District of Koethen

This article covers the Köthen district in Anhalt and the Köthen district in Saxony-Anhalt. For the Köthen district in the Halle district of the GDR, see Köthen district .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 51 ° 45 '  N , 11 ° 59'  E
Basic data (as of 2007)
Existing period:	1950-2007
State :	Saxony-Anhalt
Administrative headquarters :	Koethen (Anhalt)
Area :	475.11 km 2
Residents:	64,269 (Jun 30, 2007)
Population density :	135 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	KÖT
Circle key :	15 1 59
Circle structure:	38 parishes
District Administrator :	Ulf Schindler ( CDU )
Location of the district of Köthen in Saxony-Anhalt

District election 2004

Turnout: 46.6% (1999: 52.0%)

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20th

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38.1%

27.5%

23.4%

8.3%

2.7%

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compared to 1999

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Remarks:

^f 1999: Individual applicant Heidrun Schönwald

The district of Köthen was a district in the eastern center of the state of Saxony-Anhalt. Neighboring districts in the north were the district of Schönebeck and the district of Anhalt-Zerbst as well as the independent city of Dessau , in the east the district of Bitterfeld , in the south the Saalkreis and in the west the district of Bernburg . The district became part of the newly formed district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld on July 1, 2007 due to a district reform in Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

The district of Köthen was in the Magdeburg Börde in the center of the triangle Magdeburg - Dessau - Halle (Saale) . In the north it bordered the Elbe . The Wulfener Bruch , a wet meadow area with numerous threatened bird species, is located near the Elbe .

history

The Principality of Anhalt-Köthen existed since 1603. Johann Sebastian Bach served here as Kapellmeister for a while . In 1665 it was united with Anhalt-Plötzkau and became a duchy in 1806. In 1847 it was divided between Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Bernburg, and in 1863 Anhalt-Köthen became part of the Duchy of Anhalt . At the same time, the Köthen district was formed from him . After the Duchy of Anhalt became the Free State of Anhalt in 1918, the district of Dessau-Köthen was formed in 1932 from the merger of the districts of Köthen and Dessau . In 1934 the city of Köthen became a district.

After 1945, the Dessau-Köthen district initially belonged to the newly formed Province of Saxony-Anhalt , which in 1947 became the State of Saxony-Anhalt . During the first district reform in the GDR in 1950 , most of the Dessau-Köthen district with the Köthen district and the communities of Aken a./E. , Chörau and Micheln of the district of Calbe and the municipality of Wieskau of the Saalkreis have been combined to form the new district of Köthen.

In 1952 there was a comprehensive administrative reform in the GDR , in which, among other things, the states were dissolved and replaced by districts and a new district structure was created:

• The community of Mosigkau was incorporated into the urban district of Dessau.
• The communities of Biendorf , Cörmigk , Gerlebogk , Preußlitz , Wiendorf and Wohlsdorf of the Köthen district came to the Bernburg district .
• The communities of Hoyersdorf , Lingenau , Marke , Möst bei Schierau , Niesau , Priorau , Retzau , Schierau , Thurland and Tornau in front of the heath of the Köthen district came to the Bitterfeld district .
• The towns of Oranienbaum and Wörlitz as well as the communities Brandhorst , Gohrau , Goltewitz , Griesen , Horstdorf , Kakau , Kleutsch , Rehsen , Riesigk , Schönitz , Sollnitz and Vockerode of the district of Köthen came to the district of Graefenhainichen .
• The other cities and towns of the district Köthen formed together with the community Dornbock the district Schoenebeck the circle Köthen .
• The districts of Bernburg, Bitterfeld, Graefenhainichen and Köthen were assigned to the newly formed district of Halle .

Even before the reunification of the two German states, the Köthen district became the Köthen district in 1990. From October 3, 1990 it belonged to the re-established state of Saxony-Anhalt . The district was not affected by the district reform in Saxony-Anhalt in 1994 . Until 2007, the official name was the district of Köthen, although the district town was named Köthen (Anhalt).

During the district reform in 2007 in Saxony-Anhalt, the Köthen district was merged with the Bitterfeld district and parts of the Anhalt-Zerbst district to form the new Anhalt-Bitterfeld district .

Population development

year	Residents	source
1890	47,931
1900	53,691
1910	55.043
1925	57,587
1955	102,500
1961	95,755
1971	89.913
1981	82.122
1989	77,898
2000	70,600
2007	64,269

cities and communes

As of 2007

(Resident on December 31, 2006)

Unified municipalities 1. Aken (Elbe) , City (8,917) 2. Köthen (Anhalt) , city (29,667)

Administrative communities with their member communities until June 30, 2007

Headquarters of the administrative association *

1. Administrative community Easterienburg Chörau (247) Thiefy (276) Dornbock (372) Pink (615) Elsnigk (719) Großpaschleben (869) Kleinpaschleben (949) Libbesdorf (401) Micheln (770) Easter Castle * (2.130) Reppichau (481) Trinum (412) Wulfen (1,171) Zabitz (518)

