County of Diepholz County

Basic data (as of 1977)
Existing period:	1932-1977
State :	Lower Saxony
Administrative region :	Hanover
Administrative headquarters :	Diepholz
Area :	1,207.45 km 2
Residents:	76,100 (Jun 30, 1977)
Population density :	63 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	DH
Circle key :	03 1 31
Circle structure:	36 municipalities

The district of Grafschaft Diepholz was a district in Lower Saxony until 1977 . Its administrative seat was in Diepholz .

Neighboring areas

In 1977 the district bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Grafschaft Hoya and Nienburg / Weser in Lower Saxony, the district of Minden-Lübbecke in North Rhine-Westphalia and the districts of Osnabrück and Vechta , both again in Lower Saxony.

history

The district of Grafschaft Diepholz was created on October 1, 1932 from the union of the Diepholz district with the Sulingen district during the district reform in Prussia .

The regional reforms in the Diepholz area began on January 1, 1967 with the merger of the four Wagenfeld communities. On March 1, 1974, the district was expanded by the Hanover Act to include the communities of Borstel and Staffhorst from the district of Nienburg / Weser. In addition, a series of parish mergers reduced the number of parishes from the original 71 to 36.

In the course of a district reform, the County of Diepholz went on August 1, 1977 together with the western part of the County of Hoya in today's County of Diepholz . The regional authority "Landkreis Grafschaft Diepholz" was dissolved after 45 years.

Population development

year	Residents	source
1933	48.261
1939	49.143
1950	81,349
1960	72,500
1970	75,800
1977	76,100

politics

District administrators

1932–1934 Jochen-Hilmar von Wuthenau (1887–1965)
1935–1940 Max Spießbach
1941–1943 Udo Veltkamp
1943–1945 Wilko Frh. Wintzingerode (temporarily in military service, administration from Nienburg)
1946–1956 Friedrich Hanker , DP
1956–1968 Ludwig Gefe, CDU
1968–1977 Heinrich Juergens , FDP

administration

The district administration with its various specialist offices was housed in the district building in Diepholz. Until 1945, the head of administration was the respective district administrator (see above) and from 1946 the respective senior district director .

Upper District Directors

1946–1959 Hans Brunow
1959–1976 Udo Veltkamp

Communities

The district of Grafschaft Diepholz as demarcated from 1932 to 1974

The following table contains all the municipalities that have ever belonged to the Grafschaft Diepholz district and all of the incorporations:

local community	incorporated after	Date of incorporation	annotation
Affinghausen
Aldorf	Barnstorf	March 1, 1974
Anstedt	Scholen	March 1, 1974
Ashes	Diepholz	March 1, 1974
Bahrenborstel
Barenburg , Flecken
Barnstorf
Barver
Bensen	Sudwalde	March 1, 1974
Bockstedt	Drentwede	March 1, 1974
Borstel			until March 1, 1974 in the Nienburg / Weser district
Brake	Mellinghausen	March 1, 1974
Brockum
Cantrup	Neuenkirchen	March 1, 1974
Cornau , Flecken	Drebber	March 1, 1974
Dickel
Diepholz , city
Donstorf	Eydelstedt	March 1, 1974
Dörpel	Eydelstedt	March 1, 1974
Dörrieloh	Varrel	March 1, 1974
Drebber			newly formed on March 1, 1974
Dreeke	Barnstorf	March 1, 1974
Drentwede
Jets	Eydelstedt	March 1, 1974
Ehrenburg			newly formed on March 1, 1974
Eydelstedt
Sanctuary
Big Lessen	Sulingen	March 1, 1974
Heede	Diepholz	March 1, 1974
Hemsloh
Holzhausen	Bahrenborstel	March 1, 1974
Hude
Jacobidrebber	Drebber	March 1, 1974
Church Village
Small Lessen	Sulingen	March 1, 1974
Kuppendorf	Church Village	March 1, 1974
Lembruch
Lemförde , Flecken
Alleviate	Sulingen	March 1, 1974
Maasen
Mallinghausen	Schwaförden	March 1, 1974
Milk shrimps	Drebber	March 1, 1974
Marl
Mellinghausen
Menninghausen	Sudwalde	March 1, 1974
Neuenkirchen
North Sulingen	Sulingen	March 1, 1974
Ohlendorf	Mellinghausen	March 1, 1974
Päpsen	Siedenburg	March 1, 1974
Quernheim
Perplexed	Sulingen	March 1, 1974
Right	Barnstorf	March 1, 1974
Rehden
Santa's help	Diepholz	March 1, 1974
Scharringhausen	Church Village	March 1, 1974
Narrow fjords	Ehrenburg	March 1, 1974
Scholen
Schwaförden
Schweringhausen	Ehrenburg	March 1, 1974
Siedenburg , Flecken
Staffhorst			until March 1, 1974 in the Nienburg / Weser district
Stem horn
Stocksdorf	Ehrenburg	March 1, 1974
To rush	Wagenfeld	March 1, 1974
Sudwalde
Sulingen , city
Varrel
Wagenfeld			re-formed on January 1, 1967
Wagenfeld-Bockel	Wagenfeld	January 1, 1967
Wagenfeld-Förlingen	Wagenfeld	January 1, 1967
Wagenfeld-Hasslingen	Wagenfeld	January 1, 1967
Wagenfeld-Neustadt	Wagenfeld	January 1, 1967
Wehrbleck
Wesenstedt	Ehrenburg	March 1, 1974
Wetschen
Wohlstreck	Eydelstedt	March 1, 1974

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive symbol DH when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It is still issued today for the Diepholz district.

literature

Hans Gerke : Regional historical development. In: District of Diepholz. Habitat, administrative unit I. (Editor: Hans Gerke; Ed .: Landkreis Diepholz), Diepholz 1984, pp. 20–26

Gerhard Lutosch: The settlement names of the district of Diepholz. Their age and importance. (Ed .: Diepholz district), Syke 1983, 245 p. M. 1 photo (of the author) and 1 topographic overview map

Hermann Greve : Bibliography of the district of Diepholz including the joint communities Harpstedt ( district Oldenburg ), Eystrup and Grafschaft Hoya ( district Nienburg ) as well as Riede (joint community Thedinghausen, district Verden ). (Ed .: Landkreis Diepholz), Syke and Diepholz, 1984, XXXVIII and 453 p. (With 3505 titles) m. Fig.

Web links

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. 190 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Michael Rademacher: German administrative history. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 9, 2009 ; accessed on January 2, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972
↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1978
^ Territorial.de: County Grafschaft Diepholz

[1] 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. 190 .

[demand-2] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 9, 2009 ; accessed on January 2, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[3] Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972

[4] Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1978

[5] Territorial.de: County Grafschaft Diepholz