied by US troops and the Luxembourg administrative structures were restored.

Local constitution

Since December 1, 1940, the municipalities have been subject to the German Municipal Code of January 30, 1935, which provided for the implementation of the Führer principle at the municipality level.

On April 1, 1942, the Prussian official regulations of October 8, 1934 were introduced. This meant that the previous cantons fell away. As in the Prussian Rhine Province in the German Empire, several municipalities were now jointly administered by an official mayor . At the same time, the communities in the Diekirch district were restructured.

On March 27, 1943, the municipality of Vianden was renamed the city of Vianden.

On April 1, 1943, the communities in the Diekirch district were again restructured.

The district was last divided into the cities of Diekirch, Ettelbrück , Vianden and Wilz and 96 other communities. All communities - including the cities - were combined in the offices of Diekirch, Ettelbrück, Klerf, Redingen and Wilz.

District Administrator

Place names

After August 2, 1940, the previous place names initially continued to apply. On March 12, 1941, most place names were confirmed in their previous spelling.

In some cases, however, with a view to the planned incorporation of the district into the German Reich, a "more German" version was also specified, for example: