Luckau district

This article covers the historic Luckau district . For the Luckau district in the Cottbus district (1952–1990) and the Luckau district in Brandenburg (1990–1993) see Luckau district .

The district area 1905

Seal mark Der Königliche - Landrath of the Luckau district in Lausitz

The district of Luckau , until 1939 Luckau district , until the 19th century also called Luckau district , was a district in Brandenburg until 1952 . It existed in Prussia , in the Soviet occupation zone and finally in the GDR .

On January 1, 1945, the district comprised the six towns of Doberlug , Finsterwalde (Nd. Laus.) , Golßen , Kirchhain (Nd. Laus.) , Luckau (Nd. Laus.) And Sonnewalde as well as 140 other communities.

Administrative history

Kingdom of Prussia

As one of the results of the Congress of Vienna , the Kingdom of Saxony had to cede Niederlausitz to Prussia in 1815. One of the five historical districts of Lower Lusatia was the Luckau district or the Luckau district. Niederlausitz became part of the new administrative district of Frankfurt , in which a comprehensive district reform was carried out in 1816. The delimitation of the Luckau district was changed as follows:

• The Finsterwalde office was incorporated into the Luckau district.
• The Luckau district also included Alteno, Kaden and Kreblitz from the Beeskow rulership , Schlabendorf from the Cottbus district and Rüdingsdorf from the Schlieben office .
• Changed from the circle Luckau Fraunberg for county Lubben and Falkenberg, Kemlitz, Wentdorf and Zesch to circle Jüterbog-Luckenwalde in the administrative district of Potsdam .

On January 1, 1836, the places Falkenberg, Kemlitz, Wentdorf moved from the Jüterbog-Luckenwalde district back to the Luckau district.

North German Confederation / German Empire

Since July 1, 1867, the district belonged to the North German Confederation and from January 1, 1871 to the German Empire . On July 21, 1875, the rural community Lichtenau and the Lichtenau manor district were reclassified from the Luckau district to the Calau district . In the 1920s, the Luckau district was given the additional designation "(Nd. Laus.)". On September 30, 1929, a territorial reform took place in the Luckau district (Nd. Laus.) In line with developments in the rest of the Free State of Prussia , in which all manor districts were dissolved and assigned to neighboring rural communities. On January 1, 1939, the Luckau district (Nd. Laus.) Was given the designation Landkreis in accordance with the now uniform rule . In the spring of 1945 the district was occupied by the Red Army .

Soviet occupation zone / German Democratic Republic

After 1945 Luckau lost the additional designation "(Nd. Laus.)". The law on the amendment to improve the district and municipal boundaries of April 28, 1950 changed the boundaries of the district:

• The communities Briesen , Freiwalde , Groß Lubolz , Groß Radden , Kaden , Klein Radden , Neuendorf , Niewitz , Oderin and Schönwalde moved from the district of Luckau to the district of Lübben .
• The municipality of Pademack moved to the district of Calau , which was also renamed the district of Senftenberg .
• The communities Friedrichshof , Mahlsdorf and Wildau moved from the Luckenwalde district to the Luckau district.
• The Staakow community moved from the Teltow district to the Luckau district.
• The communities Craupe , Groß Mehßow , Klein Mehßow , Radensdorf , Stöbritz and Willmersdorf moved from the district of Calau to the district of Luckau.
• The communities of Altsorgefeld , Langengrassau , Neusorgefeld , Schwarzenburg and Wüstermarke moved from the district of Schweinitz to the district of Luckau.

In the course of the major regional reform of 1952 , the Luckau area was restructured:

• The Finsterwalde district was formed from the southern part of the Luckau district .
• The Luckau district was formed from the northern part of the Luckau district .
• The communities Craupe, Gollmitz , Groß Mehßow, Klein Mehßow, Radensdorf, Rutzkau and Schrakau moved from the district of Luckau to the district of Calau .
• All of these circles were added to the newly formed Cottbus district.

Local constitution until 1945

The district of Luckau was divided into cities, rural communities and - until their dissolution in 1929 - manor districts. With the introduction of the Prussian Municipal Constitutional Act of December 15, 1933, there was a uniform municipal constitution for all Prussian municipalities from January 1, 1934. With the introduction of the German municipal code of January 30, 1935, the leader principle was enforced on April 1, 1935 at the municipal level . A new district constitution was no longer created; The district regulations for the provinces of East and West Prussia, Brandenburg, Pomerania, Silesia and Saxony from March 19, 1881 continued to apply.

Population development

year	Residents	source
1816	35,190
1840	46,541
1871	61.144
1890	63,771
1900	67,535
1910	74.096
1925	74,520
1933	75.171
1939	77,616
1946	101,333

District administrators

• 1816–1833 Christian von Thermo (1757–1839)
• 1833–1841 Otto Theodor von Manteuffel (1805–1882)
• 1841–1851 Karl Otto von Manteuffel (1806–1879)
• 1850–1851 Otto von Diest (1821–1901) (substitute)
• 1851–1870 Viktor Christian Konstantin von Solms-Sonnenwalde (1815–1890)
• 1870–1871 Karl von Hollen (1839–1895) ( interim )
• 1871–1872 Ketelhodt ( acting )
• 1872–1896 Otto von Manteuffel (1844–1913)
• 1896–1926 Kurt von Manteuffel (1866–1926)
• 1926–1933 Albrecht Müller von Blumencron (* 1884)
• 1933–1945 Wilhelm Wigand (* 1894)

cities and communes

Status 1945

In 1945 the following towns and communities belonged to the Luckau district:

