District of Güstrow (1933–1952)

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Basic data
Inventory period 1933-1952
Administrative headquarters Guestrow
Residents 56,314 (1939)
Communities 204 (1939)
Map of Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg 1905.png

The district of Güstrow existed in Mecklenburg from 1933 to 1952 . The district seat was in Güstrow . The former district area is now part of the Rostock district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .

history

In 1925, the Güstrow office was formed in Mecklenburg-Schwerin from the Bützow and Güstrow-Rossewitz offices. In 1933 the Güstrow district became the Güstrow district . The city of Güstrow remained independent. After Mecklenburg-Schwerin was united with Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1934 to form a state of Mecklenburg , in 1939 the name of the district was changed to the district of Güstrow . After the Second World War , the district belonged to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the Soviet occupation zone . The name of the country was changed to Mecklenburg in 1947 . Since 1949 it belonged to the GDR .

On July 1, 1950, the city of Güstrow lost its district freedom and was incorporated into the district. On October 1, 1951, the three communities Borkow , Groß Raden and Mustin moved from the Güstrow district to the Wismar district .

The district of Güstrow was divided on July 25, 1952 as part of the dissolution of the states:

politics

Landdroste

1921–1923 Ernst Havemann
1923–1928 Hans Schlie

Official governors / district administrators

1921–1932 Wilhelm Höcker
1932 -9999Friedrich Scharf
1932–1936 Walter Rieck
1936–1944 Walter Schöps

Population development

Residents 1925 (office) 1933 1939 1946
56,965 55,426 56,314 105,576

The population of the towns in the district in 1939:

Bützow 7,284
Krakow am See 2,460
Laage 2,924
Swaan 4,853

cities and communes

In 1939 the district of Güstrow comprised four cities and 198 other municipalities:

The municipality of Wattmannshagen was called Hohenfelde until 1934 and the municipality of Reimershagen was called Louisenhof until 1934 .

A larger number of incorporations took place in the 1930s:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. guestrow.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  2. The Güstrow district at gov.genealogy.net
  3. 1946 census