District of Gandersheim
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Coordinates: 51 ° 52 ' N , 10 ° 2' E |
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| Basic data (as of 1977) | ||
| Existing period: | 1833-1977 | |
| State : | Lower Saxony | |
| Administrative region : | Braunschweig | |
| Administrative headquarters : | Bad Gandersheim | |
| Area : | 433.48 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 63,000 (Jun 30, 1977) | |
| Population density : | 145 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| License plate : | GAN | |
| Circle key : | 03 7 33 | |
| Circle structure: | 7 municipalities | |
The district of Gandersheim was a district in southern Lower Saxony until 1977.
geography
In 1977 the district bordered clockwise in the north, starting with the districts of Alfeld (Leine) , Hildesheim , the exclave Baddeckestedt of the district Wolfenbüttel and the independent city of Salzgitter as well as the districts of Goslar , Osterode am Harz , Northeim and Holzminden .
history
The district of Gandersheim was one of six districts that were established in the Duchy of Braunschweig on January 1, 1833 . It was formed from places of the old Brunswick offices of Amt Gandersheim , Amt Greene , Amt Seesen and from the Amt Lutter am Barenberge , belonged to the Free State of Braunschweig since 1918 and to the Braunschweig administrative district in Lower Saxony since 1946 .
On August 1, 1941, the district ceded the communities of Bodenburg and Östrum to the Marienburg district and on April 1, 1942, the Ostharingen community to the Goslar district . The law on the reorganization of the municipalities in the Harz region brought several changes to the area on July 1, 1972:
- Four communities in the district were reclassified into the Osterode am Harz district.
- Bredelem from the district of Goslar and Lautenthal from the district of Zellerfeld were incorporated into the town of Langelsheim together with two district communities .
- The community of Bilderlahe from the Hildesheim-Marienburg district was incorporated into the city of Seesen together with several district communities .
On March 1, 1974, the regional reform in Lower Saxony was continued:
- The Delligsen area came to the Holzminden district together with Ammensen , Kaierde and Varrigsen
- Six communities in the district were incorporated into the town of Bockenem in the Hildesheim district.
- With the exception of Ammensen, the communities of the joint community Auf dem Berge were incorporated into the town of Einbeck in the Northeim district.
- The new Wallmoden community was formed from the Alt Wallmoden community in the Goslar district, together with Bodenstein and Neuwallmoden in the Gandersheim district.
- Harriehausen from the district of Osterode am Harz was incorporated into the city of Bad Gandersheim together with several district communities.
- Mechtshausen and Groß Rhüden from the Hildesheim-Marienburg district were incorporated into the town of Seesen together with two district communities.
- Most of the remaining district communities were incorporated into Kreiensen and Lutter am Barenberge .
The district of Gandersheim, which last comprised seven cities and municipalities, was dissolved on August 1, 1977. Bad Gandersheim and Kreiensen came to the Northeim district; Hahausen , Langelsheim, Lutter am Barenberge, Seesen and Wallmoden to the Goslar district.
Population development
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1890 | 44,463 | |
| 1900 | 48,324 | |
| 1910 | 50,435 | |
| 1925 | 51,788 | |
| 1939 | 52,028 | |
| 1950 | 91,244 | |
| 1960 | 75,900 | |
| 1970 | 76,500 | |
| 1977 | 63,000 |
District administrators
- around 1857 Karl Wilhelm Eduard Lerche
- around 1892 Hugo Krüger
- around 1898 Erich Dannenbaum
- around 1916 Gustav Eißfeldt
- 1924–1933 Fritz Homann (Conservative)
- 1933- Albert Schneider (NSDAP)
- until December 1942 Johannes Behrends, member of the government
- 1945 Curt Staff (acting)
- 1945 Hermann Bauer
- 1962- Wilhelm Muhs (SPD)
- -1977
Communities
The following table lists all municipalities that have ever belonged to the Gandersheim district and their current affiliation:
License Plate
On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign GAN when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It was issued until April 4, 1978. Due to the license plate liberalization , it has been available in the Northeim district since November 15, 2012.
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 269 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. gandersheim.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972
- ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1978
- ↑ Municipal directory 1910: Gandersheim district
- ^ Territorial.de: Gandersheim district
1972 dissolved: District of Bersenbrück | District of Blankenburg | District of Melle | Wittlage district | Zellerfeld district
1973 dissolved: District of Duderstadt | Münden district
1974 dissolved: District of Braunschweig | District of Burgdorf | District of Einbeck | District of Hildesheim-Marienburg | District Neustadt am Rübenberge | Springe district
1977 dissolved: District of Alfeld (Leine) | Aschendorf-Hümmling district | District of Bremervörde | Fallingbostel district | District of Gandersheim | County of Diepholz County | County Hoya county | County of Schaumburg | District of Hadeln | District of Lingen | District of Meppen | North County | Rotenburg (Wümme) district | District of Schaumburg-Lippe | District of Soltau | District of Wesermünde
2001 dissolved: District of Hanover
Disbanded in 2016: District of Osterode am Harz