2. Administrative community in southern Anhalt Edderitz (1,229) Fraßdorf (242) Glossy (469) Goerzig (1,262) Grand Bathers (683) Groebzig , City (3,161) Hinsdorf (522) Libehna (271) Maasdorf (378) Meilendorf (250) Piethen (264) Prosigk (752) Quellendorf (1,027) Radegast , City (1,221) Reupzig (328) Riesdorf (135) Scheuder (347) Schortewitz (696) Trebbichau an der Fuhne (368) Weißandt-Gölzau * (1,868) Wieskau (314) Zehbitz (374)

Former parishes

Arensdorf , to Koethen on January 1st, 2004 Baasdorf , on January 1st, 2004 in Koethen Bobbe , joined Dornbock on October 1, 1961 Cattau , on July 1, 1950 in Wieskau Cosa , on January 1, 2005 to Prosigk Cösitz , on January 1, 2005, to Zörbig Crüchern , on July 1, 1950 in Wohlsdorf Diesdorf , on January 1, 1957, to Quellendorf Dohndorf , on January 1st, 2004 in Koethen Elsdorf , on October 1st, 1961 in Koethen Fernsdorf , on July 1, 1950 at Prosigk Frenz , on May 1, 1974 at Großpaschleben Friedrichsdorf , on July 1, 1950 in Storkau Geuz , 1923 to Koethen Gnetsch , on January 1, 2005 in Weißandt-Gölzau Großwülknitz , on July 1, 1950 to Wülknitz Hohnsdorf , on July 1, 1950 in Trebbichau an der Fuhne Hohsdorf , on July 1, 1950 in Merzien Ilbersdorf , on July 1, 1950 in Wiendorf Small bather , on January 1, 1970 as large bather Kleinweißandt , on July 1, 1950 in Weißandt-Gölzau Kleinwülknitz , on July 1, 1950 to Wülknitz Kleinzerbst , January 1, 1994 at Aken Klepzig , 1923 on Koethen Körnitz , on July 1, 1950 in Meilendorf Lausigk , joined Scheuder on January 1, 1961 Lennewitz , on July 1, 1950 at Zehbitz Löbnitz an der Linde , on January 1st, 2004 in Koethen

Locherau , on July 1, 1950 to Libehna Merzien , on August 8, 1994 in Koethen Mölz , on October 1, 1961 at Kleinpaschleben Naundorf vor der Heide , on July 1, 1950 in Lausigk Pfaffendorf , on July 1, 1950 in Edderitz Pfitzdorf , on July 1, 1950 in Wiendorf Pfriemsdorf , on July 1, 1950 as a small bathing guest Pißdorf , on July 1, 1950 at Osternienburg Plömnitz , on July 1, 1950 in Preusslitz Porst , on October 1st, 1961 in Koethen Pösigk , on July 1, 1950 at Cosa Reinsdorf , on July 1, 1950 in Görzig Repau , at Libehna on July 1, 1950 Rohndorf , on July 1, 1950 in Glauzig Sibbesdorf , on July 1, 1950 at Osternienburg Storkau , on January 1st, 1957 in Reupzig Thurau , on July 1, 1950 in Zabitz Trebbichau near Wulfen , on July 1st 1950 to Micheln Wehlau , on July 1, 1950 at Zehbitz Wenndorf , on July 1, 1950 in Löbnitz Werdershausen , on July 1, 1950 at Gröbzig Wörbzig , on January 1, 2004 in Grobzig Wülknitz , on April 1, 2004 in Koethen Würflau , on October 1, 1961 in Elsnigk Zehmigkau , on July 1, 1950 in Meilendorf Zehmitz , on July 1, 1950 to Zehbitz Zehringen , on July 1, 1950 in Merzien Ziebigk , on July 1, 1950 to Cosa

coat of arms

Blazon : "Split of black and silver, in front a half silver flight, behind a palm tree standing on a red shield base in natural colors (coconut palm)."

traffic

The main railway line Magdeburg – Halle (Saale) runs through the area of ​​the former district .

License Plate

At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinguishing mark KÖT . It was issued through June 30, 2007. It has been available in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district since November 27, 2012 due to the license plate liberalization .

Web links

• Archeology and museum education in Saxony-Anhalt
• Museum education in Saxony-Anhalt

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.stala.sachsen-anhalt.de/wahlen/kw04/erg/kreis/kw.15159.ergtab.frame.html
2. ↑ http://www.stala.sachsen-anhalt.de/wahlen/kw99/erg/kreis/kw.15159.ergtab.frame.html
3. ↑ HGIS Germany: Anhalt (1863-1914). (PDF; 33 kB) Retrieved June 22, 2009 . 
4. ^ Rolf Jehke: Territorial changes in Germany. Retrieved May 22, 2009 . 
5. ↑ GenWiki: District of Köthen
6. ↑ Law on the further democratization of the structure and functioning of the state organs in the state of Saxony-Anhalt of July 25, 1952
7. ^ ^{A b c d} Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Köthen district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
8. ^ Statistical yearbook of the GDR 1955
9. ^ Statistical yearbook of the GDR 1962
10. ↑ Statistical Yearbook of the GDR 1972
11. ↑ Statistical Yearbook of the GDR 1982
12. ↑ Statistical Yearbook of the GDR 1990
13. ↑ Statistical Yearbook of the Federal Republic of Germany 2002
14. ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, monthly issue 11/2007, page 36