Altgolßen Alteno Arenzhain Babben Beesdau Mountains Mountain heather beds Birkwalde Bornsdorf Breitenau Brenitz Briesen Buchhain Cahnsdorf Crinitz Dabern Doberlug , city Oarlock Drahnsdorf Fat Duben Throats Egsdorf Oak wood Falkenberg Falcon Grove Finsterwalde (Nd. Laus.) , City Fishing water Frankena

Frankendorf Freesdorf Freiwalde Friedersdorf b. Brenitz Friedersdorf b. Doberlug Princely Drehna Gahro Garrenchen Miter Gersdorf Giessmannsdorf Gollmitz Göllnitz Golßen , city Görlsdorf Goßmar b. Luckau Goßmar b. Sonnewalde Groebitz Large stretchers Great Lubolz Great Radden Großkrausnik Gruhno Hennersdorf Hohendorf Jetsch Kaden Karche Kasel-Golzig Kemlitz

Kirchhain (Nd. Laus.) , City Small stretchers Little Radden Kleinkrausnik Kreblitz Krusty Kümmritz Landwehr Lichtena Lights field Song bald Lieskau Lindena Lindthal Luckau (Nd. Laus.) , City Lugau Crowds Möllendorf Munchausen Neuendorf Nexdorf Niewitz Or in Oppelhain Ossak Pademack Pahlsdorf Paserin Pelkwitz Pimples

Pissy Pitching Ponnsdorf Presenchen Prierow Prießen Rehab Reichwalde Riedebeck Rietzneuendorf Rückersdorf Rudingsdorf Rutzkau Sagritz Sallgast Sando Schacksdorf Schäcksdorf Schadewitz Schenkendorf Sliding village Schilda Schlabendorf am See Clods Schönborn Schönewalde b. Brenitz Schönwalde Schrakau Sellendorf Sonnewalde , city

Sorno Staupitz Stiebsdorf Shock village Tanneberg Trebbus Trobitz Tugam Uckro Walddrehna Waldow Waltersdorf Wanninchen Wehnsdorf Weißack Wentdorf Werenzhain Wierigsdorf Wittmannsdorf Zaacko Zauche Zeckerin Zieckau Zöllmersdorf Zürchel Use

Municipalities dissolved before 1939

• Golzig and chasuble , on 1 January 1926 Kasel-Golzig together
• Klingmühl , to Sallgast on January 1, 1933
• Nehesdorf , to Finsterwalde on January 1st, 1925
• Trebbinchen , on January 1, 1926 in Bornsdorf

Name changes

During the National Socialist rule in 1937 several place names of Sorbian origin were changed for ideological reasons:

• Buckowien → Buchhain
• Dobrilugk → Doberlug
• Drössigk → Drössig
• Gohra → mountain heather
• Groß Kraussnigk → Großkrausnik
• Klein Kraussnigk → Kleinkrausnik
• Ossagk → Ossak
• Pademagk → Pademack
• Piessigk → Pießig
• Presehna → Birkwalde
• Weissagk → Weißack
• Wendisch Drehna → Walddrehna

Unlike in Saxony, these changes were not reversed after 1945.

literature

• Gustav Neumann : Geography of the Prussian State. 2nd edition, Volume 2, Berlin 1874, pp. 107-108, item 17.
• Royal Statistical Bureau: The municipalities and manor districts of the Prussian state and their population . Part II: Province of Brandenburg , Berlin 1873, pp. 198-207.
• Topographical-statistical manual of the government district of Frankfurt a. O. Verlag von Gustav Harnecker u. Co., 1867, pp. 170-190.
• Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Mark Brandenburg and the Markgrafthum Nieder-Lausitz , Volume 3, Brandenburg 1856, pp. 600–645 ( online ).
• Topographical-statistical overview of the government district of Frankfurt ad Oder. Compiled from official sources . Frankfurt ad cit. 1844, pp. 148-166.
• W. Riehl and J. Scheu (eds.): Berlin and the Mark Brandenburg with the Margraviate Nieder-Lausitz in their history and in their present existence . Berlin 1861, pp. 664-700.

Web links

Commons : Landkreis Luckau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Luckau district (Nd. Laus.)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Heinrich Berghaus: Land book of the Mark Brandenburg and the Markgrafthum Niederlausitz in the middle of the 19th century . Adolph Müller, Brandenburg 1854, chap. 3 VI., P. 44 ( digitized version [accessed on May 5, 2016]).
2. ^ Carl Heinrich Ludwig Pölitz: History and Statistics of the Kingdom of Saxony . Hinrichs, Leipzig 1809, chap. State Constitution, p. 257 ( digitized version [accessed on May 5, 2016]).
3. ^ Official Journal of the Royal Prussian Government in Frankfurt ad Oder . No. 12 , 1816, p. 107 ( digitized version [accessed on May 5, 2016]).
4. ^ Official Journal of the Royal Prussian Government in Frankfurt ad Oder . No. 49 , 1835, pp. 363 ( digitized version [accessed on May 5, 2016]).
5. ^ Christian Gottfried Daniel Stein: Handbook of Geography and Statistics of the Prussian State . Vossische Buchhandlung, Berlin 1819, The administrative district of Frankfurt, p. 210 ( digitized version [accessed on May 5, 2016]).
6. ↑ Topographical-statistical overview of the administrative district of Frankfurt ad O., Harnecker, 1844, p. 30
7. ^ The municipalities and manor districts of the Province of Brandenburg and their population in 1871
8. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Luckau district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
9. ↑ 1946 census